Tank Chair Anime Reveals 2nd Main Promo Video, Megumi Ogata as Sensei
Bandai Namco Filmworks unveiled on Thursday the second main promotional video and an additional cast member for the anime of Manabu Yashiro's Tank Chair manga on Wednesday.
Megumi Ogata will voice Sensei, an absolute ruler with unfathomable menace and overwhelming power, and the founder of the "Academy:"
Ogata will make an appearance at an advanced screening for the anime at Ikebukuro HUMAX Cinemas on September 24.
Kodansha USA Publishing has licensed the series, and it describes the story:
Shizuka takes on the most dangerous of assassin jobs, but she's not the one doing the killing. Rather, it's her brother, Nagi, a strong assassin who took a bullet to protect his sister, leaving him in a comatose state and having to use a wheelchair. However, Shizuka has figured out the key to waking her brother up: he must be faced with killing intent! Thus begins a violent journey of recovery, battling the most dangerous foes!
The anime stars:
- Kōki Uchiyama as Nagi Taira
- Minori Fujidera as Shizuka Taira
- Gakuto Kajiwara as Naozumi Kurosaka
- Saori Hayami as Touko Kurosaka
- Yurina Amami as Dr. Radio
- Gen Sato as Uzu
Tadahiro Yoshihira (Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars) and Hiroaki Ando (Kaina of the Great Snow Sea, Ajin) are directing the anime and writing the scripts at Polygon Pictures. (Yoshihira is also supervising the overall series scripts.) Yūki Moriyama (Blame!) is designing the characters. Masaru Yokoyama (Mashle: Magic and Muscles, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans) is composing the music. Kazuma Teshigahara (Kaina of the Great Snow Sea) is credited for production design.
Reggae-punk band SiM perform the opening theme song "DALALA," and musical artist Daoko performs the ending theme song "'SYNC."
The additional staff members are:
- CG Supervisor: Kōsuke Kawamura
- Modeling Supervisor: Daiki Seo
- Environment Supervisor: Tsubasa Hirata
- Rigging Supervisor: Mai Kawano
- Look Development Supervisor: Shinnosuke Takizawa
- Layout/Animation Supervisors: Kazukatsu Izawa, Shō Okajima, Shogo Tezuka
- BG Set-up Supervisor: Iori Suetsugu
- Art Director: Yoshikatsu Matsumoto
- Color Key Artist: Hironori Nochi
- Effects Supervisor: Taichi Sudou
- Motion Graphic Supervisor: Tatsuya Kuwahara
- Lighting and Composite Supervisor: Kaoru Tadokoro
- Editing: Hiroaki Sasa
- Sound Director: Masanori Tsuchiya
- Sound Effects: Hiromune Kurahashi
Kodansha's K MANGA service is also publishing the series.
Yashiro debuted the manga on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket service in November 2022. The manga moved to Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine in November 2024. Kodansha published the manga's 10th compiled book volume on March 26.
Source: Press release
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