"Drifters" Anime DVD Released - TV Series Scheduled
20 months after volume 4 of Hellsing creator Kouta Hirano's history versus fantasy action manga Drifters was collected, volume 5 is out in Japan today

20 months after volume 4 of Hellsing creator Kouta Hirano's history versus fantasy action manga Drifters was collected, volume 5 is out in Japan today. This has been presented with a 36-minute version of the first two episodes of a TV anime adaptation, and the release is accompanied by news that the series is scheduled for October's fall season, and that Hirano, editor Fudetani Yoshiyuki and producer Yasuyuki Ueda will be presenting the anime at Paris' Japan Expo on July 7th.
New volume 5
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure/Stardust Crusaders series director Kenichi Suzuki helms the production with Hideyuki Kurata (Grisaia, Maria the Virgin Witch, Nanana, The World Only God Knows) and Yousuke Yuroda (High School of the Dead, Gundam 00) writing series composition.
Cast includes
Drifters
Shimazu Toyohisa - Yūichi Nakamura
Oda Nobunaga - Naoya Uchida
Nasu no Yoichi - Mitsuki Saiga
Hannibal: Yutaka Aoyama
Scipio: Hiroshi Yanaka
Ends
Jeanne d'Arc: Junko Minagawa
Gilles de Rais: Kenji Nomura
Anastasia: Junko Kitanishi
Rasputin: Masahiko Tanakai
Toshizo Hijikata: Hiroki Yasumoto
Black King: Taiten Kusunoki
Oct
Abe no Seimei - Takahiro Sakura
Olminu -Shiho Kokido
Ham - Masakazu Nishida
Plus, the folks pulling the string
Murasaki: Mitsuru Miyamoto
EASY: Kanae Ito
Staff listing includes
Director: Kenichi Suzuki
Series Composition: Hideyuki Kurata
Screenplay: Yousuke Kuroda, Hideyuki Kurata
Character Design & Chief Animation Director: Ryouji Nakamori
Setting Research: Seiichi Shirato
Art Director: Ken'ichi Tatefuji
CG Producer: Garyo Tanaka
CG Director: Tomohisa Takae
Color Key: Haruko Nobori
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Letter Design: Setta
Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose
The manga is released in North America by Dark Horse.
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