During Anime Japan 2021, it was announced that MUTEKING THE Dancing Hero anime project will begin airing Fall 2021. The upcoming anime is based on the original Muteking The Dashing Warrior hero and comedy series by Tatsunoko Productions in 1980.
Key staff includes Hiroshi Sasagawa as executivedirector, Ryosuke Takahashi as director, Yuzo Sato as director, Utomaru (THINKR) as original character designer, and Yuji Kondo as series writer. Tatsunoko Production and Tezuka Production is in charge of the animation production.
The main cast includes Kentaro Mashiro as Muteki, Takuya Eguchi as DJ, Satoshi Hino as Ceo, Rie Takahashi as Aida, Madoka Yonezawa as Ann, Azusa Tadokoro as Naomi, Rikako Aikawa as Sarah, Kazuyuki Okitsu as Vivi, Keiga as Haru, Hayato Kimura as Summer, Minami Tanaka as Aki, Kotaro Nishiyama as Winter, KENN as Suteking, Yutaka Aoyama as Matt, Takashi Matsuyama as Tommy, Wataru Hatano as George, and Kenichi Suzumura as Owen.
The series is described as:
MUTEKING is set in the free and cheerful coastal town of Neo San Francisco.
The kind-hearted boy Muteki moves to Neo San Francisco and meets DJ, who claims to be a DJ, and finds himself thrust into the role of the dancing hero Muteking. To save the town from monsters who suddenly appear, Muteki and DJ fight with song and dance, but little do they know that behind these strange events, a true danger to humanity is approaching…
Source: press release, Anime Japan 2021
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