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Crunchyroll Streams 1st Episode of Double Decker! Anime

Crunchyroll began streaming the first episode of Double Decker! Doug & Kirill, an anime series that is "one part" of the "new Tiger & Bunny animation project," on Sunday. Crunchyroll will screen the first two episodes of the anime at its Crunchyroll Expo event on Monday. Crunchyroll noted that it will announce the streaming for the second episode at a later date. Crunchyroll is streaming the series worldwide outside of Asia.

Bandai Channel is also streaming the first episode of the anime in Japan.

The anime's official website also announced the anime's opening and ending theme song artists, as well as the anime's September 30 main premiere in Japan. Kirisame Undertaker performs the anime's opening theme song "Stereo to Monologue." Vickeblanka will perform the anime's ending theme song "Buntline Special."

The anime will premiere in Japan on Tokyo MX on September 30 at 10:30 p.m. The show will also begin airing on BS11 on October 2 at 24:00 (effectively 12:00 a.m. on October 3), and on MBS at 26:30 (effectively 2:30 a.m. on October 3).

The anime will star:

Satoshi Mikami as Douglas "Doug" Billingham

Kōhei Amasaki as Kirill Vrubel

Saori Hayami as Deana del Rio

Chika Anzai as Katherine "K" Rochefort

Yō Taichi as Maxine "Max" Silverstone

Atsumi Tanezaki as Yuri Fujishiro

Rikiya Koyama as Travis Murphy

Aya Endo as Sophie

Takuma Nagatsuka as Apple

Crunchyroll describes the anime:

The city state of Lisvalletta.

Two suns rise above this city, and the people here live peaceful lives, but in the shadows crime and illegal drugs run rampant.

Among them is the dangerous, highly lethal drug "Anthem" which casts a dark shadow over the city.

The SEVEN-O Special Crime Investigation Unit specializes in cracking down on Anthem. This unit operates in two man "buddy" teams in what's called the "Double Decker System" to tackle the problem.

Doug Billingham is a seasoned investigator, and joining him is Kirill Vrubel, whose abilities are mysterious and unknown.

An aloof and elusive veteran, and a rookie who's eager but runs around in circles.

The story of these unconventional detectives begins now.

Joji Furuta (Utano☆Princesama Legend Star, The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments director, episode director and storyboarder on original Tiger & Bunny series) is directing the series at Sunrise. Ryo Ando (Interviews with Monster Girls) is in charge of series production, and Tomohiro Suzuki (Tiger & Bunny, One-Punch Man, ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.) is returning to oversee the series scripts. Manga creator Masakazu Katsura (Zetman) is returning to design the main characters, and Norihiro Itagaki is returning from the Tiger & Bunny The Movie -The Rising- and Tiger & Bunny the Movie: The Beginning films to handle the animation character design. Yuki Hayashi (My Hero Academia, Haikyu!!, Death Parade) is composing the music.

Sources: Crunchyroll (Joseph Luster), Double Decker! anime's official website, Animate Times