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Kousuke Toriumi, Hiroshi Iwasaki Join Donten ni Warau Anime's Cast
posted on by Kyle Cardine
The official website for the upcoming anime adaptation of Kemuri Karakara's manga Donten ni Warau announced new cast members for the show on Monday. The newly announced cast members include:
Kōsuke Toriumi (Yowamushi Pedal, Naruto) as Sōsei Abeno
Yuuki Fujiwara (Majestic Prince) as Mutsuki Ashiya
Takahiro Fujiwara (Berserk: The Golden Age Arc movies, Majestic Prince) as Zenzō Inukai
Hiroshi Iwasaki (Tiger & Bunny, Flag) as Chenran Shi
The website also introduced several other new cast members over the last few weeks:
Mamiko Noto (No Game, No Life, Sengoku Basara) as Nishiki
Shinichirō Miki (Full Metal Panic!, Outbreak Company) as Naoto Kagami
Rina Satō (A Certain Scientific Railgun, Knights of Sidonia) as Botan
Kenichi Suzumura (D.Gray-man, Brothers Conflict) as Abe no Hirari
Hiro Shimono (Ace of Diamond, Tamako Market) as Rakuchō Takeda
Hiroki Yasumoto (Aldnoah.Zero, Hetalia) as Seiichirou Takamine
Sayaka Ōhara (Aldnoah.Zero, Kaleido Star) as Kiiko Sasaki
Previously announced cast members include Yūichi Nakamura as Tenka Kumo, Yūki Kaji as Soramaru Kumo, Tsubasa Yonaga as Chūtarō Kumo, Takahiro Sakurai as Shirasu Kinjō.
Hiroshi Haraguchi (Eureka Seven - good night, sleep tight, young lovers) will direct the series and Yuuya Takahashi (Tiger & Bunny) is in charge the scripts. Takao Maki (Mobile Suit Gundam AGE character animation director) will design the characters. Dogakobo (Engaged to the Unidentified, Yuruyuri) will animate the series.
The story of Donten ni Warau takes place in the 11th year of the Meiji era. The number of people in Japan who feel dissatisfaction toward the government are increasing due to the increasing speed of Westernization and the ban on samurai. In order to curb the increased rate of crime, the government opens a new prison. The three brothers of the Kumo family are entrusted with the duty of transporting these criminals to the new prison, but adventures await them on the way.
Karakara began serializing the manga in the magazine in 2011, and the final chapter was published in May. Mag Garden will publish the final volume of the manga on Monday. Digital Manga Publishing licensed Karakara's Countdown 7 Days manga, and released the third compiled volume last year.
[Via: Nijimen]
