This summer will see an anime adaptation of Marvelous AQL's PSP adventure/rhythm game Bakumatsu Rock, about Japan's civil war re-imagined as a rock battle between Shinsengumi and patriots. A series of character CDs lead into this starting with last month's Ryōma Sakamoto single, continuing with Shinsaku Takasugi out on the 28th, then Kogoro Katsura June 4th. Check out the previews below.
An April 23rd "What 's this?" cast CD has kicked off a string of singles leading up to the anime.
The main voice cast:
Kisho Taniyama as Ryoma Sakamoto
Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Shinsaku Takasugi
Shotaro Morikubo as Kogoro Katsura
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Toshizou Hijikata
Kensho Ono as Soushi Okita
The anime main staff:
Original story: PSP game "Bakumatsu Rock" by Marvelous AQL
Director: Itsuro Kawasaki (Chrome Shelled Regios, Sengoku BASARA)
Seies composition: Mitsutaka Hirota (Otogi-Jushi Akazukin, The New Prince of Tennis)
Character design: Akiharu Ishii (The Prince of Tennis)
Art director: Chikara Nishikura (Inazuma Eleven)
Director of Photography: Shinyo Kondo (Fate／stay night Unlimited Blade Works)
Color design: Ayako Suenaga
3DCG director: Kana Imagaki
Editing: Rie Matsubara
Sound director: Shouji Hata
Music: Tomoki Kikuya (Squid Girl, The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat.)
Production: NAS
Anime production: Studio Deen (Hakuouki, Meganebu!)
Partnership: Bakumatsu Rock Production Committee
Key visual for the anime
The 1st PV for the game
Ryoma Sakamoto PV
Shinsaku Takasugi PV
Kogoro Katsura PV
Toshizou Hijikata PV
Soushi Okita PV
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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.
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