TV Anime 'Kuutei Dragons' Unveils Voice Cast, Additional Staff

by Sakana-san
Oct 9, 2019 2:55 PM | 14 Comments

The official website for Polygon Pictures' TV anime adaptation of Taku Kuwabara's adventure manga Kuutei Dragons (Drifting Dragons) revealed 18 cast members, additional staff, a new key visual (pictured), and the second teaser promotional video on Wednesday. The anime will air on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block in Winter 2020. Netflix will also stream the show exclusively.

Cast
Takita: Sora Amamiya (Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!)
Mika: Tomoaki Maeno (Log Horizon)
Giraud: Souma Saitou (Seikaisuru Kado)
Vanabelle: Kana Hanazawa (Sora yori mo Tooi Basho)
Gibbs: Junichi Suwabe (Demi-chan wa Kataritai)
Crocco: Tomokazu Seki (Full Metal Panic!)
Niko: Takahiro Sakurai (Code Geass)
Berko: Kousuke Toriumi (Hakuouki)
Capella: Rie Kugimiya (Gintama)
Gaga: Kentarou Kumagai (Grancrest Senki)
Faye: Makoto Furukawa (Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen)
Badakin: Takashi Matsuyama (Egao no Daika)
Oken: Shunsuke Takeuchi (Caligula)
Soraya: Yuuto Uemura (Sirius)
Mayne: Chinatsu Akasaki (Ballroom e Youkoso)
Hiro: Junya Enoki (Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru)
Yoshi: Kazuhiko Inoue (Natsume Yuujinchou)
Lee: Hiroo Sasaki (Hagane Orchestra)

Staff
Production Design: Naoya Tanaka (Sidonia no Kishi), Yuki Moriyama (Godzilla 2: Kessen Kidou Zoushoku Toshi)
Character Design: Kyouko Kotani (Trinity Seven chief animation director)
CG Supervision: Kenta Sakama (Godzilla 1: Kaijuu Wakusei compositing)
Art Director: Chihiro Omi (Ajin assistant art director)
Color Design: Hironori Noji (Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet)
Modelling Supervision: Hisashi Oohashi (Souten no Ken: Regenesis), Takeshi Watahiki (Hinata no Aoshigure)
Environment Supervision: Hitoshi Niitsu (Ajin 2nd Season modelling supervision)
Rigging Supervision: Fernando Martin Perucki (Godzilla 1: Kaijuu Wakusei)
Look Development Supervision: Masahiro Kudou (Blame! Movie), Daisuke Uryuu (Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki 2D background assistant)
Layout, Animation Supervision: Kazumasa Izawa (Sidonia no Kishi), Nobuhiro Kikuchi (Ajin)
BG Setup Supervision: Yuuki Ikegami (Ajin 2nd Season background setup)
Special Effects Supervision: Taichi Sudou (The Sky Crawlers special effects)
Writing, Composite Supervision: Hiroyuki Matsushima (Hottarake no Shima: Haruka to Mahou no Kagami CG composition), Warner Wan De Ming (Sidonia no Kishi)
Production Editor: Hideaki Kashima (Souten no Ken: Regenesis 2nd Season)
Music: Masaru Yokoyama (Nobunaga Concerto)

The second teaser preview features the ending song "Zettai Reido" by Akai Ko-en.

Teaser PV 2

Tadahiro Yoshihira (Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki assistant director) is helming the anime and Makoto Uezu (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu) is in charge of the screenplay and series composition. Yoshikazu Iwanami (Vatican Kiseki Chousakan) is the sound director.

Source: Anime! Anime!

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Airing on Wednesdays at 24:55 (Thirsday 0:55 a.m.) via +Ultra starting January 8 (9th after midnight)
Available via Netflix Japan on January 9
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/357528

New PV
OP: "Gunjou (群青)" by You Kamiyama (神山羊)
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/361057

Nov 29, 2019 4:27 AM by tsubasalover

Mika, giraud, gibbs, niko, berko and hiro are squalo, doppio, leone, bruno, mista and fugone.
Takita, vannabelle, berko, and niko are ghoul in tokyo ghoul

Oct 27, 2019 2:33 AM by ronald_bastian

Kuma said:

Calal-Chan said:
This looks interesting. Glad people here are interested rather than bashing a certain thing most people tend to bash. I won't name it though.

it's whaling time baby.

Does Captain Ahab know about this?

Oct 24, 2019 1:59 PM by Kadmos1

Character PV
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/351756

Oct 16, 2019 5:49 AM by tsubasalover

honestly, the CG isn't the worst. I'll at least check it out.

Oct 12, 2019 6:39 AM by Elessar44

Love that people took the bait and complained XD. Love the maturity.

Oct 10, 2019 10:28 PM by Calal-Chan

Why is it that all of the interesting ideas always end up being CGI crap? :(

Oct 10, 2019 9:26 PM by removed-user

Calal-Chan said:
This looks interesting. Glad people here are interested rather than bashing a certain thing most people tend to bash. I won't name it though.

it's whaling time baby.

Oct 10, 2019 9:09 PM by Kuma

looks disappointing
can everyone except ufotable just stop using CGI?
would be highly appreciated

Calal-Chan said:
This looks interesting. Glad people here are interested rather than bashing a certain thing most people tend to bash. I won't name it though.

i will

Oct 10, 2019 8:33 PM by Nim0174

This looks interesting. Glad people here are interested rather than bashing a certain thing most people tend to bash. I won't name it though.

Oct 10, 2019 3:33 PM by Calal-Chan

To be honest, the setting looks very very promising

Oct 10, 2019 10:27 AM by WeisserSchnee2

I’m liking the opening song! It kinda gives me xamd vibes a bit.

Oct 9, 2019 9:42 PM by Phlaryx

The theme song is good. I slowly enjoy it. I plan to watch it.

Oct 9, 2019 7:28 PM by chapteria

Nice! I'll give it a chance!

Oct 9, 2019 4:01 PM by HeroVladimir93