Onimusha – Anime premiere date revealed

Netflix has revealed a new trailer and poster for the Onimusha anime, based on the CAPCOM game of the same name. Additionally, the company announced the anime's cast, more staff members and confirmed the premiere date for November 2nd.

The trailer also reveals and features the anime's theme song “The Loneliest” by Måneskin.

Onimusha – Anime premiere date revealed

Check it out:

© Netflix

The cast includes:

  • Akio Ōtsuka as Musashi Miyamoto
  • Toshihiko Seki as Kojiro Sasaki
  • Houchu Ohtsuka as Kensuke Matsui
  • Daiki Yamashita as Sahei
  • Subaru Kimura as Goro-Maru
  • Katsuyuki Konishi as Heikuro
  • Kazuyuki Okitsu as Kaizen
  • Makoto Furukawa as Gensai
  • Aya Yamane as Sayo
  • Ryohei Kimura as Iemon

Shinya Sugai (Walking Meat, Dragon's Dogma) is directing the anime at Sublimation. Hideyuki Kurata (Read or Die original novels, Made in Abyss, Goblin Slayer), Koji Endo (Blade of the Immortal live-action, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable) are composing the music. Shochiku is credited for historical oversight. Keiji Tsuji (13 Assassins, live-action Blade of the Immortal) is the stunt coordinator. Kim Jung Gi is credited for character design, except for the character Miyamoto Musashi, which is credited to Manilyn Toledana.

Famed director Takashi Miike (live-action Ichi the Killer, Blade of the Immortal, Crows Zero, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, Terraformars) serves as supervising director.

The series uses the late prolific actor Toshirō Mifune (Rashomon, Seven Samurai) as the model for the character Miyamoto Musashi.

Source: Netflix

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