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Sung Hoo Park's Bullet/Bullet Anime Unveils More Cast
posted on by Alex Mateo
The staff for Sunghoo Park's original anime series Bullet/Bullet unveiled a new visual and additional cast on Monday:
The newly announced cast includes (pictured in images from left to right):
- Hidetaka Tenjin as Yamada Country Club
- Daiki Yamashita as Crybaby
- Saya Aizawa as Slaughterhouse Emma
- Yuka Iwahashi as Martial Idol Ai
- Akiha Matsui as Big Sister Fighting Mari
- Haruna Himeno as Death Nail Naomi Brilliant
- Jōichirō Ohtsuki as SSS
- Marie Ōi as Silent Killer Lisa
- Marie Ōi as Tsuyako (also voices Silent Killer Lisa)
- Yūgo Sekiguchi as Professor Chin
- ??? as Urami and Tsurami
The series will have a two-part theatrical screening in Japan. The first part titled "Dangan Shissō-hen" (Bullet Run arc) will screen on July 25, and the second part titled "Dangan Kessen-hen" (Bullet Final Battle arc) will screen on August 15.
The anime stars (Some character name romanizations are not confirmed):
- Marina Inoue as Gear
- Kazuhiro Yamaji as Shirokuma (Polar Bear)
- Rie Kugimiya as Qu-0213 Nosa
- Kana Hanazawa as Qu-0213 Kau
- Tomokazu Seki as Qu-0213 Naka
- Ai Orikasa as Qu-0213 Ay/Dinner
- Asami Seto as Noah
- Makoto Furukawa as Barrel
- Takamasa Mogi as Wheel
- Yūki Wakai as Lynn
- Yoshihisa Kawahara as Breakfast
- Ai Kakuma as Afternoon Tea
- Nao Tamura as Lunch
- Mayumi Shintani as Brunch
- Shinichirō Kamio as Tempura Sushimaru
- Hironori Kondō as Destroinu (Destro Dog)
- Yūichi Nakamura as Batting Center Saitō
The anime's story is set in the near-future, where civilization has collapsed and the world has become a wasteland, and people live by using relics from the past. A boy named Gear who works at a junk shop teams up with a gambling addict named Shirokuma and a Qu-0213 robot that has four personalities, to run a "theft business" to take back items that were unjustly stolen. One day, Gear receives a request from a mysterious girl named Noa, who is being chased by an assassin, to steal back an item. Suddenly, Gear and his gang are also chased by an armed group from the wasteland, as they might have stolen a secret that can shake the whole world.
Sunghoo Park (director of Jujutsu Kaisen, Garo -Vanishing Line-) is directing the series. He spent a decade drafting the story for an original series. Park's studio E&H production and GAGA are producing the project.
Aki Kindaichi (Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray) is supervising and writing the anime's scripts. Takahiro Yoshimatsu (Goodbye, Don Glees!, Overlord, Hunter × Hunter 2011) is designing the characters and serving as chief animation director. Hidetaka Tenjin, a prolific illustrator and mechanical designer for franchises such as Macross and Space Battleship Yamato, is serving as concept designer and mechanical designer for the anime. Shin Misawa (Initial D, Capeta) is credited as car action director.
Japanese rapper Chanmina is performing the anime's opening theme song "WORK HARD." Rock band Newspeak are performing the anime's ending theme song "Glass Door."
Sources: Bullet/Bullet anime's X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie
