The staff of The Ribbon Hero, the new anime film adaptation based on Osamu Tezuka’s classic Princess Knight manga, has revealed new cast members and the film’s theme song “Reborn” by the Japanese/Korean group Girls Archives. A new trailer was also released on the anime’s website.
The new cast members of The Ribbon Hero include:
- Seiran Kobayashi as Pine
- Kōki Uchiyama as Velvet
- Mayumi Shintani as Zirco
The Ribbon Hero will premiere on August 8, exclusively on Netflix.
As previously announced, Saya from comedy duo Lalande stars as Sapphire, which is her first-ever leading role in a feature‑length animated production.
The Ribbon Hero is directed by animator Yuki Igarashi in his first-ever feature-length anime film. What’s more, the character designs of The Ribbon Hero are being produced by Kei Mochizuki (Fate/Grand Order, Touken Ranbu) with character concept collaboration from Mai Yoneyama (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, LAZARUS). Kazunari Arakaki is the animation character designer, Cedric Herold is the art director, and anime studio OUTLINE produced the film. Satoru Kōsaki and Ryūichi Takada (Shangri-La Frontier) from MONACA are composing the anime’s music.
Additional staff members include:
- Nergal Design: Okama
- Art Director: Masanobu Nomura
- Color Design: Natsumi Watabe
- CG Director: Akine Nagamine
- Compositing Director: Hikaru Fukuda
- Editor: Junichi Uematsu
- Sound Director: Keiichirō Miyoshi
- Sound Production: TOHOKUSHINSHA FILM CORPORATION
“For this film, I poured in my respect for Osamu Tezuka, the creator of Princess Knight; for Ichizo Kobayashi of the Takarazuka Revue, which lies at the root of the work; and for the supreme, classic entertainment they brought into the world,” Igarashi previously told Netflix. “They also created their works while overcoming hardships such as infectious diseases and war, and those works became the very foundation of our culture. To everyone living in this era, I hope you enjoy this blood‑stirring, heart‑pounding piece of what I believe is ‘true’ mainstream entertainment.”
