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Tokunana Anime Gets New Trailer & Visual, 3 Cast Members


On August 7, the official Tokunana (Keishichō Tokumu-bu Tokushu Kyōaku-han Taisaku-Shitsu Dai-Nana-ka -Tokunana-, lit. Metropolitan Police Department Special Division Heinous Crime Investigation Unit Special 7: Tokunana) anime website updated with a new key visual and trailer, as well as three cast members.

We break the details down below.

Trailer

The 135-second promo introduces the major plot beats, with Hiro Shimono providing narration. Theme song Take On Fever by OLDCODEX kicks in as a background track at the 25-second mark.

Key Visual

The image features the major characters posing on the steps of a grey building, as a grim cityscape sprawls behind them.

Tokunana Anime Visual

Cast

The series will add the following:

  • Warlock: Hiroaki Hirata
  • Mysterious Man: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
  • Black Pearl: Nobunaga Shimazaki

Visuals for the characters were also revealed, which you can check out below.

Tokunana will hit Japanese TV in October.

Tokunana Anime VisualTakayuki Kuriyama (Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion) will serve as chief director on the project, while Harume Kosaka (Make-Up! Sailor Senshi, Saint Beast) takes the director’s chair. Peace Maker Kurogane creator Nanae Chrono  is providing character designs, while Yuichiro Higashide (Fate/Apocrypha) takes charge of series composition.

Other confirmed crew members include:

  • Original Character Designs: Hiroya Iijima

The confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Seiji “Rookie” Nanatsuki: Hiro Shimono
  • Shiori “Charisma” Ichinose: Kenjiro Tsuda
  • Kujaku “Analyzer” Nijō: Tatsuhisa Suzuki
  • Rokusuke “Sniper” Endō: Kenji Nomura
  • Akane “Samurai” Shikisai: Yuko Kaida
  • Bellemer “Ninja” Cinq: Ari Ozawa
  • Sakon Zeroemon “Boss” Kiryūin: Toshiyuki Morikawa

Source: Comic Natalie

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