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Hakuōki ~Otogisōshi~ TV Anime Reveals April Debut, Renka Song
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Animation studio Renka's official mail magazine also reported on Thursday that she is performing the anime's theme song.
The cast includes:
Shinichirō Miki as Toshizō Hijikata
Showtaro Morikubo as Sōji Okita
Kōsuke Toriumi as Hajime Saitō
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Heisuke Tōdō
Kōji Yusa as Sanosuke Harada
Kenjirō Tsuda as Chikage Kazama
Tōru Ohkawa as Isami Kondō
Nobuo Tobita as Keisuke Sannan
Tomohiro Tsuboi as Shinpachi Nagakura
Norio Kobayashi as Genzaburō Inoue
Takayuki Suzuki as Susumu Yamazaki
Takeshi Ohba as Kai Shimada
Ryū Yamaguchi as Kyūju Amagiri
Hiroaki Yoshida as Kyō Shiranui
Hasumi Itō as Kaoru Nagumo
Ayano Ishikawa as Senhime
Akiko Katsuta as Kimigiku
The series of anime shorts will feature the characters from the Hakuōki games in chibi form, and will feature a completely new story with the theme "A normal every day that might have existed."
The story of the game anime adaptations center around the historical Shinsengumi samurai group in Kyoto during the 19th century.
released the game's PlayStation 3 version in May. Aksys Games also previously released the game on the PSP and 3DS, and also released the Hakuōki: Warriors of the Shinsengumi spinoff PSP game.
The Hakuōki anime franchise includes the 12-episode Hakuōki series, the 10-episode sequel series musical adaptations, the latest of which opened in Tokyo in May.
Images © IF, DF / Hakuōki: Otogisōshi Production Committee
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