The staff of the upcoming anime adaptation of Tetsuhiro Koshita’s Honō no Tōkyūjo: Dodge Danko manga confirmed the anime’s July 6 premiere for Tokyo MX and BS11’s 11:00 p.m. JST timeslot. There will be an advance screening of the first two episodes of Honō no Tōkyūjo: Dodge Danko will be held on June 21 at Shinjuku Wald 9.
The anime’s new cast members include:
- Sumire Uesaka as Hako Mikasa
- Kanna Nakamura as Hayami Hiura
- Yuka Iguchi as Jyuri Igarashi
- Satomi Akesaka as Ruka Sakamoto
- Fairouz Ai as Zoe
- Mariya Ise as Ran Midou
Newly announced staff members include:
- Color Design: Ryō Kimura
- Art Director/Art Design: Masahiro Satō
- 3D: Ryosuke Kimura
- Compositing Director of Photography: Daichi Nogami
- Editing: Yuki Honda
- Music: Yasunori Iwasaki, Ren Tsukagoshi
- Sound Director: Yūichi Imaizumi
- Recording Adjustment: Hikaru Shiiba
- Recording Assistant: Nanami Utsu
- Sound Production: Ryohei Hama
- Music Production: Avex Pictures
Momoiro Clover Z performs the opening theme song “Kaishin no Ichigeki (A Masterful Play),” and i☆Ris performs the ending theme song “Welcome to Azatosa World.”
Hiroshi Ikehata, known for his work on TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You, is directing the anime at CUE. Kazuho Hyōdō is in charge of series scripts, and Narihito Sekikawa is designing the characters and also serving as the chief animation director.
The cast of the anime includes:
- Noriko Hidaka as Danpei Ichigeki
- Manaka Nakayama as Danko Ichigeki
- Kaori Maeda as Chinko Kobotoke
- Akira Sekine as Mochiko Etai
- Yō Taichi as Susan Canon
- Yū Sasahara as Honey Otohana
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Danpei Ichigeki
- Tetsu Inada as Chinnen Kobotoke
- Yūki Wakai as Peiko Nikaidō
Tetsuhiro Koshita’s Honō no Tōkyūji Dodge Danpei manga was published in Shogakukan’s Monthly CoroCoro Comic magazine from 1989 to 1995. It also got an anime series that aired from 1991 to 1992 for 47 episodes. The Honō no Tōkyūjo: Dodge Danko sequel made its debut on the Weekly CoroCoro Comic website in November 2022.
The original manga focused on the journey of Danpei. However, the sequel will follow the adventures of Danpei’s daughter as she sets out to create the strongest team and keep her father’s legacy alive.
