The anime adaptation for Ushio & Tora is closer to reality as the new issue of Weekly Shonen Sunday out this week is revealing through an early scan leak the premiere date for the show. The series is now scheduled for a July 3rd, 2015 premiere at 10:30pm on Tokyo MX. The announcement also reveals that the group Kinniku Shojo Tai will be handling the opening theme song for the series. 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 previously 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
Also announced but not connected to any roles yet are Ayahi Takagaki, Ai Kayano, Aki Toyosaki, Maaya Sakamoto, Yuuka Nanri, Kana Hanazawa and Nana Mizuki.
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?
[Source: ANN]
