Crunchyroll announced their acquisition of the 91 Days anime series for streaming back on June 22nd and now that the show is going live soon in Japan they’ve announced their plans for it. The series will go live today at 2:30pm ET for members with new episodes going live every week at the same time. Additionally, it’s been revealed that the show will be available to members worldwide outside of Asia, giving it some strong availability.
The project has Shochiku as the distributor with it airing on MBS as part of their Animeism block. The new series has set Hiro Kaburaki to directed based on the series composition from Taku Kishimoto and character designs from Tomohiro Kishi. Studio Shuka is providing the animation.
The cast includes Takashi Kondou as Avolio, Takuya Eguchi as Nero, Daisuke Ono as Vanno, Soma Saito as Corteo, Kenjirou Tsuda as Fango, Koutarou Nishiyama as Frate, Yuuichi Nakamura as Ronaldo, Takahiro Sakurai as Barbero and Kazuhiro Yamaji as Vincento.
The opening theme song is by TK while the ending theme is “Rain or Shine” by ELISA.
Plot concept: During Prohibition, the law held no power and the mafia ruled the town. The story takes place in Lawless, a town thriving on black market sales of illicitly brewed liquor. Avilio returns to Lawless after some time away, following the murder of his family in a mafia dispute there. One day, Avilio receives a letter from a mysterious sender, prompting him to return to Lawless for revenge. He then infiltrates the Vanetti family, the ones responsible for his family’s murder, and sets about befriending the don’s son, Nero, to set his vengeance in motion. Killing brings more killing, and revenge spawns more revenge. How will the 91-day story of these men guided by a tragic fate end?
