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We’re one month away from the biggest battle of 2024, and it looks like Baki and Kengan aren’t the only Titans that will be fighting. In a surprise announcement from Netflix, Baki Hanma Vs. Kengan Ashura is bringing their A-game for this epic showdown.
The latest trailer previewed the new OP theme titled Fly High by ATARASHII GAKKO! And the ending theme Don’t Stay will be performed by the hip hop group called Lead. A new cast and staff list has been released, which is listed below:
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Cast:
- Saw Paing Yoroizuka– Nobuyuki Hiyama (Yu Yu Hakusho, Kengan Ashura, Kamen Rider Fourze)
- Kaoru Hanayama– Takuya Eguchi (Eden of the East, Baki, Spy x Family)
- Raian Kure– Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Sword Art Online, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Kengan Ashura)
- Jack Hammer– Kenta Miyake (Wolf’s Rain, My Hero Academia, Baki)
- Ohma Tokita– Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters, The Seven Deadly Sins, Kengan Ashura)
- Baki Hanma– Nobunaga Shimazaki (Jujutsu Kaisen, Baki, Fruits Basket)
Staff:
- Director: Toshiki Hirano
- Original Story Cooperation: Yabako Sandrovich
- Screenplay: Atsuo Ishino
- Character Design: Makoto Takahoko, Shingo Ishikawa
- Color designer: Hiromi Miyawaki
- Art Director: Yoshihara Shunichiro
- Director of Photography: Tatsuo Noguchi
- Editing: Yuriko Sano
- Music: Kenji Fujisawa (Team-MAX), Koji Takanashi (Team-MAX)
- Sound Director: Yasuyuki Urakami
- Animation Production: TMS Entertainment
- Production: Hanma Baki Production Committee, Kengan-kai 2
The anime adaptation of Baki vs. Kengan Ashura was first announced in March 2024 and it is to premiere on Netflix on June 6. Created by Keisuke Itagaki, Baki was published in Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shonen Champion, and Kengan Ashura was written by Yabako Sandrovich and illustrated by Daromeon. Kengan Ashura is published on the comics website Ura Sunday and the comics app MangaONE. Also, be sure to check out NHK World Japan’s On-demand Manga Special focusing on Itagaki’s Baki manga series.
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This unlikely alliance between underground fighting organizations brings together two titans of martial arts manga as the dream collaboration between “Baki” and “Kengan Ashura” finally becomes a reality! Iconic badasses from both series clash in extreme and unpredictable matchups so thrilling they’re sure to get your blood pumping!
Source: Press Release
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