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Kaiju Decode: The Ring of Aidara Anime Project Reveals Trailer, Visual, Cast

The official website for Tsuburaya Productions and Toei Animation's Kaiju Decode CG anime project revealed on Monday a new trailer, visual, and cast for Kaiju Decode: The Ring of Aidara (Kaiju Decode: Aidara no Yubiwa).

The anime stars:

Aya Yamane as Maru, a boy from the City

Karin Takahashi as Coco, a girl of the Aidara tribe who lives in the dangerous Zone where beasts are found

The new anime takes place in Sakai in Osaka prefecture. Katsuie Shibata (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Isekai) is writing the screenplay. Masayuki Gotou (SSSS.Dynazenon) is designing the monsters. Hollywood CG art director Sei Nakashima (Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution end credits illustrations, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone concept artist) is the character designer for Maru. Masatsugu Saitō (Cyborg 009 Call of Justice) is the designer for Coco. JNTHED (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury) illustrated the teaser visual (pictured right).

The project's theme is "a story about kaiju and girls," and the studios are aiming the project at a worldwide audience.

A full anime short for Kaiju Decode streamed in December 2021 on the Tsuburaya Imagination website. The companies also released a VR anime short titled Kaiju Decode: First Contact on the same day for Oculus Quest. Both anime are listed as the "first part" of the overall project.

S/N directed the anime at Arect. Tetsuya Yamada wrote the script, and Tadahiko Inoue composed the music. The anime stars Nobunaga Shimazaki as Rei, Marika Kōno as Miru, Mayumi Shintani as Zora, and Aya Yamane as Real Rei.

The producers for the project include Kōichi Noguchi and Masahiro Onda. Noguchi is the producer of such anime as Expelled from Paradise and KADO - The Right Answer, while Onda is a veteran Tsuburaya Productions producer for such projects as Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial, as well as an executive producer on the SSSS.Gridman anime series. Sei Nakashima is the character designer.

Sources: Kaiju Decode anime's website, Comic Natalie