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Sword Gai Anime's Part II Reveals Additional Cast, July 30 Premiere
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
The official website for the Netflix on July 30. The website also revealed additional cast .
The cast includes:
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Kazumo
Ayumu Murase as Kuromaru
Haruka Shiraishi as Syouko
Maria Naganawa as Rie Matoba
Akane Fujita as Sayori
Junichi Yanagita as Kagatsuka
Okitsu is reprising his role from the anime's first part. Other main cast are also reprising their roles in Part II.
As seen in the visual, Part II will feature two characters voiced by new cast :
Maaya Uchida as Himiko, the head of the Gabi group. She mastered the Hollow Kempo which enables her to hold dozens of weapons inside her body.
The anime Sword Gai manga premiered with the first 12 episodes worldwide on Netflix on March 23.
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The story revolves around Gai, who was born beside a woman who met her death in a forest. He was adopted by the swordsmith Amon. A few years later, Gai becomes Amon's apprentice, and during the forging of a sword, he loses his right arm. To help him, Amon crushes the demon sword Shiryū (lit. Death Dragon) to form it into Gai's replacement right arm. Gai then is able to fuse with the weapon on his arm, and fights against his enemies.
Inoue (Shogakukan published six volumes for the series. A sequel series, titled Sword Gai Evolve and with the same creative staff, launched in Monthly Hero's Magazine in November 2015, and is currently ongoing. Shogakukan published the manga's third compiled book volume last June.
The manga previously Summer Wars 3D graphics) in 2013.
Sources: Sword Gai: The Animation's website, Comic Natalie, The Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
