Exciting news for fans of Kengo Hanazawa's manga Under Ninja: The main cast and staff for the upcoming TV anime adaptation have been announced. The series is set to premiere in October, and fans are already eager to see the story come to life.
The main cast of the Under Ninja anime adaptation includes Taito Ban as Kurō Kumogakure, Tarusuke Shingaki as Katō, Tasuku Hatanaka as Miracle Hibi, Atsumi Tanezaki as Suzuki, and Daiki Yamashita as Shion Hachiya. Denpa, the manga publisher, describes the series as the story of a high school loner who becomes a modern-day ninja responsible for carrying out international assassinations.
Satoshi Kuwabara, known for his work on Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions, is directing the anime at Tezuka Productions. Keiichirō Ōchi, who worked on The Quintessential Quintuplets, is overseeing the series and writing the scripts. Nobuteru Yuki is in charge of character design, and Shōta Kowashi is composing the music, while Pony Canyon is producing.
Other notable staff involved in the project include Chihiro Ueno as sub-character designer, Seiji Handa as mechanical prop designer, and Natsumi Yamada as prop designer. The chief animation directors are Akio Ujiie and Reina Iwasaki, while Masami Saito serves as art director.
This article was originally published in German. It was translated with technical support and editorially reviewed before publication.