Haruka Ayase (the lead blind swordswoman in 2008's Ichi, the lead voice in Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror) has been cast as Balsa, the 30-year-old female bodyguard-for-hire heroine of an NHK live-action drama adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen Award winning author Nahoko Uehashi's culture fantasy Seirei no Moribito (Guardian of the Spirit).
Filming starts this summer on the project, planned for Spring 2016.
Two volumes of Moribito have been released in English by Arthur A. Levine Books. Media Blasters released the anime because Viz rescued the license earlier in the year.
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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.
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