Vermeil in Gold

Alternate Titles

金装のヴェルメイユ～崖っぷち魔術師は最強の厄災と魔法世界を突き進む～
Kinso no Vermeil: Gakeppuchi Majutsushi wa Saikyo no Yakusai to Maho Sekai wo Tsukisusumu
Vermeil in Gold: A Desperate Magician Barges Into the Magical World Alongside the Strongest Calamity

Synopsis

Alto, a student at Royal Ortigia Magic Academy, is on the verge of failing and having to repeat a grade due to not being able to use summoning spells. But then, he finds an old summoning spell book and draws a magic circle from it, and to his surprise, summons a sealed demon named Vermeil. She is a demon who has been feared since ancient times and possesses tremendous enough power to bring about a calamity.

Now a familiar, Vermeil needs to replenish her magic power on a regular basis, and the only way to do it is through a deep kiss. Alto’s childhood friend Lilia is anxious about their relationship, and the students are stunned by this unprecedented familiar. Having made a contract with the most powerful familiar, Alto aims toward his goal of becoming the great wizard “Platinum Square, Master of Magic.” The curtain opens on a fantasy series about a wizard on the brink and a salacious big sis demon!

Background

Vermeil in Gold started as a manga series written by Kota Amana and illustrated by Yoko Umezu that began serialization in Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine in August 2018. As of June 2022, it has been published in six collected tankobon volumes.

A TV anime adaptation was announced in March 2022. It is being produced by Staple Entertainment and features Takashi Naoya as director and Matsuo Asami as assistant director, with Tatsuya Takahashi handling series composition, Kiyoshi Tateishi handling character designs, Ayana Togashi handling sub-character designs and prop designs, and Ken Ito and Kenichi Kuroda composing the music. The anime’s opening theme song is "Abracada-Boo" by Kaori Ishihara, and the ending theme song is "Mortal With You” by Mili. The anime will premiere in Japan on July 5, 2022 on AT-X, Tokyo MX, and BS11. Sentai Filmworks have licensed the anime and will be streaming it overseas exclusively through their HIDIVE platform as part of their summer simulcast season.

Characters

Alto Goldfield (Voiced by: Yuya Hirose)
Alto is a student at Ortigia Magic Academy. He studies hard every day, with the goal of becoming the great wizard “Platinum Square, Master of Magic.” His familiar is the demon girl Vermeil. He has enough magic power to be able to summon demons. He is a gentle and soft-hearted character who is made to supply magic power through kisses every day.

Vermeil (Voiced by: Maaya Uchida)
Vermeil is a demon sealed within a book. She is summoned by Alto and becomes his familiar. She has tremendous power, but in order to replenish it she has to kiss Alto deeply, so she is always bold and aggressive toward him. Her past is shrouded in mystery.

Lilia Kudelfeyt (Voiced by: Wakana Kuramochi)
Lilia is a student at Ortigia Magic Academy and Alto’s childhood friend. She is an excellent student on par with her upperclassmen, and her familiar is Selfeed, an upper-rank wind spirit. She is strongly in love with Alto, and her desires often run wild, but Alto himself is completely oblivious to her feelings.

Marcus Parston (Voiced by: Yu Okano)
Marcus is a student at Ortigia Magic Academy and Alto’s classmate. He is the son of one of the four archdukes, but he has no outstanding abilities and gets bad grades. He is always positive and optimistic. He is quite knowledgeable about the academy’s affairs.

Sharol Iridescence (Voiced by: Kaori Ishihara)
Sharol is a student at Ortigia Magic Academy and Marcus’ follower. She has a quiet and diligent personality, and her grades are among the top, even rivaling Lilia. She often follows Marcus around and can’t seem to leave him alone.

François (Voiced by: Sakura Nakamura)
François is Marcus’ male rhinoceros beetle familiar that has a ribbon wrapped around its horn. It loves sap and nectar from flowers.

Elena Kimberlight (Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa)
Elena is a student at Ortigia Magic Academy’s high school and is the student council president. She holds the title of “Gold Square” and is said to be the most powerful student at the school, whose power is close to even that of “Platinum Square, Master of Magic.” She is quiet and aloof, and is unforgiving to those who go against the rules.

Shin'oji Ryuga (Voiced by: Kazuyuki Okitsu)
Shin'oji is a student at Ortigia Magic Academy’s high school and is the student council vice-president. He is always calm and collected, analyzes every situation logically, and solves problems rationally. He is also the peacemaker between the unique members of the student council. He has an aristocratic style and wears glasses.

Jessica Schwarz (Voiced by: Riho Sugiyama)
Jessica is a student at Ortigia Magic Academy’s high school and is the head of the student council’s dueling committee. She swears absolute loyalty to student council president Elena, which looks like religious devotion from an outside point of view, and she is ridiculed by Shin'oji for being a “president fanatic.” Though strict, she is also surprisingly lady-like.

Chris Westland (Voiced by: Yurina Amami)
Chris is a student at Ortigia Magic Academy’s high school. He is a member of the student council and is also the head of the Dragon Corps. He is also a genius who was scouted by the Royal Air Force. He is strict with the students in his corps and has a somewhat sadistic side. He has great trust in dragons.

Obsidian (Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu)
Obsidian is a teacher at Ortigia Magic Academy in charge of the history of magic. He is a student-oriented teacher with a gentle air and is highly popular with female students. He is concerned about Alto, who tends to be the center of attention, and sometimes gives him advice.

Music

Opening Theme Song: "Abracada-Boo" by Kaori Ishihara
Ending Theme Song: "Mortal With You” by Mili

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• Original Creator: Kota Amana, Yoko Umezu
• Director: Takashi Naoya
• Assistant Director: Matsuo Asami
• Series Composition: Tatsuya Takahashi
• Character Design: Kiyoshi Tateishi
• Sub-Character Design/Prop Design: Ayana Togashi
• Design Works: Seiji Handa
• Chief Animation Director: Atsushi Aono, Kiyoshi Tateishi, Toshimitsu Kobayashi, Yukiyo Komito
• Art Director: Hiroki Ozaki
• Color Design: Ryoji Nagasawa
• CG Director: Hiroyuki Ikeda
• Director of Photography: Mitsuhiro Kuno
• Editing: Tomomi Umetsu
• Sound Director: Ryousuke Naya
• Sound Production: Studio Mausu
• Music: Ken Ito, Kenichi Kuroda
• Music Producer: Kohei Yamada, Kouji Sawahata
• Music Production: APDREAM, Pony Canyon
• Animation Production: Staple Entertainment