Anime to feature
Gundam
unit director Sekita,
Earthsea
composer Terashima
The newly launched website for the
Jy?shin Enbu - Hero Tales
television anime series has
announced
the project's Fall 2007 premiere date, as well as its staff and cast. The first volume of
Hiromu Arakawa
's manga compilation has been scheduled for August 11, the same day as her
Fullmetal Alchemist
manga's volume 17.
Hero Tales
'
original story of mythological fantasy is credited to a Huan Jin-Zhou?an apparent pseudonym based on the Chinese characters for the "Golden Week" holidays.
Osamu Sekita
, the director of the
Heavy Metal L-Gaim
videos and a unit director on several
Gundam
series from the first one to
Seed
, will helm the project. In addition to drawing the manga,
Hiromu Arakawa
will be designing the characters that supervising animation director
Naoki S?saka
(
Gundam Seed C.E. 73: Stargazer
,
Naruto
) will adapt.
Video Girl Ai
and
Saber Marionette J
's
Mayori Sekijima
will edit the scripts that
Studio Flag
(
Naruto
,
Galaxy Angel
) will animate.
Tamiya Terashima
is composing the music after having done the same for
Key the Metal Idol
and
Tales from Earthsea
.
Leading the cast as the hero Tait? will be
Kenichi Suzumura
, a prolific
voice actor
known for playing Rakushun in
The Twelve Kingdoms
and Hikaru in
Ouran High School Host Club
.
Banj? Ginga
(
Gundam
's
Gihren Zabi,
Metal Gear Solid
games' Liquid Snake) will play the general Keir?. Acting as Tait?'s friend and sparring partner Ry?k? is
Takahiro Sakurai
(
Final Fantasy
franchise
's Cloud Strife,
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
's
Suzaku).
Media Factory
will sell a limited volume 0 DVD, with a promotional video and a roundtable discussion with the main cast, at
Animate
stores in Japan and Tokyo's Comic Market 72 on August 17.
Source:
Ultimatum
Image ⓒ Huan Jin-Zhou,
GENCO
, Flag ⓒ 2007
Jy?shin Enbu
Project