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Magi: Adventure of Sinbad Gets New PV & Visual


It’s almost time to sail the seven seas with the history’s greatest sailor!

Earlier today, the official Magi: Adventure of Sinbad anime website updated with a new promotional video. The 90-second teaser offers a brief glimpse of the series in action.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3n1brf_magi-sinbad-no-bouken-tv-anime-announcement-pv_tv

In addition, the site updated with a new visual for the show, which you can check out below.

Magi Adventures of Sinbad Visual 001 - 20160118

Magi: Adventure of Sinbad (Magi: Sinbad no Bōken) is a prequel to Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic. The series, which is based on Yoshifumi Ōtera’s manga of the same name, received five OVA episodes that were released with volumes of the manga. Yoshikazu Miyao (Inazuma Eleven) directed the OVA seires at studio Lay-duce. Souichirou Sako handled character designs on the projects, while Silver Spoon writer Taku Kishimoto handled the scripts. Tomohiro Ōkubo produced the musical scores.

Miyao, Kishimoto, and Ōkubo are all confirmed to be working on the TV series.

Daisuke Ono, who played Sinbad in the previous adaptations of Magi will reprise his role in the new series. Other announced cast members include:

  • Doraguru: Tomokazu Sugita
  • Hunin: Akira Ishida
  • Serendine: Ai Kayano
  • Badr: Katsuyuki Konishi
  • Esura: Yoko Hikasa
  • Barbarossa: Takehito Koyasu
  • Baal: Hiroki Tōchi
  • Jaafar: Takahiro Sakurai
  • Hinahoho: Keiji Fujiwara
  • Pipirika: Ayumi Fujimura

Magi: The Adventure of Sinbad is slated to premiere in April. Several character visuals were released to promote the project, which you can check out below.

Source: Twitter (Project_Magi)

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