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Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers Sequel Anime's 'Super Teaser Video Remake' Teases New Cast Members

The staff for Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers, the new sequel anime of the Yoroiden Samurai Troopers series, revealed on Tuesday a "super teaser video remake" featuring protagonist Gai. The video also teases the other Samurai Troopers with their faces hidden.

The anime's staff also revealed the silhouette images of the Samurai Troopers' unarmed and armed forms, and teased the initials of each characters' voice actors:

The anime stars Hiiro Ishibashi as Gai.

Yōichi Fujita (Gintama, Mr. Osomatsu) is directing the new anime at Sunrise. Shōgo Mutō (Crows Zero) is in charge of the script and series composition. Hajime Yatate, the collective penname for the creative staff at Sunrise, is credited with the original story. The character designers include Yūhei Murota (Love Live!) for main characters, Tsukasa Kotoboki (MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM THE ORIGIN MSD Cucuruz Doan's Island) for villains, Hideo Okamoto (Yoroiden Samurai Troopers) for original Yoroi Gear design, and Takuya Suzuki (Brave King GaoGaiGar Final Grand Glorious Gathering) for animated Yoroi Gear design. Shūji Katayama (Overlord) is composing the music.

The new anime takes place in present-day Shinjuku and tells the story of five boys who don Yoroi Gear samurai armor to fight the demon emperor Arago.

Sunrise created the Yoroiden Samurai Troopers (Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers) action television anime in 1988-1989, and Cartoon Network ran it as Ronin Warriors in the United States. Bandai Entertainment previously released the series on DVD, and Discotek Media released the full series on DVD with English subtitles in 2015. Discotek also released the Samurai Troopers OVA series with both English and Japanese audio. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime.

Sources: Samurai Troopers anime's website, Comic Natalie