The reveals for the cast of this series has been interesting as it’s been staggered and disconnected from roles at first and then clarified later. Now, after most of the main cast was announced, a few more casting reveals have landed for the anime adaptation of the manga series World Trigger by Daisuke Ashihara. Check out the full list below! The series is being produced by Toei Animation and set for a Fall 2014 broadcast in Japan with an expected overseas simulcast as well. The timing works out well as the manga is being released here in the fall as well. Now the official Japanese side has updated with news of the voice cast for the series. Amusingly, they’ve given us the cast without detailing who will be taking on which role.
Newly announced:
Rie Kugimiya as Kirie Konami
Jun Fukuyama as Kyōsuke Karasuma
Tomoaki Maeno as Reiji Kizaki
Keiji Fujiwara as Takumi Rindō
Takeshi Kusao as Masafumi Shinoda
Masakazu Morita as Shūji Miwa
Kana Hanazawa as Ai Kitora
Nobuhiko Okamoto as as Jun Arashiyama
Previously announced:
Yuuki Kaji as Osamu Mikumo
Nobuhiko Okamoto
Rie Kugimiya
Jun Fukuyama
Hideyuki Tanaka – Replica
Nao Tamura as Chika Amatori
Tomo Muranaka as Yuma Kuga
Yuichi Nakamura as Yuichi Jin
The upcoming anime adaptation is going to be working off the manga that began last year in Weekly Shonen Jump, which has been available digitally in North America to readers via Viz Media. They’ve got an October 7th, 2014 release date planned for the first installment in compiled form for North America. Check out the Japanese promo for the manga below.
Plot concept: Destroy thy Neighbor! A gate to another dimension has burst open, and invincible monsters called Neighbors invade Earth. Osamu Mikumo may not be the best among the elite warriors who co-opt other-dimensional technology to fight back, but along with his Neighbor friend Yuma, he’ll do whatever it takes to defend life on Earth as we know it.
Upstanding Osamu always does the right thing, whether it means pitching in to save Earth after school or turning the other cheek to bullies. But when he meets a feisty humanoid Neighbor named Yuma, everything that he thinks is right is turned on its head. Can the two natural enemies ever become friends?
[Source: ANN]
