Many still wish that there was an English Dub of FUUTO PI, Kamen Rider W, and Tokusatsu fans are getting a pretty nice consolation prize in the form of the first Kamen Rider animated film! Toei announced FUUTO PI: Kamen Rider Skull no Shōzō (FUUTO PI: Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull).
Toei will be adapting the story from Riku Sanjō and Masaki Satō’s Fūto Tantei‘s Sixth Volume, which also is an extension of Kamen Rider W’s episode, Begins Night. The film will debut in theaters for a limited viewing in Japan, the date has been set for November 8, 2024. Also, it has been confirmed that Kenjirō Tsuda (Yu-Gi-Oh, Jujutsu Kaisen, The Way of the House Husband) will be portraying Sōkichi Narumi, a detective, and founder of the Narumi Detective Office in Futo City and Shotaro Hidari’s Sensei.
A cast and staff list were released along with a new visual and trailer, seeing the return of the following listed below:
Staff:
- Director: Yosuke Kabashima
- Assistant Director: Ayataka Tanemura
- Script Supervisor: Riku Sanjo
- Screenwriter: Tatsuto Higuchi
- Character Designer: Hidekazu Ebina
- Chief Animation Directors: Kiyoshi Komatsubara, Hidekazu Ebina
- Main Animators: Kazuki Kimura, Masaru Obata, Kenta Yokoya, Shun Shibata
- Music Composers: Kotaro Nakagawa, Shuhei Naruse
- Executive Producer: Hideaki Tsukada
- Supervisor: Akira Onodera
- Animation Studio: Studio KAI
Cast:
- Shotaro Hidari– Yoshimasa Hosoya
- Phillip– Koki Uchiyama
- Tokime– Akira Sekine
- Akiko Narumi– Mikako Komatsu
- Ryu Terui– Furukawa
- Yukiji Bando– Daisuke Ono
Fūto Tantei’s Masaki Satō weighed in on this big announcement on social media, sharing their excitement for the film and a beautiful illustration of Fūto Tantei’s sixth volume cover. Studio Kai also released a new statement regarding their Anime Expo panel, Director Yosuke Kabashima will be joining the stage panel, where Studio Kai will share the first 20 minutes of FUUTO PI: Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull. The panel takes place on Saturday, July 6 at 7:30 pm in room 404 AB.
Futō Tanteī is a continuation of Toei’s Kamen Rider W television series that was written by Riku Sanjō and illustrated by Masaki Satō. It made its debut in Shogakukan’s Big Comic Spirits Magazine in August 2017 and is currently an ongoing title. The series has been collected into 16 volumes so far. The manga inspired an anime adaptation and stage play.
Source: Crunchyroll, Studio KAI
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