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Shinkalion Change the World Anime Streams 1st Episode's 6-Minute Opening Video
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The official website of Shinkalion Change the World, the new television anime of Takara Tomy's Shinkalion toy line, started streaming the six-minute opening video of the anime's first episode on Sunday.
The anime will debut in April on TV Tokyo and its affiliates.
The anime stars:
- Hiiro Ishibashi as Taisei Onari
- Kenshō Ono as Akane Forden
- Shimba Tsuchiya as Ryota Kuzuryu
- Hana Tamegai as Bina
- Kaede Hondo as Mai Oume
- Chikahiro Kobayashi as Kadomichi Takanawa
- Eri Kitamura as Ina Ōnari
Kenichirō Komaya (Kizuna no Allele) is directing the anime at sister studios Signal.MD and Production I.G. Eiji Umehara (Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-) is overseeing the series scripts with assistant Daisuke Ishibashi (Tenjho Tenge). Character designers include Shiori Asaka and Niina Morita. Akira Kirishiki is the mechanical designer, Masafumi Mima is the sound director, and Yūgo Kanno is composing the music. Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment is returning to handle the CG animation. Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions is once again credited for the production.
The first Shinkalion anime premiered in January 2018, and ended in June 2019. The franchise also had an anime film titled Gekijō-ban Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion: Mirai Kara Shinsoku no ALFA-X (Shinkansen-Transforming Robot Shinkalion the Movie: The Mythically Fast ALFA-X That Came From Future), which opened in Japan in December 2019.
Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion Z, the latest anime for the franchise, premiered in April 2021, and ended in March 2022.
Source: Shinkalion Change the World anime's website via Otasuke