Movie Trilogy 'Donten ni Warau Gaiden' Announces Production Staff

The official website of the anime adaptation of the Donten ni Warau Gaiden supernatural action manga has announced its production staff members. Voice cast members from the 2014 anime series will reprise their roles, joined by several new cast members.

The adaptation will be released as a movie trilogy with the first installment, titled Donten ni Warau Gaiden: Ketsubetsu, Yamainu no Chikai opening in Japanese theaters on December 2, 2017. Advance ticket sales for the first installment, which include a bonus clear file folder, begins on August 12. Tickets are priced at 1,800 yen each.

Limited theater edition Blu-ray discs of the first movie installment will also be sold at participating theaters. More information on the retail edition Blu-ray discs will be announced at a later date.

Synopsis
"Protect this country from behind the curtains of history." In those days, we were dreaming seriously.

Eleven years before the resurrection of Orochi, the demon serpent that awakes every 300 years, there were those who aimed to protect the country behind the curtains of history. They are the Yamainu, the unit formed solely to contain Orochi. In that unit instructed by Kumou family head Taiko, its members include Tenka and his sworn friends Sousei Abeno, Kiiko Sasaki, and others.

However, as a result of a certain incident, Tenka parted ways with the other Yamainu who held the same ambitions. There was something that could not be protected if he remained affiliated with the unit.

In the twelfth year of the Meiji era, under the clear skies of Shiga where the serpent was destroyed, the Yamainu and the Kumou brothers discover Tenka's hidden feelings.

Staff
Director: Tetsuya Wakano (Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic episode director)
Series Composition: Eiji Umehara (Beelzebub)
Character Design, Chief Animation Director: Kie Tanaka (Hundred)
Assistant Director: Hitomi Ezoe (Boku no Hero Academia 2nd Season episode director)
Action Animation Director: Kouichi Usami (Isuca)
Animation Director: Kenji Fujisaki (Zettai Karen Children), Takuma Ebisu (Robotics;Notes), Natsuko Suzuki (Bleach)
Prop Design: Kenji Fujisaki (Tsuki ga Kirei), Shinya Asanuma (Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka?)
Color Design: Miyuki Kohata (Non Non Niyori)
Director of Photography: Hideki Imaizumi (Sousei no Onmyouji)
Music: Yutaka Yamada (Tokyo Ghoul)
Music Production: Shochiku Music Publishing
Sound Director: Shouji Hata (Fairy Tail)
Sound Production: Sound Team Don Juan
Studio: Wit Studio
Distribution: Shochiku Media Division
Production: Shochiku, Production I.G, Kinoshita Management

Cast
Tenka Kumou: Yuuichi Nakamura (Drifters)
Soramaru Kumou: Yuki Kaji (Accel World)
Chuutarou Kumou: Tsubasa Yonaga (Suki ni Naru Sono Shunkan wo.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai)
Sousei Abeno: Kousuke Toriumi (Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu)
Seiichirou Takamine: Hiroki Yasumoto (Hoozuki no Reitetsu)
Kiiko Sasaki: Sayaka Ohara (Re:Creators)
Mutsuki Ashiya: Yuuki Fujiwara (ChäoS;Child)
Zenzou Inukai: Takahiro Fujiwara (Boku no Hero Academia)
Chenran Shi: Hiroshi Iwasaki (Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis)
Rakuchou Takeda: Hiro Shimono (ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka)
Hirari Abeno: Kenichi Suzumura (Prison School)
Botan: Rina Satou (Rokka no Yuusha)
Nishiki: Mamiko Noto (Jigoku Shoujo)
Shirasu Kinjou: Takahiro Sakurai (Uchouten Kazoku)
Taiko Kumou: Tooru Ookawa (Shiki) NEW
Koyuki Kumou: Fumiko Orikasa (Little Witch Academia) NEW

Official site: http://www.donten-anime.jp/

Source: animate Times