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1st Peace Maker Kurogane Anime Film's Video Reveals, Previews Theme Song

The official website for the two-part anime film series based on Nanae Chrono's Peacemaker Kurogane manga began streaming a promotional video for Peacemaker Kurogane: Belief (Peacemaker Kurogane: Omō-michi), the first film, on Friday. The video reveals and previews the film's theme song "Rust" by Jetzejohnson.

Shigeru Kimiya (Hand Maid Mai OAV director, One Off chief director, Ryūsei Sentai Musumet series director) is directing the films (Hiroshi Takeuchi was originally listed as directing the films, but he is no longer listed as working on the project). WHITE FOX is animating the film series. Eiji Umehara is writing the scripts, and Sayaka Koiso is designing the characters and serving as chief animation director.

Other staff members include:

• Set Design: Goichi Iwahata
• Art Director: Masatoshi Kai
• Color Design: Makiko Doi
• Director of Photography: Mitsuhiro Sato
• Editing: Masahiro Gotō
• Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama
• Distributor: Showgate

The films star:

• Yūki Kaji as Tetsunosuke Ichimura (as an adolescent)
• Yumiko Kobayashi as Tetsunosuke Ichimura (as a child)
• Takahiro Sakurai as Susumu Yamazaki
• Jouji Nakata as Toshizō Hijikata
• Mitsuki Saiga as Sōji Okita
• Yūji Ueda as Tatsunosuke Ichimura
• Kappei Yamaguchi as Shinpachi Nagakura
• Kōsuke Toriumi as Heisuke Tōdō
• Kenji Nomura as Sanosuke Harada
• Takashi Matsuyama as Hajime Saitō
• Masami Iwasaki as Kai Shimada
• Takaya Hashi as Isami Kondō
• Mikako Takahashi as Saya
• Shinnosuke Tachibana as Suzu Yamatoya

The first film is slated for June 2. The second film, titled Peacemaker Kurogane: Friend (Peacemaker Kurogane: Yūmei), is slated for this fall.

Source: MoCa News