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Netflix Streams Spriggan Anime in India on June 18

Netflix is listing david production's new anime series based on Hiroshi Takashige and Ryōji Minagawa's Spriggan (Striker) manga for release in India on June 18 alongside its worldwide debut.

The anime will have a six-episode format, with each episode having a 45-minute runtime.

Netflix describes the anime:

An ancient civilization's relics on earth hold dangerous powers - it's up to ARCAM Corporation's Spriggan agents to keep them out of the wrong hands.

The anime stars:

• Chiaki Kobayashi as protagonist Yū Ominae
• Yōhei Azakami as Jean Jacquemonde
• Kenji Hamada as Chief Yamamoto
• Mariya Ise as Yoshino Somei
• Ken Narita as Kōichi Moroha
• Ayumu Murase as Colonel McDougal
• Yoshimasa Hosoya as Iwao Akatsuki
• Ryōta Takeuchi as Larry Markson
• Akio Ohtsuka as Steve H. Foster
• Tetsu Inada as Bo Brantz
• Takehito Koyasu as Mirage
• Saori Hayami as Lt. Col. Maria Clemente
• Takayuki Sugō as Bowman
• Mitsuho Kambe as Rie Yamabishi

Hiroshi Kobayashi (Rage of Bahamut Genesis assistant director, Kill la Kill episode director) is directing the anime. Hiroshi Seko (Attack on Titan, Mob Psycho 100, Jujutsu Kaisen) is supervising and writing the series scripts, and Shūhei Handa (Little Witch Academia) is designing the characters and serving as chief animation director.

Taisei Iwasaki is credited for both the opening theme song "Seeking the Truth feat. YAHZARAH," and the ending theme song "Ancient Creations feat. Shing02." Iwasaki's soundtrack and theme songs will also be available in the original soundtrack release that will be available in digital storefronts and music streaming services on June 18, on the same day as the anime's debut.

Takashige wrote the Spriggan manga with artist Minagawa beginning in 1989. Viz Media published edited versions of three of the manga's eleven volumes as Striker in North America from 1998 to 1999. The manga inspired an anime film in 1998. ADV Films released the film in 2002 with an English dub.

Source: Netflix