Netflix has been focusing heavily on the production of original anime for some time, just think of Dota: Dragon’s Blood, Yasuke, Beastars or Eden’s Zero, and it seems that for 2023 the American giant wants to breathe new life into a series born years ago , but never leave Japan. It’s about Akuma kun based on the manga by Shigeru Mizuki.
Originally published in Weekly Shonen Jump between 1963 and 1964 for a total of three tankabons, the series was revived twice in 1966 and then twice in 1970 by Mizuki himself, with the release of two unique and standalone volumes being added. to the original story. In 1989, Toei Animation produced and distributed only in Japan, an animated adaptation Consisting of 42 episodes, and today, almost 32 years after the last episode, Netflix has confirmed the return of work with a new anime as part of the initiative for celebrate Mizuki’s 100th birthdaypassed away in 2015.
The announcement came via the platform’s social pages, as you can see from the post below, where one is shown first official key visual of the project2023 as the year of publication, and the story is quickly presented: “Akuma Kun is the story of a boy determined to create a society where humanity can reach its true potential and, with the help of unlikely allies, live in perfect happiness.”
The anime’s official website also confirmed the involvement of Yuki Kajibest known as the voice of Eren Jager in Attack on Titan, as the voice actor of the protagonist Akuma II, during Yuki Mita and Toshio Furukawa will be Akuma I and Mephisto II respectively. Let us know what you think about this announcement in the comments. To finish we leave you a poster dedicated to the anime of Akuma kun.
a new series is coming to Netflix Anime! Akuma Kun is the story of a boy trying to create a society where humanity will realize its true potential and live happily, with the help of some unlikely allies#Netflix Anime pic.twitter.com/CGvzYbE9lC
– Netflix Anime (@NetflixAnime) March 6, 2022
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