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'Pet' Anime Premieres This Fall
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The official website for the television anime adaptation of the Remaster Edition of Ranjō Miyake's Pet manga is listing that the anime will premiere this fall.
The anime stars:
- Keisuke Ueda as Hiroki
- Kishō Taniyama as Tsukasa
- Yūki Ono as Satoru
- Yasuyuki Kase as Hayashi
Takahiro Ōmori (Durarara!!) is directing the anime at Geno Studio (Genocidal Organ, Kokkoku) for Twin Engine. Sadayuki Murai (Natsume's Book of Friends) is in charge of the series scripts, and Junichi Hayama (Votoms Finder) is the character designer. Amazon will exclusively stream the anime in Japan and overseas.
The psychic suspense story revolves around people who possess the ability to infiltrate people's minds and manipulate memories. Their powers have been used in the underworld for covering up incidents, assassinations, and other deeds. These powers can not only destroy other people's spirits, but also corrupt the users' own hearts at the same time. The users had to protect their fragile and insecure hearts, as if chained to each other. They are called "pets" out of fear and hatred.
Miyake serialized the manga in Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine, and then Enterbrain (now Kadokawa) published a Remaster Edition in five volumes in 2009. A stage play, Pet: Kowareta Suisō (The Broken Water Tank), ran in Tokyo from December 5-9. A second stage play, Pet: Niji no Aru Basho (The Place Where the Rainbow Is), will run for nine performances at the Kanda Myojin Hall in Tokyo from July 29 through August 4.
Source: Pet anime's website
