The Gamera: Rebirth anime has released its main trailer, as well as information on the additional cast members. Studio ENGI is animating the series while Hiroyuki Seshita is directing it.
The additional cast members include Saori Hayami (Spy x Family, The Irregular at Magic High School, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) as Emiko, and Mamoru Miyano (Steins;Gate, Durarara!!, Bungo Stray Dogs) as Tazaki. Other cast members include Hisako Kanemoto (Durarara!!, Bleach, Girls und Panzer, Assassination Classroom) as Boko, Subaru Kimura (Assassination Classroom, Doraemon, Zombie Land Saga, Jujutsu Kaisen) as Brody, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Sword Art Online, No Game No Life, Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaibai) as Joe, and Aki Toyosaki (K-On!, Beelzebub, Noragami, Dr. Stone) as Junichi.
A new visual of the second of the five monsters in the anime has been revealed. The second monster is called Jiger, following the first monster Gyaos.
Keisuke Ide will serve as the series’ assistant director and Atsushi Tamura is on the character designs. Meanwhile, Kenta Ihara, Hiroshi Seko, and Hiroyuki Seshita will be doing the series composition, with Ferdinando Patulli and Naoya Tanaka on production design. Netflix will be streaming the anime exclusively worldwide and the anime is listed with six episodes.
Gamera: Rebirth is based on the trilogy of Gamera films Shusuke Kaneko directed, namely Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995), Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996), and Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999). The three films are also known as Heisei Gamera, named after the Japanese era in which these films were released.
The kaiju Gamera first appeared in the 1965 film Daikaiju Gamera (Gamera, the Giant Monster), which was directed by Noriaki Yuasa. The latest Gamera film is the 2006 film Chiisaki Yusha-tachi Gamera (Gamera the Brave). The Gamera franchise was aimed at competing with the popular Godzilla franchise.
Source: Official Website
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