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Nanbaka Anime's 1st Promo Video Previews Story
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
Tokuma Japan began streaming the first promotional video for the television anime of Shō Futamata's Nanbaka manga on Wednesday. The video previews the anime's story and main characters.
The anime's main cast includes:
Tetsuya Kakihara as Uno, Prisoner Number 11
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Airu Shiozaki as Rokku, Prisoner Number 69
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Daiki Kobayashi as Niko, Prisoner Number 25
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Tomokazu Seki as Hajime Sugoroku, block 13 warden
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Satomi Akesaka as Momoko Hyakushiki, prison warden
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Kimeru as Kiji Mitsuba, block 3 warden
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Shouma Yamamoto as Kenshirō Yozakura, block 4 warden
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Sōichiro Hoshi as Samon Gokū, block 5 warden
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Shunsuke Takeuchi as Yamato Godai, block 13 deputy warden
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Keito Okuyama as Seitarō Tanabata, block 13 guard
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The anime will premiere this fall.
The original manga centers around four prisoners: Jūgo, a man who attempted to break out of prison and ended up extending his jail time; Uno, a man who likes to gamble with women; Rokku, a man who likes to get into fights; and Niko, a man who likes anime. Along with their warden Hajime, the high-tension action comedy story unfolds.
Shinji Takamatsu (Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, School Rumble, Gintama) is directing the anime, with scripts by Mitsutaka Hirota (The Prince of Tennis II, Bayonetta: Bloody Fate, Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation).
Futamata launched the manga on the Comico app in 2013. The second compiled book volume shipped in Japan on May 12. Crunchyroll digitally published the first volume of the manga in English last December as part of a collaboration with Comico.
[Via MoCa News]