The TV anime adaptation of Shō Aimoto’s supernatural manga “Kemono Jihen” (怪物事変) yesterday (11th October) revealed the first trailer during the “JUMP SPECIAL ANIME FESTA 2020” live stream. It was also confirmed to air in January 2021.
▍Character Design
■ Kabane Kusaka (日下 夏羽) – CV: Natsumi Fujiwara (藤原夏海)
■ Shiki Tademaru (蓼丸 織) – CV: Natsuki Hanae (花江夏樹)
■ Akira (晶) – CV: Ayumu Murase (村瀬 歩)
■ Kohachi Inugami (隠神 鼓八千) – CV: Junichi Suwabe (諏訪部順一)
■ Mihai (ミハイ) – CV: Daisuke Ono (小野大輔)
■ Inari (飯生) – CV: Kana Hanazawa (花澤香菜)
■ Kon (紺) – CV: Yumiri Hanamori (花守ゆみり)
■ Nobimaru (野火丸) – CV: Hiro Shimono (下野 紘)
▍Synopsis
The story starts with a series of animal bodies that rot away after a single night in a remote mountain village. Inugami, a detective from Tokyo who specializes in the occult, is called to investigate.
While working the case, he befriends a strange boy who works in the field every day instead of going to school. Shunned by his peers and nicknamed “Dorotabo” after a yokai that lives in the mud, he helps Inugami uncover the truth behind the killings – but supernatural forces are at work, and while Dorotabo is just a nickname, it might not be the only thing about the boy that isn’t human.
▍Staff and Production
Original Works: Shō Aimoto (藍本松)【Serialized in Jump Square】
Director: Masaya Fujimori (藤森 雅也)
Series Composition: Noboru Kimura (木村 暢)
Character Design: Nozomi Tachibana (立花希望)
Chief Animation Directors: Yuki Nishioka (西岡夕樹), Emiko Endo (遠藤江美子)
Monster Design/Action Animation Director: Yuki Miyamoto (宮本雄岐)
Prop Design: Ryō Hirata (ヒラタリョウ)
Art: Inspired (インスパイアード)
Art Director: Sachiko Nishiguchi (西口早智子)
Art Advisor: Osamu Masuyama (増山 修)
Art Setting: Moriyoshi Ōhara (大原盛仁)
Coloring: Naomi Nakano (中野尚美)
Photography/Compositing: Asahi Production, Shiroishi Studio
Photography Director: Teppei Satō (佐藤哲平)
Offline Editing: Seyama Editing Room
Editing: Rie Matsubara (松原理恵)
Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki (長崎行男)
Sound Production: JTB Next Creation
Animation: Ajia-do Animation Works
▍Cast
■ Kabane Kusaka (日下 夏羽) – CV: Natsumi Fujiwara (藤原夏海)
■ Shiki Tademaru (蓼丸 織) – CV: Natsuki Hanae (花江夏樹)
■ Akira (晶) – CV: Ayumu Murase (村瀬 歩)
■ Kohachi Inugami (隠神 鼓八千) – CV: Junichi Suwabe (諏訪部順一)
■ Mihai (ミハイ) – CV: Daisuke Ono (小野大輔)
■ Inari (飯生) – CV: Kana Hanazawa (花澤香菜)
■ Kon (紺) – CV: Yumiri Hanamori (花守ゆみり)
■ Nobimaru (野火丸) – CV: Hiro Shimono (下野 紘)