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Kaiju Girls (Black) Anime's Teaser Video, More Cast, Opening Song Artists Revealed
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website for the Kaijū Girls (Black): Ultra Kaijū Gijinka Keikaku anime began streaming a teaser video for the anime on Thursday.
The site also revealed additional cast members and the opening theme song artists on Thursday. The additional cast includes:
- Riho Iida as Agira
- Sora Tokui as Pigmon
- Aina Suzuki as Miclas
- Emiri Katō as Zetton
- Hiromi Igarashi as Red King
- Megumi Han as Eleking
- Ayaka Suwa as Gomora
- Suzuko Mimori as King Joe
- Risae Matsuda as Alien Guts
- Manami Numakura as Bemstar
Hiyori Nitta, Yuki Yagi, Minami Takahashi, and Kaori Ishihara are performing the opening theme song "Honseisō Kōshinkyoku" as their respective characters under the unit name BLACK STARS. Ishihara is also performing the ending theme song "Sunny You."
The anime stars:
Hiyori Nitta as Commander Black
Yuki Yagi as Alien Pegassa
Minami Takahashi as Silver Bloome
Kaori Ishihara as Nova
The anime will have a limited theatrical run across Japan beginning on November 23.
Tsuburaya Productions is credited with the original work, and Yasutaka Yamamoto (Squid Girl both seasons, Servant × Service, Actually, I Am…) is directing the anime at Yumeta Company. Kento Shimoyama (Servant × Service, Bleach, Armed Girl's Machiavellism) is handling the series composition, Komagoma is designing the characters, and Shūji Katayama (Overlord, Popin Q, Saga of Tanya the Evil) is composing the music at Pony Canyon.
The first season of the Kaijū Girls ~Ultra Kaijū Gijinka Keikaku~ anime premiered via streaming in September 2016, and the second season premiered on January 9. Crunchyroll streamed both series worldwide outside of Asia.
The anime is part of Tsuburaya Productions' Ultra Kaijū Gijinka Keikaku project, which transforms kaijū (monsters) from the Ultraman live-action special-effects series into cute, female anthropomorphized monsters. The project has four distinct versions. The "POP version" features character designs by POP, and has picture books and drama CDs, as well as manga. The "Kadokawa version" includes the Ultra Kaijū Gijinka Keikaku Galaxy Days four-panel manga by Bakutendo, and the Kaijū Girls ~Ultra Kaijū Gijinka Keikaku~ anime shorts. The project also includes figures by Plex, and a "Kodansha version," which includes the Ultra Journey - Twin Tail Shōjo to Twin Tail na Boku manga.
Seven Seas Entertainment released the first volume of Shun Kazakami and POP's Ultra Kaiju Anthropomorphic Project (Ultra Kaijū Gijinka Keikaku: feat. POP Comic code) manga on February 20.
Sources: Kaijū Girls ~Ultra Kaijū Gijinka Keikaku~ franchise's website, Kaijū Girls (Black): Ultra Kaijū Gijinka Keikaku official website via The Tokusatsu Network
