The official website for the new TV anime adaptation for Hiroyuki Takei's Shaman King manga has made a new cast announcement.
Rina Hidaka is newly cast as Pirika Usui, Horohoro's little sister.
Yōko Hikasa voices protagonist Yoh Asakura in the new series. Katsuyuki Konishi, Megumi Hayashibara, and Minami Takayama will be reprising their respective roles from the 2001 anime version as Amidamaru, Anna Kyōyama, and Hao Asakur, respectively.
Inuko Inuyama as Manta Oyamada Takehito Koyasu as Faust VIII
Megumi Hayashibara, who is reprising her role as Anna Kyoyama, will perform the OP and ED theme for the reboot. She also performed the themes in the previous 2001 anime.
The anime will premiere on TV Tokyo and its affiliates in April 2021.
NEW CAST ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Rina Hidaka as Pirika Usui
KEY VISUAL:
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Yōko Hikasa voices protagonist Yoh Asakura in the new series. Katsuyuki Konishi, Megumi Hayashibara, and Minami Takayama will be reprising their respective roles from the 2001 anime version as Amidamaru, Anna Kyōyama, and Hao Asakur, respectively.
Additional cast includes:
Romi Park as Tao Ren
Kousuke Takaguchi as Bason
Masahiko Tanaka as Ryunosuke Umemiya
Wataru Takagi as Tokagerō
Yuji Ueda as HorohoroMegumi Nakajima as Kororo
Michiko Neya as Tao Jun
Tooru Sakurai as Lee Pailong
Nana Mizuki as Tamao Tamamura
Takumu Miyazono as Ponchi
Noriaki Kanze as Konchi
Masakazu Morita as Mosuke
Joji Furuta is directing the anime at Bridge. Shoji Yonemura is in charge of the series scripts. Satohiko Sano is designing the characters. Yuki Hayashi is composing the music, with King Record as the music producer. Masafumi Mima is the audio director.
Prop Design: Yuji Shibata
The anime will be an adaptation of all 35 volumes of the manga.
The earlier 2001-2002 television anime will be streaming in Japan on Full Anime TV and Bonbon TV.
Kodansha USA Publishing and Comixology Originals describe the series as:
In the world of Shaman King, shamans possess mysterious powers that allow them to commune with gods, spirits, and even the dead…and Manta Oyamada's about to learn all about them, because his class just welcomed a new transfer student: Yoh Asakura, a boy from way off in Izumo…and a shaman in training!
Joji Furuta is directing the anime at Bridge. Shoji Yonemura is in charge of the series scripts. Satohiko Sano is designing the characters. Yuki Hayashi is composing the music, with King Record as the music producer. Masafumi Mima is the audio director.
Additional staff includes:
Art Director: Jin'ya Kimura
Art Design: Masaaki Kawaguchi
Color Design: Natsuko Otsuka
Director of Photography: Teruyuki Kawase
Editing: Kumiko Sakamoto
The anime will be an adaptation of all 35 volumes of the manga.
The earlier 2001-2002 television anime will be streaming in Japan on Full Anime TV and Bonbon TV.
In the world of Shaman King, shamans possess mysterious powers that allow them to commune with gods, spirits, and even the dead…and Manta Oyamada's about to learn all about them, because his class just welcomed a new transfer student: Yoh Asakura, a boy from way off in Izumo…and a shaman in training!