The original anime Revenger has released a new key visual featuring all five main characters. The ending theme was also revealed, it will be “un_mute” by Maaya Sakamoto
Revenger, which will air on January 5, is an original anime produced by Nitroplus and Shochiku, with a series composition by Gen Urobuchi. The main visual features the silent and honest main character Raizou Kurima (CV: Jun Kazama), as well as the rest of the five main characters; Yuuen Usui (CV. Yuuichirou Umehara), Souji (CV: Shouta Hayama), Nio (CV: Hisako Kanemoto) and Teppa Murakami (CV: Shunsuke Takeuchi).
An SNS project will be launched on January 5, the day of the broadcast. The project will reveal a series of 100 one-panel illustrations newly drawn by Jiro Suzuki, the original character designer, and 100 “Revenge” challenge videos by the five main cast members.
In addition, an exclusive screening event “Souji’s Room” will be held along with the TV anime broadcast, with Shouta Hayama, who plays Souji, serving as MC for a total of six sessions from January to March, with a different guest on the stage each day.
▍Revenger Anime Character PVs
■ Character PV (Ver. Raizou Kurima)
■ Character PV (Ver. Teppa Murakami)
■ Character PV (Ver. Yuuen Usui)
■ Character PV (Ver. Souji)
■ Character PV (Ver. Nio)
■ Trailer PV 1
■ Trailer PV 2
■ Trailer PV 3
▍Revenger Anime Story
As master assassin Usui Yuuen investigates a series of murders committed against the Satsuma, the great samurai clan, he encounters Kurima Raizou, a member and survivor of one of the attacks. Together, they discover that the true nature of these murders goes beyond stolen resources. As they get closer to the truth, will they come out alive to take revenge?
▍Revenger Anime Characters
■ Raizou Kurima – CV: Jun Kasama
A master swordsman who cuts down any target with a single stroke. Silent and honest, he is the model of a samurai, willing to die for those to whom he has pledged his loyalty. But that’s why his way of life is clumsy. He’s really bad at bargaining and gut-searching, and once he concentrates, he loses sight of his surroundings… His purity is taken advantage of, and he loses his way in life as a samurai.
■ Yuuen Usui – CV: Yuichiro Umehara
The leader of the Revengers, who dispose of their targets with splendor and ruthlessness. On the outside, he is a lacquerware artist who is popular both at home and abroad, but on the side, he is also a purveyor of anything and everything that the townspeople need. While he is soft-spoken and always acts with grace, he has a mysterious side that he does not reveal to others, and he hides a forbidden faith behind his back.
■ Teppa Murakami – CV: Shunsuke Takeuchi
With his muscular body, he draws a huge mechanical bow and shoots deadly arrows that can pierce any distant target. A former pirate, he has a tremendous destructive urge inside, but he usually suppresses it and lives his life as a mild-mannered town doctor. He is a skilled doctor who treats even those who have no money and is widely admired by the townspeople.
■ Nio – CV: Hisako Kanemoto
A member of the Revengers manipulates a kite string coated with glass fragments to entangle his targets. He is an androgynous boy with a lovely angelic appearance. Still, despite his appearance, he has no human morality or concept of right and wrong and has no hesitation at all in committing cruel murders. His everyday behavior is childish for his age, but he also possesses a shrewd and calculating ability, and plays innocent and cunning tricks on others.
■ Souji – CV: Shouta Hayama
A member of the Revengers aims at the target’s vital points with a hidden Hanafuda (flower card) that contains iron pieces. He is a gambler who lives in a townhouse with a penchant for money and liquor. He wakes up around noon and goes to the gambling hall, drinking sake whether he wins or loses, leading a self-indulgent life. He is the most human person in the crew, with a bad mouth and a lot of complaints, but also surprisingly compassionate.
■ Jinkuro Isarizawa – CV: Takehito Koyasu
An official of the Nagasaki Magistrate’s Office, the security organization of the Shogunate, he has been taking credit for cracking down on opium. He is nicknamed “Kaimaki Yoriki” (meaning a good man with a big mouth)because he usually spends his time in the red-light district with many ladies, but despite his frivolous behavior, he is in fact a very cunning and manipulative man. He is deeply connected to the town’s underworld and is willing to use the Revengers for his own ends.
■ Gerald Kanou – CV: Akio Otsuka
Based in a half-destroyed chapel somewhere in Nagasaki, he is a priest in charge of the Revengers’ deals. Whenever the money is delivered to him, he gives information on the target to the Revengers, and those who successfully complete the work are rewarded with a prayer. He is a follower of a monotheistic religion that was introduced during the Warring States period, but his faith has changed into something unique in the long period of banning and oppression.
▍Revenger Anime Staff
Planning: Shochiku, Ajia-do, Nitroplus
Director: Masaya Fujimori
Story draft/series composition: Gen Urobuchi
Screenplay: Gen Urobuchi, Renji Ooki
Character design draft: Jiro Suzuki, Yuu Ameichi
Character Design/Chief Animation Director: Yuji Hosokoshi
Chief Animation Director: Yuki Nishioka, Emiko Endo
Art Director: Hotaka Okamoto
Color Designer: Naomi Nakano
Director of Photography: Tepei Sato
Music: Jun Futamata
Sound Director: Akiko Fujita
Animation Production: Ajia-do Animation Works
▍Revenger Anime Cast
■ Raizou Kurima – CV: Jun Kasama
■ Yuuen Usui – CV: Yuichiro Umehara
■ Teppa Murakami – CV: Shunsuke Takeuchi
■ Nio – CV: Hisako Kanemoto
■ Souji – CV: Shouta Hayama
■ Gerald Kanou – CV: Akio Otsuka
■ Jinkuro Isarizawa – CV: Takehito Koyasu