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Tomokazu Seki to play lead; Noir's director Mashimo & Bee Train studio to animate
Blade of the Immortal TV Anime Confirmed for Summer (Updated) - Anime News Network
The May issue (on sale on March 25) of Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon magazine will confirm that a television anime version of Hiroaki Samura's Blade of the Immortal manga will premiere this summer in Japan. Tomokazu Seki (Escaflowne's Van, Gungrave's Beyond the Grave) will voice the main character Manji — a rōnin swordsman condemned to immortality unless he kills a thousand evil men for all the good men he killed. Rina Satou (Negima!'s Negi, Bamboo Blade's Satori) will play Manji's fellow traveler Rin. Hirofumi Nojima (Kagehisa Anotsu), Kazuya Nakai (Taito Magatsu), Masashi Ebara (Sabato Kurui), Katsuyuki Konishi (Eikū Shizuma), Daisuke Namikawa (Araya Kawakami), Mamiko Noto (Makie), Megumi Toyoguchi (Hyakurin), Toshiyuki Morikawa (Giichi), Shinichiro Miki (Shira), and Maaya Sakamoto (Machi) complete the cast. Koichi Mashimo will direct the animators on Bee Train as he did for the .hack// franchise and Noir. Hiroyuki Kawasaki (The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Sorcerer Hunters) will oversee the scripts, and Yoshimitsu Yamashita (Murder Princess, Samurai Champloo animation director) will design the characters. Kō Ōtani (Ayakashi Ayashi, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing) will compose the music.
Dark Horse Comics publishes the manga in North America.
Έχω ακούσει τα καλύτερα για το manga του Blade of the Immortal (14 volumes) και επιτέλους θα το δούμε και σε anime όσοι βαριόμαστε τα scanlations. Δε μιλάμε για ένα τυχαίο manga, ορισμένοι το αποκαλούν το καλύτερο όλων των εποχών. Δεν ξέρω αν είναι όντως τόσο καλό, πάντως ίσως μιλάμε για το καλύτερο anime του 2008 (και του 2009).:df13952b:
