General overview

A Sovereign Chronos is a member of an elite group of warriors who fight to protect our timeline from the time-eating demons known as Horologs, who appear when someone begins to regret their past decisions and wishes they could turn back the clock.

Chronos Sovereign is an adaptation of the popular manga by Taiwanese artist Pon Jea that began as a one-shot published in 2011. The one-shot focused on a young girl, Koyuki, who could no longer dance with her friends after being injured while saving a child from a car accident, leading her to wonder what her life would be like if she could travel back in time and do everything differently. It was later turned into a manga series. Chronos Sovereign is currently running online via the Shonen Jump+ website and app.

Anime adaptation

The anime television adaptation of Chronos the Sovereign was announced on December 17, 2016, with the launch of the show's official website. Broadcasts are scheduled to begin in summer 2017.

Characters

Victor “Vict” Alexandervich Putin (Jun Fukuyama)

Chronos, Ruler The main protagonist and father of Kiri Victorvich Putin. The leader of the ACE, Vict, is a 39-year-old man, but due to the strange effects of the Time Covenant, he is currently aging backward. When his wife died suddenly in 2002, leaving him to care for Kiri alone, Vict was so overcome with grief that he unwittingly summoned a Horologian and eventually lost all his memories.

Kiri Victorvich Putin (Kaito Ishikawa)

Vict's son, Kiri Victorvich Putin is the second main protagonist of Chronos Sovereign . Kiri's special ability of time manipulation allows him complete mastery of water from which he creates his unique liquid blade.

Mina Putin (Rie Kugimiya)

Mina Putin claims to be the late wife of Victor "Vict" Alexandervich Putin and the mother of Kiri Victorvich Putin in the Sovereign Chronos anime. Mina, the ruler of the storm, insists that she overcame death and survived unchanged, but Kiri is unconvinced, believing her mother's name to be "Ririna" and not "Mina," despite Mina appearing identical in old family photos. Mina's weather manipulation ability allows her to rule the wind.

Blaze (Kenji Akabane)

A member of the Chronos organization in Chronos Sovereign, Blaze is a young man who experienced a traumatic incident as a child while trying to save his rebellious friend. Although Blaze was a kind boy who only wanted to help people, when his friend burned down a local windmill, the villagers all turned their anger on Blaze rather than his friend. Because of this early rejection, Blaze gave up on being good and decided to become the worst person in the world.

Ice Raider (Shizuka Itou)

A descendant of the time god, Chronos, Ice Raider is the sister of Mina Putin in the animated Sovereign Chronos .

Snake (Tomokazu Sugita)

Snake is the head of the engineering department of the Chronos organization in the animated Sovereign Chronos .

Creative Team

• Director: Masato Matsune
• Deputy Director: Sharakusai
• Series composition: Michiko Yokote
• Screenplay: Michiko Yokote, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Masato Matsune
• Character Design: Hiroya Iijima
• Character Design Assistant: Toshimitsu Takechi
• Sub-Character Design Assistant: Goro Taki
• Accessory design: Haruo Miyagawa
• Color design: Ryoji Nagasawa
• Art Design: Yusuke Ikeda (Barn Storm Design Lab)
• Background: Studio Suuuu
• Animated Graphics: Stereotype
• 3DCG: Bamboo Mountain
• Director of Photography: Junpei Takatsu
• Photography: Asahi Production
• Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
• Music production: Studio Maus
• Animation Production: Project No. 9
• Production: Chronos sovereign production committee

  Events

  Machi Asobi Vol. 18

Signed cards by Jun Fukuyama who plays Vict, Kaito Ishikawa (Kiri), Rie Kugimiya (Mina), Kenji Akabane (Blaze), Shizuka Itou (Ice Raider), and Tomokazu Sugita (Snake), as well as original writer Pon Jea, director Masato Masune, assistant director Sharakusai, and character designer Hiroya Iijima, were on display at the Good Smile booth during the Machi Asobi Vol. 18 event held in Tokushima from May 5 to 7, 2017.

Nico Nico Chokaigi 2017

Key visual displayed on the Good Smile stand.

Anime Japan 2017

Cards signed by the cast and crew were on display at the Good Smile booth, and booklets featuring the first chapter and information about the anime were distributed.