Revenger TV Anime Adds Akio Ohtsuka, Takehito Koyasu to Cast
Content with the introductions to its main ensemble through regular character trailers over the past few weeks, upcoming original anime series Revenger moved onto other inhabitants of its cutthroat samurai world, today announcing the casting of Akio Ohtsuka (All for One in My Hero Academia) as the clerical Gerald Kanou and Takehito Koyasu (Dio in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) as the dastardly Jinkurou Isarizawa.
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半壊した礼拝堂を拠点とし、
町の利便事屋を取り仕切っている司祭||◤
ジェラルド嘉納／じぇらるど かのう
#大塚明夫（@AkioOtsuka）◢||????公式サイトhttps://t.co/a5comFiktm#リベンジャー #REVENGER #2023冬アニメ pic.twitter.com/TwknQHWjyi
— 【公式】アニメ「REVENGER」（リベンジャー） (@Revenger_anime) December 2, 2022
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普段は遊郭に入り浸っているが、
目的のためなら利便事屋を利用することをいとわない食わせ者||◤
漁澤陣九郎／いさりざわ じんくろう
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— 【公式】アニメ「REVENGER」（リベンジャー） (@Revenger_anime) December 2, 2022
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The anime’s recently revealed staff is as follows:
- Director: Masaya Fujimori (Kemono Jihen)
- Original Story, Series Composition: Gen Urobuchi (Fate/Zero, PSYCHO-PASS)
- Scripts: Gen Urobuchi, Renji Ooki (Bubble)
- Original Character Designs: Jirou Suzuki (Laidbackers)
- Character Designs: Yuuji Hosogoe (Saga of Tanya the Evil)
- Chief Animation Direction: Yuuji Hosogoe, Yuuki Nishioka (Kakushigoto), Emiko Endou (Ascendance of a Bookworm)
- Art Direction: Hotaka Okamoto (22/7)
- Color Design: Naomi Nakano (Chainsaw Man)
- Photography Direction: Teppei Satou (Izetta: The Last Witch)
- Music: Jun Futamata
- Sound Direction: Akiko Fujita (BOCCHI THE ROCK!)
- Animation Production: Ajiado (Kemono Jihen, Kakushigoto)
RELATED: Gen Urobuchi Revealed as Creator of Original TV Anime Revenger in Latest Trailer
Co-produced by nitroplus and Shochiku, Revenger is confirmed to be a TV anime that will premiere on January 5 at 22:30 JST, starring these main cast members:
- Raizo Kurima voiced by Kasama (Wilibald in Saga of Tanya the Evil)
- Yuen Usui voiced by Yuichiro Umehara (Courier in Akudama Drive)
- Teppa Murakami voiced by Shunsuke Takeuchi (Takeda in My Senpai is Annoying)
- Nio voiced by Hisako Kanemoto (Epsilon in The Eminence in Shadow) as Nio
- Soji voiced by Shota Hayama (Kazushi in Tokyo Revengers)
Crunchyroll, who’ll be streaming the anime after it airs in Japan, describes the series as such:
As master assassin Usui Yuen looks into a series of assassinations made on the grand samurai clan, the Satsuma, he encounters Kurima Raizo, member and survivor of one of the attacks. Together, they discover the true nature of these murders is bigger than over stolen resources. As they get closer to the truth, will they come out alive to exact revenge?
Source: Comic Natalie
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