Friday, August 19, 2016

"KochiKame" TV Anime Special Premiering September 18, 2016


The official website of KochiKame and the 2016 Weekly Shōnen Jump No.36・37 issue revealed last
week (August 8, 2016) that the new 40th anniversary television anime will be a one-hour television special that will run on Fuji TV on September 18, 2016 at 9:00 a.m.

The anime special's story will center on Sabrina, a princess of the Attakaino Kingdom who looks exactly like Lemon/Remon Giboshi. She is kidnapped when she visits Japan, and Ryōtsu rescues her and shows her around Shitamachi before more trouble breaks out.

The anime's guest cast features voice actors who have voiced lead roles in anime adaptations of Weekly Shōnen Jump manga, and it includes:
  • Junko Takeuchi (Naruto's Naruto Uzumaki) as Sabrina
  • Akira Kamiya (Kinnikuman's Kinnikuman) as Kidnapper leader
  • Takeshi Kusao (Slam Dunk's Sakuragi Hanamichi) as Kidnapper
  • Ryōtarō Okiayu (Toriko's Toriko) as Kidnapper
  • Masakazu Morita (Bleach's Ichigo Kurosaki) as Kidnapper

The cast of LaSalle Ishii, Yumi Morio, Mitsuru Miyamoto, and Haruki Sayama will reprise their roles from the 1996-2004 television anime as Kankichi Ryōtsu, Reiko Akimoto, Kei'ichi Nakagawa, and chief Daijiro Ohara, respectively.

Akira Shigeno will once again direct the anime at Studio Gallop. Takashi Yamada will pen the script. Makoto Seino from Fuji TV is credited for planning. Tomoko Takahashi from ADK is credited as producer.

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