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Night Head 2041 Anime's 2nd Teaser Reveals Main Cast
posted on by Egan Loo
The official website for Night Head 2041, a new television anime based on the 1992 live-action Night Head drama series, began streaming the anime's second teaser promotional video. The site and video reveals the main cast:
The anime stars:
Nobunaga Shimazaki as the younger brother Naoya Kirihara
Takahiro Sakurai as the older brother Takuya Kuroki
Kenshō Ono as the younger brother Yūya Kuroki
Etsushi Toyokawa and Shinji Takeda played the Kirihara brothers in the original live-action series, and Toshiyuki Morikawa and Akira Ishida played the brothers in the 2006 anime Night Head Genesis.
The original live-action series centers around two psychic brothers, Naoto and Naoya Kirihara, who are on the run because they are persecuted by the world. The new anime introduces a new pair of brothers, Takuya and Yūya Kuroki, who are part of the National Security Force and are tracking down the Kirihara brothers.
George Iida, the director of the original live-action Night Head drama, is writing the new anime. Takamitsu Hirakawa (Etotama, revisions) is directing the anime at Shirogumi. Oh! great (or Ito Ogure, original creator of Air Gear, Tenjo Tenge, artist for Bakemonogatari manga) is designing the characters, Kenichiro Tomiyasu (INEI) is drawing the concept art, and Yutaka Yamada (Tokyo Ghoul) is composing the music. Slow Curve is in charge of planning and production.
The anime will premiere in July on Fuji TV's [+Ultra] programming block.
The live-action Night Head television drama aired from 1992 to 1993. The series inspired the 24-episode Night Head Genesis anime series in 2006, which also had a manga adaptation in 2007. Media Blasters released the anime, and Del Rey published the manga.
The new anime is getting a manga, novel, and a stage play adaptation. The manga launched on April 28 on Kodansha's YanMaga Web website. Rookie manga creator Kei Ogawa is drawing the manga. Night Head live-action series screenwriter George Iida is penning the novel in collaboration with Kawato Azusa.
Sources: Night Head 2041 anime's website, Comic Natalie
