(N) Pluto

[Guardian Enzo]

Series (or movie) length is the key to all.

[MCAL]

Also some voice cast:

Shinshū Fuji as Gesicht
Yōko Hikasa as Atom
Minori Suzuki as Uran

[Guardian Enzo]

Urasawa tweeted out his joy at the news. Having him on board (he’s no pushover) along with Maruyama is encouraging. That PV is a little rough in spots TBH, but my hope is that it’s early in the process. The character designs look spot-on, anyway.

[Mad Pierrot]

Having watched Monster last year I'm looking forward to it

[Frontier]

Originally Posted by MCAL

Also some voice cast:

Shinshū Fuji as Gesicht
Yōko Hikasa as Atom
Minori Suzuki as Uran

I never expected to see Yoko Hikasa as Astro Boy .

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Originally Posted by MCAL

Minori Suzuki as Uran

Ah yes. Uran, the OG imouto

YouTube

https://youtu.be/7eFdcdNe3xI

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[Kanon]

It's confirmed to be a series by the way, so it should probably be moved. The teaser looked absolutely great.

I admit I don't remember too much of the plot, but I do know this is the Urusawa manga I enjoyed the most, by far. Then again, I had a lot of issues with 20th Century Boys and Billy Bat...

[Last Sinner]

Yoko Hikasa trending upwards is well overdue. Hopefully this builds on her work in Summertime Rendering.

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by Kanon

It's confirmed to be a series by the way, so it should probably be moved. The teaser looked absolutely great.

I admit I don't remember too much of the plot, but I do know this is the Urusawa manga I enjoyed the most, by far. Then again, I had a lot of issues with 20th Century Boys and Billy Bat...

I found the teaser oddly conflicting. Parts of it (like the character designs) looked great. But I thought the CGI and the way it was integrated was pretty janky, and some of the scene compositions were kind of weird. My thinking was that it looked like a rough cut.

I’m on pins and needles to know who the director is going to be. That’s just really important.

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by Frontier

I never expected to see Yoko Hikasa as Astro Boy .

I have no idea what to expect there.

Fuji Shinshuu isn’t a big anime name, but I loved the work he did in Nami yo Kiite Kure. That looks like genius casting to me.

[MeoTwister5]

Yoko Hikasa better bring her A-game. She's voicing one of the most iconic characters of all time.

[Frontier]

Originally Posted by MeoTwister5

Yoko Hikasa better bring her A-game. She's voicing one of the most iconic characters of all time.

Has she ever not though ?

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by Frontier

Has she ever not though ?

Not boys, though. At least not much that I can remember.

This would have been a great opportunity to cast a real kid. But that's more complicated in production and quite rare in TV anime.

[Last Sinner]

Originally Posted by Frontier

Has she ever not though ?

Even if she hasn't been the lead lady for a fair while now - for bigger titles anyway, she still gets a heck of a lot of work. Looking through her roles over the years, there's so damn many post-2012 I don't recognise. But she did keep getting work. When you've voiced major characters for K-ON, Infinite Stratos, Danganronpa and Highschool DxD, you've had some big highs.

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

Not boys, though. At least not much that I can remember.

Yoko Hikasa doing Hizuru in Summertime Rendering kind of veered towards that in a way that Maaya Sakamoto doing Shiki Ryougi in Garden of Sinners did.

I guess Romi Paku is the one that comes to mind most for such a role, but given her track record, Yoko Hikasa can have faith from me in pulling it off. This is definitely breaking away from what she's known most for. I respect her for daring to do such a role.

[Stark700]

New Preview

[MCAL]

Also rest of the voice cast for the remaining robots:

Hiroki Yasumoto as Mont blanc
Kōichi Yamadera as North No.2
Hidenobu Kiuchi as Brando
Rikiya Koyama as Hercules
Mamoru Miyano as Epsilon
Toshihiko Seki as Pluto

Also the series will be 8 episodes of 60 minutes each.

[Guardian Enzo]

IMHO this should be in "series", no?

Trailer looks overall very good. "Phew", more or less. Looks like an old-school Madhouse stylistically.

Kawaguchi Toshio directing is fascinating. A truly legendary animator who's never directed. A directorial debut at 63 is unusual to say the least.

[Frontier]

Can't wait !

[Guardian Enzo]

More casting:

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...embers/.202010

[Frontier]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

More casting:

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...embers/.202010

Wouldn't have expected Romi Park as Helena .

Oh, and her IRL hubby is also in there. Even though I don't think their characters ever meet .