Picture: Encourage Films – Toei Animation
Netflix will carry the model new anime sequence primarily based on the Akuma-kun globally beginning in Fall 2023.
The new sequence is predicated on the manga that debuted within the mid-Sixties and has been tailored beforehand right into a live-action sequence within the 60s and an anime sequence by Toei Animation within the late 80s and ran for 42 episodes.
The information of Akuma-kun coming to Netflix got here by way of Matan-web.jp (and confirmed by Anime News Network), which confirmed that Netflix has the worldwide unique distribution beginning in Fall 2023.
Per Matan (translated to English), right here’s what you’ll be able to count on from the brand new sequence:
“The new anime is set in the world 30 years after the 1989 version of the TV anime, in which Ichiro Ureki, a genius boy who was raised by the devil, and his partner Mephisto III take on the mysterious incident caused by the devil.”
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アニメ『悪魔くん』
2023年秋
Netflixにて世界独占配信！
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メフィスト3世・メフィスト2世：#古川登志夫
初代悪魔くん/埋れ木真吾：#三田ゆう子#悪魔くん pic.twitter.com/FwPqI15tzM— アニメ『悪魔くん』公式 (@Anime_Akumakun) March 8, 2023
Yūko Mita and Toshio Furukawa are getting back from the unique anime sequence to voice within the new sequence and director Junichi Sato can be getting back from the earlier sequence.
Fumitoshi Oizaki is serving as a director of the brand new sequence. Previous work contains Place to Place, Deaimon, and A Centaur’s Life. Hiroshi Ōnogi serves as the top author on the undertaking. Ōnogi is greatest identified for Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Shangri-La.
This anime sequence is reportedly considered one of 4 massive initiatives deliberate this yr to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of Shigeru Mizuki’s (the manga’s creator) start, with different initiatives, together with an anime film set to premiere in Japanese theaters within the Fall additionally.
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At the time of publishing, Netflix’s Anime socials for the West had but to substantiate or promote the information.
This is considered one of many anime sequence and flicks Netflix has picked up or shall be airing over the following yr or so, as we’ve cataloged right here. Also scheduled to launch in Fall 2023 (October twenty sixth, based on sources) is the extremely anticipated PLUTO sequence.
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