The Eminence in Shadow
TV Show · Anime · Fantasy

Cid wants to operate in the shadows and pull the strings of society with wit and cleverness; when he's "isekai'd" to another world, he spins a yarn or three and becomes the unlikely leader of the underground Shadow Garden organisation.

2022 · 23m
Starring Seiichiro Yamashita, Asami Seto, Inori Minase
Director Kazuya Nakanishi

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    The Hated Classmate
    Minoru Kageno does not seem to know that he has gotten into a popular classmate's bad books. He looks like an ordinary student, but he is secretly a feared vigilante with big dreams that will remain unfulfilled in this life.
    23m
  • EPISODE 2
    Shadow Garden is Born
    Magic and mystical beings make Minoru's next life as Cid Kageno far more action-packed when his heroic Shadow Garden squares up to the demonic Cult of Diablos.
    23m
  • EPISODE 3
    Fencer Ordinaire
    Becoming the talk of the campus is not what Cid envisioned when he registered at Midgair Academy. But it comes as a part of the package once he becomes Princess "Fencer Ordinaire" Alexia's boyfriend.
    23m
  • EPISODE 4
    Sadism’s Rewards
    Cid does not switch out of background character mode throughout the interrogation. But once he is free and the sky goes dark, he must become a kidnapped Alexia's knight in black armour.
    23m
  • EPISODE 5
    I Am…
    The fight comes to an end and so does an immured one's suffering. The enemy sees what true power looks like. The cityscapes bathe in the magical light of Shadow Garden's victory.
    23m
  • EPISODE 6
    Pretenders
    A pseudo-Shadow Garden operative goes around slashing people. Cid believes it is Alexia. When he hears swords clanging, he wants to send his friends away and go confront her. But to do that, he must become the guy who soiled himself.
    23m

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Cast & Crew

  • Seiichiro Yamashita
    Cid Kagenou/Shadow
  • A‌S
    Asami Seto
    Alpha
  • Inori Minase
    Beta
  • Suzuko Mimori
    Gamma
  • F‌A
    Fairouz Ai
    Delta
  • Hisako Kanemoto
    Epsilon
  • K‌N
    Kazuya Nakanishi
    Director
  • D‌A
    Daisuke Aizawa
    Writer
  • D‌A
    Daisuke Aizawa
    Creator

About

The Eminence in Shadow

Anime

Cid wants to operate in the shadows and pull the strings of society with wit and cleverness; when he's "isekai'd" to another world, he spins a yarn or three and becomes the unlikely leader of the underground Shadow Garden organisation.

Information

Studio
Nexus
Released
2022
Region of Origin
Japan

Languages

Original Audio
Japanese, Japanese (Japan)
Audio

Japanese (Japan) , French (France)

Subtitles

German (Germany)

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Africa, Middle East, and India

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

Asia Pacific

  • Australia
  • Cambodia
  • Fiji
  • 香港 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • 澳門 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Mongolia
  • New Zealand
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  • Singapore
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