The anime adaptation for Ushio & Tora is almost here with its July 3rd, 2015 premiere at 10:30pm and is almost done with its casting announcements. First, the official Twitter feed for the series has revealed that Maaya Sakamoto will be playing Sumako in the show while also revealing that Fumiko Orikasa has been cast as Mikado. Check out the tweet below with the character visual for the former. We also recently learned that the group Kinniku Shojo Tai will be handling the opening theme song for the series while Sonar Pocket is handling the ending theme. The anime adaptation is directed by Satoshi Nishimura with animation done by MAPPA and studio Voln. They’ll be working off of scripts by Toshiki Inoue and character designs by Tomoko Mori.
The announced cast now includes:
Tasuku Hatanaka as Ushio
Rikiya Koyama as Tora
Mikako Komatsu as Asako
Kiyono Yasuno as Mayuko
Keiji Fujiwara as Shigure Aotsuki
Yui Makino as Reiko Hanyu
Daisukie Namikawa as Hyo
Yuichi Nakamura as Kenichi Masaki
Aki Toyosaki as Yu Hiayama
Masaki Terasoma as Kyoji Atsuzawa
Miki Shinichiro as Raishin
Yuuki Kaji as Juro
Risa Shimizuo as Kagari
Yuuka Nanri as Saya Takatori
Ai Kayano as Omamori-sama
Maaya Sakamoto as Sumako
Fumiko Orikasa as Mikado
Also announced but not connected to any roles yet are Ayahi Takagaki, Kana Hanazawa and Nana Mizuki.
キャスト発表リレー１１！「蒼月須磨子」役は坂本真綾さんです。 明日は、伝承者候補「関守日輪」の発表です。 #うしおととら #ushitora pic.twitter.com/wRYNWCTSV3
— TVアニメ「うしおととら」公式アカウント (@Ushitora_TV) June 20, 2015
Ushio & Tora comes from the manga by Kazuhiro Fujita, which had an anime OVA adaptation was done back in the early 90′s that ADV Films licensed and released years ago on VHS and DVD. The manga originally ran for 33 volumes between 1990 and 1996 and Fujita has done a couple of little things with it since there, largely for charity.
Plot concept: Ushio thinks that his father’s talk of an ancient ancestor impaling a demon on a temple altar stone with the legendary Beast Spear is nuts, but when he finds the monster in his own basement, Ushio has to take another look at the family legend! To save his friends and family from the invading spirits, Ushio is forced to release Tora from his captivity. But will the creature prove to be worse than the curse?
