The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World Anime Streams ‘Kizuna Five’ Video

Kadokawa began streaming the main promotional video on Sunday for the television anime of Koyoshi Nakayoshi‘s The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World (Sentai Red Isekai de Bōkensha ni Naru) manga. The video focuses on the sentai program within the series, titled “Bansō Sentai Kizuna Five,” and introduces the in-story program’s music.

Ryusei performs “Bansō Sentai Kizuna Five’s” theme song “Saikō! Kizuna Five” (Maximum! Kizuna Five), as heard in the video above. In addition, Akira Kushida performs “Bansō Sentai Kizuna Five’s” other theme song “Maximum Kizunakaiser Bakugen” (Maximum Kizunakaiser’s Explosive Appearance).

The anime will premiere on January 12 on the AT-X channel at 11:30 p.m. JST. It will then premiere on the ABEMA and d Anime Store streaming services in Japan at 24:00 JST (effectively, January 13 at 12 midnight JST). Crunchyroll will stream the series as it airs and will also stream an English dub.

The anime stars:

• Tomoya Itō as Tо̄go Asagaki/Kizuna Red
• Masaya Matsukaze as Nagare Banjōji/Kizuna Blue
• Mika Kikuchi as Emily Tobihoshi/Kizuna Yellow
• Hiroshi Tsuchida as Shūji Kataoka/Kizuna Green
• Arisa Komiya as Tsukasa Aizawa/Kizuna Pink
• Konomi Inagaki as Idola Avom
• Minami Tanaka as Teltina Liz Wagrel Alvarost
• Tomohiro Ōno as Rosie Mist
• Haruka Shiraishi as Raniya
• Makoto Furukawa as Azir Anuma Kukuja
• Ryōko Shiraishi as Shauha
• Hiroyuki Yoshino as Abu Dhabi
• Kenichi Suzumura as Vidan

Keiichiro Kawaguchi (Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU/SOTSU) is directing the anime at Satelight. He is also the sound director. Atsuhiro Tomioka (Pokémon) is handling the series composition. Shuji Maruyama (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s) is designing the characters. Maruyama is also the chief animation director along with Hideaki Onishi and Ayako Ito. Koichiro Kameyama (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo) is composing the music.

Additional staff members include:

• Main action animators: Toshiharu Sugie, Akihiro Taniguchi, Kōdai Iwata
• Effects animation director: Takashi Hashimoto
• Prop, mecha, and suit design: Yoshitaka Taniguchi
• Kaijin design: Ryōsuke Shibuya
• Monster design: Kō Inaba
• Transformation motion supervisor: Teruaki Ogawa
• Transformation motion director: Nobuhiro Suzumura
• Art setting and art director: Hosoi
• Color design: Harue Ono (MADBOX), Ryoji Nagasawa
• 3DCG director: Hiroyuki Gotō
• Director of photography: Natsumi Uchida (Animo Caramel)
• 2D works: Shoyato Kinoshita (Animo Caramel)
• Editor: Shūji Matsumoto
• Animation producer: Hideaki Hata

Hikaru Makishima is performing the opening theme song “Cuz I,” and Aya Uchida is performing the ending theme song “Explosive Heart.”

Square Enix‘s Manga UP! Global service publishes the manga in English digitally and describes the story:

Asagaki Togo, the Red Ranger, is defeated by the ultimate evil organization during their final faceoff. He was sure he was about to die, but instead he was reborn in a completely different world! There, he becomes an adventurer to help those in need, transforms into Kizuna Red and continues his fight for justice! Enjoy this heroic tale of a Ranger protecting another world!

Kadokawa‘s BookWalker Global Store added the manga to its library in April.

Nakayoshi launched the manga in Square Enix‘s Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine in November 2020. Square Enix published the manga’s eighth compiled book volume on December 12.

Source: Kadokawa‘s YouTube channel

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