Kadokawa revealed this Friday that the Bullbuster is receiving an anime adaptation that will premiere in 2023.
The franchise will have a performance on stage at the Kitakyushu Pop Culture Festival event on November 27th.
Film director Hiroyuki Nakao and PICS are credited with planning and original work. Manga creator Eisaku Kubonouchi (original character design for Carole & Tuesday) is the original character designer. Hiroyasu Aoki (director of Hero Mask) is directing the anime and is in charge of the series' scripts at studio NUT. Takahisa Katagiri (animation director for FLCL Progressive, Hero Mask) is adapting Kubonuouchi's designs for animation and is also the chief animation director. Junji Okubo (Overlord monster design) is the mechanical designer.
The anime's voice actors are: (from left to right in the image above)
- Asami Seto as Arumi Ikaido
- Yuki Takada as Miyuki Shirogane
- Shinichiro Miki as Koji Tajima
- Shoya Chiba as Tetsuro Okino
- Ken Uo as Kintaro Kataoka
- Taiten Kusunoki as Ginnosuke Muto
Synopsis
In the anime's story, a young engineer named Tetsuro Okino, who developed the new Bullbuster robot, is transferred to Hato Industries, a company that exterminates vermin. There, the company and its president Koji Tajima face a mysterious life form called “Kyoju”.
Kadokawa published two light novels in the franchise. Nakao is credited with the original work, while Seiji Ebihara wrote the novels.
Source: ANN
