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Drifters TV Anime Reveals 4 New Cast Members

The official website for the television anime based on Kouta Hirano's Drifters manga announced four more cast members on Friday. The new cast members are:

• Yutaka Nakano as Tamon Yamaguchi
• Tomokazu Sugita as Saint-Germain
• Kenji Fukuda as Aleister
• Kōji Yusa as Flamme

The 12-episode anime will premiere in Japan on Friday at 11:00 p.m. on Tokyo MX and online on AbemaTV.

The previously announced cast members include:

• Yūichi Nakamura as Shimazu Toyohisa
• Naoya Uchida as Oda Nobunaga
• Mitsuki Saiga as Nasu no Yoichi
• Takahiro Sakurai as Abe no Seimei
• Shiho Kokido as Olminu
• Masakazu Nishida as Kafeto
• Junko Minagawa as Jeanne d'Arc
• Kenji Nomura as Gilles de Rais
• Junko Kitanishi as Anastasia
• Masahiko Tanaka as Rasputin
• Hiroki Yasumoto as Hijikata Toshizo
• Mitsuru Miyamoto as Murasaki
• Tatsuhisa Suzuki as the pilot Naoshi Kanno
• Daisuke Ono as Wild Bunch gang founder Butch Cassidy
• Wataru Takagi as Wild Bunch gang member Sundance Kid
• Akira Ishida as Minamotono Kurou Hougan Yoshitsune
• Yutaka Aoyama as Hannibal
• Hiroshi Yanaka as Scipio
• Taiten Kusunoki as Black King
• Kanae Itō as EASY
• Junji Majima as Shara
• Tomoko Tsuzuki as Mark
• Sayori Ishizuka as Marsha

Crunchyroll will stream the series on Friday starting at 10:30 a.m. EDT. Funimation will stream a dub for the series. Crunchyroll describes the series:

From the creator and team behind Hellsing comes a thrilling story where history and fantasy collide. Shimazu Toyohisa, a famous samurai who fought in the historical Battle of Sekigahara, is transported to another world when only moments from death. From that moment on, he becomes part of a group known as “Drifters” and is forced to battle against other legendary warriors in an ultimate death game.

Crunchyroll previously streamed an English-subtitled trailer for the series.

The anime celebrates the 70th anniversary of Shonengahosha, the publisher of the original manga. Kenichi Suzuki (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders series director) is directing the anime. Hideyuki Kurata (The World God Only Knows, Tokyo Ravens, Maria the Virgin Witch) is handling the series composition and writing the scripts. Yousuke Kuroda (Hellsing Ultimate, Gungrave) is also writing the scripts along with Kurata. Ryoji Nakamori (Hellsing Ultimate) is designing the characters and also serving as chief animation director.

Source: Comic Natalie