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Cloverworks Reveals Tokyo 24th Ward Original TV Anime for January 2022 Debut
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
CloverWorks announced on Sunday that it is producing a new original television anime series titled Tokyo 24-ku (Tokyo Twenty Fourth Ward) that will debut in January 2022.
Naokatsu Tsuda (director of first four JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime seasons, chief director of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind) is directing the anime at CloverWorks. Vio Shimokura of Nitroplus is writing and overseeing the series scripts. FiFS (made up of Shuji Sogabe and Kanako Nono) is designing the characters, and Takahiro Kishida (Baccano!, Durarara!!, Haikyu!!) is adapting those designs for animation. Hideyuki Fukasawa (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Flowers of Evil) is composing the music.
The anime stars: (in order of appearance in above video)
- Yūma Uchida as Ran Akagi
- Kaito Ishikawa as Koki Suido
- Junya Enoki as Shuta Aoi
The anime takes place on an artificial island floating in Tokyo Bay, named "Kyokutō Hōreigai Tokubetsu Chiku" (Far East Special District Outside of the Law), nicknamed "24th Ward." The anime centers on three childhood friends born and raised on the island: Ran, Koki, and Shuta. The three have different social standings, hobbies, and personalities, but they are always hanging out together. But their relationships will change dramatically after a certain incident.
At a memorial ceremony one year after the incident, the three happen to meet again, and all of their phones start to ring at once. The phone call is from a friend they thought was dead, urging them to "choose the future." Each young man will believe in their own way of doing things to protect the future of the people of the 24th Ward.
Source: Tokyo Twenty Fourth Ward anime's website, Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
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