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For a generation of shonen fans, Hiromu Arakawa\u2019s <\/span>Fullmetal Alchemist<\/span><\/i> made for a great read and equally great watch. (The second time around; its first was maybe a bit more divisive.) Her post-<\/span>Alchemist <\/span><\/i>works have been popular and similarly adapted, with her ongoing 2021 manga <\/span>Yomi no Tsugai\u2014or<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>Daemons of the Shadow Realm<\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/i>if you\u2019re so inclined\u2014now brought to the small screen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n That\u2019s noteworthy on its own, but <\/span>Daemons <\/span><\/i>also comes front-loaded with extra history via its adaptors, Studio Bones. Recently of <\/span>Gachiakuta<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>My Hero Academia<\/span><\/i> fame, the company previously helmed <\/span>Fullmetal <\/span><\/i>in 2003, then again in 2009 with the more faithful <\/span>Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood<\/span><\/i>. What\u2019s more, series director Masahiro Ando and character designer Nobuhiro Arai worked on either (or both) versions of that series<\/span>, <\/span><\/i>giving <\/span>Daemons <\/span><\/i>extra goodwill to those with a soft spot for Arakawa\u2019s most famous work.<\/span><\/p>\n Because of that, it\u2019s hard not to get a small bit of <\/span>Fullmetal <\/span><\/i>nostalgia the moment <\/span>Daemons\u2019 <\/span><\/i>teenage protagonist Yuru shows his Edward Elric-ass face. There\u2019s always been something appealing about the way Arakawa draws expressions, so seeing his determined stare followed by a big, cheesy grin minutes later arrives with a sense of comfort as more characters with equally familiar faces fill out the cast.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n