The TV anime adaptation of Masafumi Nishida, Tadayoshi Kubo, and Kōta Sannomiya’s Tesla Note spy action manga has revealed a key visual, additional cast, and staff. The anime is also confirmed to debut in October 2021.
The series is directed by Hyakko’s director Michio Fukuda and animated by Gambit. The manga creator Nishida is supervising and writing the series scripts. POKImari is drafting the original character designs.
In Tesla Note, renowned inventor Nikola Tesla left behind a record of all of his secret inventions in fragments of crystal known as “Notes”. Botan Negoro, a girl raised as a ninja, is assigned to recover these “Notes”. Together with Kuruma, the self-proclaimed “Number 1 intelligence agent”, Botan seeks to track down and collect the “Notes”, but to do so she must contend with enemy spies from all over the world.
▍Additional Cast
■ Kyohei Himi – CV: Kazuya Nakai
■ Jingo Negoro. – CV: Mugihito
■ Kensuke Toriumi – CV: Hidenobu Kiuchi
■ Lily Steinem – CV: Shizuka Ito
▍Synopsis
Mission T is a secret operation to save the world from destruction. Trained as a ninja from a young age, Botan Negoro, raised to become the ultimate spy, teams up with another excellent spy, Kuruma. Their aim is to recover the legacy of the genius inventor Nikola Tesla, the “Fragments of Tesla.” Can the two outwit the agents of other countries who are also pursuing these fragments? A super-original spy thriller begins.
▍Staff and Production
Original Work: Masafumi Nishida, Tadayoshi Kubo, and Kōta Sannomiya [Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine]
Original Character Design: POKImari
Director: Michio Fukuda
Series Composition: Masafumi Nishida
Character Design: POKImari
CG Director: Kiyotomo Takai
Art Director: Yōko Nakao
Director of Photography: Shigemitsu Hamao
Sound Director: Nobuyuki Abe
Music: Kaoru Wada
Animation: Gambit
▍Cast
■ Botan Negoro – CV: Konomi Kohara
■ Kuruma – CV: Tatsuhisa Suzuki
■ Ryūnosuke Takamatsu – CV: Tomoaki Maeno
■ Kyohei Himi – CV: Kazuya Nakai
■ Jingo Negoro. – CV: Mugihito
■ Kensuke Toriumi – CV: Hidenobu Kiuchi
■ Mickey Miller – CV: Junichi Suwabe
■ Oliver Thornton – CV: Hiroshi Kamiya
■ Lily Steinem – CV: Shizuka Ito
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