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Hero Bank DS Game's Anime Staff, Cast Announced
posted on by Emma Hanashiro
Sega announced the cast on Monday for the upcoming anime adaptation of the 3DS game Hero Bank. The cast includes:
Yūko Sanpei as Kaito Kōshō
Hiroshi Kamiya as Nagare Amano
Miyuki Sawashiro as Mitsuo Zaizen
Kazuya Nakai as Fukuta Kanemaru
Banjō Ginga as Sennen
Houko Kuwashima as Ai Kōshō
Yuka Komatsu as Hikari Takarano
Kenyuu Horiuchi as Junshu Adachi
Bin Shimada as Kurayasu Kōshō
Yū Kobayashi as Isshin Kaimei
Tetsu Inada as Tetsunosuke Kinnari
Hisao Egawa as Shishio Torai
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Debora Kizaki
Ryōta Takeuchi as Rohan Yuri
Ayumi Fujimura as Sen Tatsuzato
Shiori Izawa as Mashiro Kyōshī
Shintarō Ōda as Jikkyō
In addition, the site announced that Atsuhiro Tomioka will be in charge of series composition and TMS Animation will be in charge of animation. Yasutaka Yamamoto will direct the series.
The anime centers around Kaito, an elementary school boy who is suddenly burdened with 10 billion yen (about US$100 million) in debt one day. The only way he can pay off the debt is to master "Hero-Gi" (downloaded off the net) and win matches in "Hero Battle," a new-generation cyber sport. The tagline of the game "Change your money with justice!"
The Hero Bank 3DS game will ship in Japan on March 20 while the anime will premiere on TV Tokyo channels on Monday, April 7 at 6:30 p.m.
[Via Yaraon]
Image (c) Sega/Hero Bank Project, TV Tokyo
