2 lead cast members to perform anime's opening theme song

The official website for Tōken Ranbu: Hanamaru TV anime updated its key visual and cast list on Friday with seven additional characters. The website also announced that Mitsuhiro Ichiki and Toshiki Masuda, who voice Yamatonokami Yasusada and Kashū Kiyomitsu, respectively, will perform the anime's opening theme song.

The newly announced cast members (from left to right) are:

Yuuki Tai as Sōza Samonji

Seiichiro Yamashita as Yagen Toushirō

Takuya Satō as Shokudaikiri Mitsutada

Yuuta Kasuya as Gokotai

Tomoaki Maeno as Yamanbagiri Kunihiro

Ryota Ohsaka as Shishiō

Hidenori Takahashi as Ishikirimaru

The previously announced cast members (from left to right) are:

Junji Majima as Nikkari Aoe

Kazuyuki Okitsu as Hachisuka Kotetsu

Kento Hama as Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki

Soma Saito as Namazuo Toushirou

Kaito Ishikawa as Kasen Kanesada



Mitsuhiro Ichiki as Yamatonokami Yasusada and Toshiki Masuda as Kashū Kiyomitsu

Tarusuke Shingaki as Heshikiri Hasebe

Daiki Yamashita as Imanotsurugi

Reona Irie as Maeda Tōshirō

The staff describe the anime as follows:

The year is 2205. The "historical revisionists" have begun attacks on the past in their plot to change history. The Saniwa, who have been charged with protecting history, can imbue life into objects. Strongest among these are the Tōken Danshi. The story centers around their cheerful lives.

The anime will premiere in October, and it will air on TOKYO MX, Kansai TV, and BS 11, and it will also stream on DMM.com and on the dAnime Store.

Takashi Naoya (Luck & Logic co-director, Selector Infected Wixoss animation director) is directing the series at Doga Kobo. Junichiro Taniguchi (Natsuyuki Rendezvous, Prison School) is designing the characters, and Pierre Sugiura (Barakamon) is writing and overseeing the scripts. Kenji Kawai (Ghost in the Shell, Eden of the East, Ranma ½) is composing the music.

ufotable is producing another anime adaptation of the game tentatively titled Tōken Ranbu , which is slated for 2017.

The Tōken Ranbu "sword personification training game" takes famous swords from Japanese history and interprets them as bishōnen. Nitroplus designed the characters and scenario. The game launched in Japan last year, and it has more than 1.5 million registered users. The game has acquired a large female fanbase and inspired a wide range of merchandise, as well as several manga and stage productions.

[Via Ota-Suke]