A teaser trailer and a new visual have been released for the upcoming Akuma Kun anime, which debuts on Netflix this fall. Additional cast members for the show were also announced.
Those cast members include:
• Ryoko Shiraishi as Sanae Kazama
• Yumiri Hanamori as Mio Kazama
• Fairouz Ai as Gremory
• Yukiyo Fujii as Hina Asanagi
More Akuma Kun staff members were also revealed, including Wataru Osakabe (Pompo the Cinephile 2D design works) as magic circle designer, Akio Izutsu (Phi-Brain Puzzle of God) as music composer, Kunio Tsujita (Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-) as color designer, Takeo Ogiwara (Wonder Egg Priority) as compositing director, and Sakae Shibuya (Deaimon characer designer) as chief animation director.
Akuma Kun and the Kitaro Tanjou: GeGeGe no Nazo anime movie are part of a 100th year Birth Anniversary project for the late manga artist Shigeru Mizuki. Encourage Films is the animation production company for Akuma Kun.
This new Akuma Kun title is set 30 years after the 1989 Akuma-kun anime and sees Akuma-kun the Second and Mephisto the Third tackling demon-related mysteries. Yuuko Mita and Toshio Furukawa are reprising their respective roles as the first Akuma-kun and Mephisto the Second, respectively, while Furukawa will also play Mephisto the Third. Yuuki Kaji is playing Akuma-kun the Second.
The previously announced staff includes:
• Chief director: Junichi Satou (Akuma-kun series director, A Whisker Away co-director)
• Series director: Fumitoshi Oizaki (A Centaur’s Life chief director, Etotama)
• Series composer: Hiroshi Oonogi (GeGeGe no Kitaro Season 6)
Akuma Kun began as a rented manga, with the original series running from 1963 to 1964 before being followed by a few other titles like Saishinban Akuma-kun (Akuma-kun Latest Version) and Nostradamus no Daiyogen (Prophecies of Nostradamus). Multiple characters have taken on the titular moniker of Akuma-kun.
Sources: @Anime_Akumakun, @NetflixAnime, Netflix Japan YouTube channel
