The production team for Hell’s Paradise has released two new character visuals, featuring Aza Choubei and Yamada Asaemon Touma. The anime series is scheduled to premiere on April 1, 2023 and stream on Crunchyroll in English-speaking territories and on Netflix in Asia Pacific regions.
The main voice cast includes Chiaki Kobayashi as Gabimaru, Yumiri Hanamori as Yamada Asaemon Sagiri, Ryouhei Kimura as Aza Choubei, Kenshou Ono as Yamada Asaemon Touma, Rie Takahashi as Yuzuriha, Tetsu Inada as Tamiya Gantetsusai, and Aoi Ichikawa as Yamada Asaemon Fuchi.
Kaori Makita (Saezuru Tori Wa Habatakanai: The Clouds Gather) is directing the series with Akira Kindaichi (I’m Quitting Heroing scriptwriter) as series screenwriter, Kouji Hisaki (Saezuru Tori Wa Habatakanai: The Clouds Gather co-main animator) as character designer, and Yoshiaki Dewa (Call of the Night) as music composer. MAPPA is handling the animation production.
Yuuji Kaku’s original manga was serialized in Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ online magazine from January 18, 2018 to January 25, 2021. A total of 13 tankoubon volumes were released. The manga has also inspired a comedic spin-off manga and a novel.
Crunchyroll describes the story of Hell’s Paradise as:
Gabimaru, a shinobi formerly known as the strongest in Iwagakure who is now a death row convict, is told that he will be acquitted and set free if he can bring back the Elixir of Life from an island that is rumored to be the Buddhist pure land Sukhavati. In hopes of reuniting with his beloved wife, Gabimaru heads to the island along with the executioner Yamada Asaemon Sagiri.
Upon arriving there, they encounter other death row convicts in search of the Elixir of Life… as well as a host of unknown creatures, eerie man-made statues, and the hermits who rule the island. Can Gabimaru find the Elixir of Life on this mysterious island and make it back home alive?
