There hasn’t been a lot of material out there regarding the upcoming property Yoru no Yatterman, but now new details have surfaced via the official site. The series, part of the 40th anniversary celebration of the Time Bokan franchise from Tatsunoko, is now set for a January 2015 debut. They’ve released a new image as well to give fans an idea of what the visual design of the series series looks like. The series is planned for twelve standard length episodes when it debuts on the main TV networks in Japan.
The property is based on the original Yatterman series that came out in 1977, which ran for a few years with 108 episodse total. This was remade back in 2008 and done in sixty episodes, which also had two specials made for it as well as a an animated and live action film the following year.
Check out the new story concept for the series.
Plot concept: In a remote land, there was a girl who gazed beyond the ocean. The land was Yatterman Kingdom. It is said that it is a heavenly land controlled by the Yattermen, the allies of justice. In order to save her sick mother, the girl attempted to land in Yatterman Kingdom to ask for help. However, she was turned away, and her mother passed away without anyone to give her charity.
Doronbo: One of the bands of great thieves. There was a beautiful girl named Doronjo working under a boss named Dokurobeh. Her lackies were two men named Boyacky and Tonzuraa. The Doronbo fight with Yattermen, and within the fray, the team is banished to a remote land.
This is the story of a new generation of Doronbos. Doronjo, Boyacky, and Tonzura, as well as the story of the birth of Gan-chan and Ai-chan as Yattermen.
[Source: ANN]
