Spriggan, written by Hiroshi Takashige and illustrated by Ryoji Minagawa, was originally published in Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine by publisher Shogakukan from 1989 to 1996. The manga has sold over ten million copies in total, and an anime film was released in 1998. 30 years after the manga began its run, this story is set to be transformed into a Netflix Original Anime Series by david production.
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This series is directed by Hiroshi Kobayashi, the director of Dragon Pilot and Kiznaiver. The screenplay and series composition was headed by Hiroshi Seko (Jujutsu Kaisen, Banana Fish) with Shuhei Handa (Little Witch Academia) as character designer and supervising animation director. JNTHED will lead production design, Norihito Ishii will serve as CG director, Osamu Mikasa will head color design, Yuji Kaneko will serve as art director, and Yosuke Motoki will serve as director of photography.
The story depicts the adventures of Yu Ominae (Chiaki Kobayashi), a young man who serves as a “Spriggan,” a special agent of the ARCAM corporation, an organization established to seal away the relics of an ancient civilization. The series will also star Youhei Azakami as Jean Jacquemonde, Kenji Hamada as Director Yamamoto, and Mariya Ise as Yoshino Somei.
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Synopsis: A great civilization once existed on this Earth. Possessing knowledge and scientific prowess far exceeding that of modern man, the relics of this ancient civilization remain hidden across this world even now. As high-speed communications networks cover the globe and the peering eyes of satellites are able to expose all secrets, the armies of great nations clash as they seek to uncover and research these artifacts, which possess an unfathomable “power.” A member of this ancient civilization carved a message into a plate: “Protect our legacy from evildoers.” Taking this message to heart, one organization aims to seal away this ancient civilization for good. The elite secret agents of this organization are known as… Spriggans.
The series is set for a 2022 release.
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