For a generation of shonen fans, Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist made for a great read and equally great watch. (The second time around; its first was maybe a bit more divisive.) Her post- Alchemist works have been popular and similarly adapted, with her ongoing 2021 manga Yomi no Tsugai—or Daemons of the Shadow Realm , if you’re so inclined—now brought to the small screen.

That’s noteworthy on its own, but Daemons also comes front-loaded with extra history via its adaptors, Studio Bones. Recently of Gachiakuta and My Hero Academia fame, the company previously helmed Fullmetal in 2003, then again in 2009 with the more faithful Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood .…