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AMBot | 09/15/2021 | Reading Time: 2 Min.
Netflix announced today that an anime film titled "Bright: Samurai Soul" will begin streaming worldwide on October 12, 2021. This is a spin-off of the 2017 science fiction film Bright, starring Will Smith. Along with the announcement, a key visual and promotional video were also released.
Cast
Izo: Yuuki Nomura
Raiden: Daisuke Hirakawa
Sonya: Shion Wakayama
Yūki Nomura makes his voice acting debut in this film.
In the English dub, Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) voices Izo, Fred Mancuso voices Raiden, and Yuzu Harada voices Sonya.
Kyouhei Ishiguro directs the anime at animation studio ARECT. Michiko Yokote writes the script, and Atsushi Yamagata designs the characters.
Netflix describes the story as follows:
In the time between the fall of the shogunate and the dawn of the Meiji era, a powerful bright light emitted from a wand ends the long reign of the shogunate to prevent further bloodshed as Japan moves toward a new age. Amid this upheaval, a one-eyed wandering ronin named Izou, who has lost his purpose in life, and Raiden, an orc who despises killing and hopes to leave his life of thievery behind, separately encounter a young elf girl named Sonya at the same time. Together, they embark on a journey along the Tokaido Road to safely escort her and the wand she possesses to the land of the elves in the north. Standing in their way is the mysterious organization Inferni, which seeks to seize the wand and resurrect the Dark Lord, who aims to rule all creation. Inferni also manipulates the new Meiji government in its attempt to steal the wand from Izou, Raiden, and Sonya. Along the Tokaido Road from Kyoto to Yokohama, Izou and Raiden begin their journey to protect the wand.
Cast
Izo: Yuuki Nomura
Raiden: Daisuke Hirakawa
Sonya: Shion Wakayama
Yūki Nomura makes his voice acting debut in this film.
In the English dub, Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) voices Izo, Fred Mancuso voices Raiden, and Yuzu Harada voices Sonya.
Kyouhei Ishiguro directs the anime at animation studio ARECT. Michiko Yokote writes the script, and Atsushi Yamagata designs the characters.
Netflix describes the story as follows:
In the time between the fall of the shogunate and the dawn of the Meiji era, a powerful bright light emitted from a wand ends the long reign of the shogunate to prevent further bloodshed as Japan moves toward a new age. Amid this upheaval, a one-eyed wandering ronin named Izou, who has lost his purpose in life, and Raiden, an orc who despises killing and hopes to leave his life of thievery behind, separately encounter a young elf girl named Sonya at the same time. Together, they embark on a journey along the Tokaido Road to safely escort her and the wand she possesses to the land of the elves in the north. Standing in their way is the mysterious organization Inferni, which seeks to seize the wand and resurrect the Dark Lord, who aims to rule all creation. Inferni also manipulates the new Meiji government in its attempt to steal the wand from Izou, Raiden, and Sonya. Along the Tokaido Road from Kyoto to Yokohama, Izou and Raiden begin their journey to protect the wand.
This article was originally published in German. It was translated with technical support and editorially reviewed before publication.
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