We learned back in April 2021 that as this year is the 50th-anniversary of the debut of Kamen Rider in Japan back in 1971 that the first full anime series for the property is in the works. It’ll be called FUUTO PI and is already picked up by Funimation when it eventually makes its way out. It’s adapting the manga of the same name which debuted in 2017. The anime adaptation is set for a summer 2022 release and now a new update has come in for it.
The last we heard was that it’s still on track for a summer 2022 debut and that Studio KAI has boarded the project to handle the animation. Now, it’s been set for an August 2022 debut with Yousuke Kabashima directing it based on the series composition done by Tstsuo Higuchi. Hidekazu Ebina is handling the character designs.
The newly announced Japanese cast includes:
- Makoto Furukawa as Ryū Terui
- Mikako Komatsu as Akiko Narumi
- Kouki Uchiyama as Philip
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Shotaro Hidari
- Akira Sekine as Tokime
- Daisuke Ono as Yukiji Bandō
Plot Concept: The story is canonically set after the events of Kamen Rider W (the 11th of ther Heisei era), which aired in 2009. It follows private investigator Shotaro Hidari and the mysterious boy Philip, two strangers who become one Kamen Rider!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHk6ZZUF_LQ&ab_channel=AniTV
[Source: ANN]
