At the end of the Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku property from Yuji Kaku when the series drew to a close in Japan back in January 2021, we learned that a new anime adaptation was coming for it with plans for it to be a TV series. It didn’t have any details at the time and it’s been very quiet since then.
As part of the Jump Festa 2023 event this weekend, we got a new update on the MAPPA-produced project with plans for a spring 2023 debut for it. That also came with a new promotional video and some cast reveals for it. Multiple services will be streaming it in Japan while Crunchyroll will be handling it overseas outside of Asia.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Gabimaru
- Yumiri Hanamori as Yamada Asaemon Sagiri
- Ryohei Kimura as Aza Chōbei
- Kensho Ono as Yamada Asaemon Tōma
- Rie Takahashi as Yuzuriha
- Tetsu Inada as Tamiya Gantetsusai
- Aoi Ichikawa as Yamada Asaemon Fuchi
Kaori Makita will be directing it based on the series composition by Akira Kindaichi. Koji Hisaki is on board handling the character designs.
Plot Concept: The series focuses on Gabimaru, once exalted as the strongest ninja, but who has now quit his trade, violating the laws of his village. After being captured, he claims he has nothing left to live for. However, due to his superhuman levels of training, he has inadvertently survived multiple executions, from attempts at beheading to burning at the stake. The executioner Sagiri Asaemon tells him that he has a lingering attachment to life, and issues him a mission to win his acquittal: to find the elixir of immortality.
Previous promos and visuals:
[Source: ANN]
