On the official site for the animated adaptation of the manga written and illustrated by Shizuya Wazarai, Kentou Ankokuden Cestvsand its continuation entitled Kendo Shitouden Cestvstitled Cestvs: The Roman fighterthe first promotional video of the project was released. The video confirms that the premiere is scheduled for April 14th in Japan and shows a fragment of the opening song entitled "Endeavor," performed by the group. Dragon ash.
For his part, Wazarai published the manga Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs in the magazine Cub from the publisher Hakusensha between 1997 and 2009 with a total of fifteen compilation volumes. Then the sequel began to be released Kendo Shitouden Cestvs in the same magazine in 2010, and moved to the in 2014 Cub Arashi. You later moved serialization back into the app Manga Park in 2018.
The statement also included a new promotional image for this production:
Cast
- Himoru Mineta like Cestvs.
- Rikiya Koyama like Zafar, the trainer from Cestvx.
- Kensho Ono as Ruska, a member of the guard.
- Hiroki touchi like Demitrius, Ruska's father.
- Yuuto Uemura as Nero, the fifth emperor of Rome.
- Kikuko Inoue like Agrippina, Nero's mother.
- Aya Endo as Sabina, the beautiful daughter of a powerful family from Pompeii.
- Ryota takeuchi like Emden, the best fighter in Pompeii.
Production team
- Toshifumi Kawase ((Tenjgo Tenge, Incomparable Raijin-Oh) is responsible for the overall management of the project while Kazuya Monma ((Hero mask, Nanatsu no Taizai: Imashime no Fukkatsu) directs the anime in the studios Bandai Namco Pictures.
- The professional boxer Yoshihiro Kamegai acts as a consultant for the realization of the boxing scenes for the series.
- Masahiro Tokuda, Akihiro Manabe Y. Yoshiyasu ueda You compose the soundtrack of the project.
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Synopsis
Cestvs, a young slave, fights for his freedom as a gladiator with bare fingers while studying an ancient gladiator who fought against the imperial guards in Roman times.
Source: Comic Natalie
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