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Anime premiered on Tuesday
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Crunchyroll revealed on Tuesday that it is streaming Battle Spirits [Re] Zekkai no Kū, a new television anime series in Bandai’s Battle Spirits multimedia franchise.
The anime premiered on Tuesday at 11:00 p.m. JST on Tokyo MX and other channels.
The anime stars:
- Taichi Kusano as Kū Bashin, a cheerful, positive, sincere fan of Battle Spirits who wants to become stronger
- Daiki Hamano as Zetsu Ajara, a cool, unapproachable rōnin, feared as an Eternal Battler master assassin
- Hiro Shimono as Ibuki Mizuha
- Mariya Ise as Yui Kusumoto
- Yasuhiro Mamiya as Suiboku Bashin
- Nana Mizuki as Mine Kusumoto
- Megu Umezawa as Shie Anpachi
- Akira Ishida as Jinzan Takasugi
- Daisuke Ono as Ryо̄ga Sakamoto
- Jun Fukuyama as Kakeru Magi
- Shizuka Miyano (CANDY TUNE) as Shizu
- Miyuki Satō as Fukumaru
- Junichi Suwabe as Narrator
Masashi Kudo (Terminator Zero, Sanrio Boys, Hayate the Combat Butler! Cuties) is directing the anime at Bandai Namco Pictures and is also credited for the original character designs. Toshizo Nemoto (Inu X Boku Secret Service, Metallic Rouge, Log Horizon two seasons) is in charge of series scripts. Bandai Namco Pictures is also credited for planning the production.
JAM Project perform the opening theme song “Here we are!” Himegoto will perform the ending theme song “Pulse.”
Bandai launched its original Battle Spirits trading card game in 2008. In the game, cards represent dragons, demons, birds, insects, and other spirits that the players can control in battles. Bandai imported the game to the United States in 2009. Battle Spirits: Connected Battlers, the latest video game in the franchise, launched for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in April 2022.
The franchise launched the 50-episode Battle Spirits: Shōnen Toppa Bashin anime series in September 2008. A new television anime series aired almost every year afterwards until 2016-2017’s Battle Spirits Double Drive.
A three-episode net anime series titled Battle Spirits: Saga Brave then premiered in June 2019. Battle Spirits: Kakumei no Galett launched in August 2020. Battle Spirits: Mirage, the most recent anime in the franchise, premiered online in October 2021.
Source: Crunchyroll (Kyle Cardine)
