We learned earlier back in March that the Tiger Mask property is set for a revival in Japan with a new series that will get a Japanese broadcast as well as worldwide streaming according to Takaaki Kidani, president of Bushiroad, which is the parent company the New Japan Pro-Wrestling organization. The new adaptation is scheduled for a fall 2016 premiere and the first key visual for it was released alongside a new promotional video.
The series will be directed by Toshiaki Komura based on the scripts supervised by Katsuhiko Chiba. Hisashi Kagawa is on board to handle the character designs for it with animation coming from Toei Animation where they’re working 2D and 3DCG animation work.
The property is based on the original manga from Ikki Kajiwara that began back in 1968 and had a couple of TV series adaptations over the years.
Plot concept: The protagonists are two young pro wrestlers, Naoto Azuma and Takuma Fujii. Both were trainees of “Jipang Pro Wrestling,” a small pro wrestling team, until it was crushed by the evil “Global Wrestling Monopoly (GWM)” team. To plan their revenge, Azuma trained at the foot of Mount Fuji, becoming the “New Tiger Mask,” while Takuma entered “The Tiger’s Hole,” the organization that manipulates GWM, becoming “Tiger the Dark.”
[Source: ANN]
