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Additional Cast and Staff Announced for 'Drifters' Anime Adaptation

by arsonal
Mar 21, 2016 12:37 AM | 17 Comments

The official Twitter account of the upcoming Drifters anime, an adaptation of the manga by Kouta Hirano, has announced additional voice cast members. Composers for the soundtrack of the anime were also announced last week.

According to the Twitter account, a poster of Drifters has been unveiled today at Kokusai-Tenjijo Station in Tokyo. The railway station serves the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition center, where AnimeJapan 2016 will be held this coming weekend.

Cast
Jeanne d'Arc: Junko Minagawa (Aria The Animation)
Gilles de Rais: Kenji Nomura (BlazBlue: Alter Memory)
Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova: Junko Kitanishi (Kuragehime)
Grigori Rasputin: Masahiko Tanaka (Shingeki no Kyojin)
Toshizou Hijikata: Hiroki Yasumoto (Hoozuki no Reitetsu)

Staff
Music: Yasushi Ishii (Hellsing), Hayato Matsuo (Hellsing Ultimate)

Source: Official Twitter

17 Comments Recent Comments

There's no doubt that the OST is going to kick ass now.

Mar 27, 2016 7:11 AM by KashKetchum

Here I am waiting for Hannibal and Scipio's VA's... They were an awesome duo early on in the manga.

Mar 22, 2016 3:02 PM by D3pthCharge

Jeanne D'Arc, Anastasia Romanova, Rasputin, Hijikata...

Man, nice mix of historical names in one anime. I definitely gotta check this out.

Glad Hiroki Yasumoto has a voice role in this.

Mar 22, 2016 2:37 AM by removed-user

Seems like I already had it in my ptw list. Definitely looks cool, and I sure it will sound cool too :D

Mar 21, 2016 2:51 PM by GoldenDevilGamer

oooh, can't wait for this !

Mar 21, 2016 1:17 PM by abaddona_xe

Def hyped for this.

Mar 21, 2016 1:11 PM by Antearion

This seems rather interesting. XD

PTW list.

Mar 21, 2016 10:14 AM by removed-user

Oh Yes! Yasushi Ishii confirmed ! The music is on the right way.
Hope it'll be OVA series.

Mar 21, 2016 6:09 AM by nekome201

i really hope it will be OVA.

Mar 21, 2016 5:48 AM by Kuma

This no confirmation what it will be...is this a sign of an OVA series?

Mar 21, 2016 5:46 AM by mlcdl

This show will be lit AF don't sleep on it people.

Mar 21, 2016 5:37 AM by Ramkec

I will look out for this anime.

Mar 21, 2016 5:06 AM by ffleader1

I thought this show was shelved as one a forgotten title that never aired since its been AGES without any news, or have I just been out of the loop?

Mar 21, 2016 4:54 AM by TheNoseOfDeath

I just watched the PV and was quite impressed. I hope this will be a good action anime, the animation and art looks good I think.

Mar 21, 2016 4:28 AM by Boiiiiiiiiii

Whoa, Ishii & Matsuo are giving me the chills right ahead!

Mar 21, 2016 2:27 AM by Schlopsi

still no confirmation of the viewing format? is it a TV series or OVA series? i want it to be an OVA series like Hellsing Ultimate so bad

Mar 21, 2016 12:52 AM by deg

skipped everything , saw this
Music: Yasushi Ishii (Hellsing), Hayato Matsuo (Hellsing Ultimate)
adding to ptw.

Mar 21, 2016 12:41 AM by TheGeniusBaka

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