The staff of Grendizer U, the 2024 anime television series of Go Nagai’s UFO Robo Grendizer series, announced the main cast and more staff on Thursday.
Anime stars:
Miyu Irino as Duke Fleet
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Hiro Shimono as Koji Kabuto
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Sumire Uesaka as Sayaka Yumi
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Nao Tōyama as Hikaru Makiba
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Minami Tanaka as Grace Maria Run Away
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Haruka Tomatsu as Teronna Aqua Vega and Rubina Beryl Vega
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Shun Kudō (Kimi dake ni Motetainda) will direct the anime. Tatsuto Higuchi (Shine Post) will write the script. Arakimari is the supporting character designer. Kō Inaba, AF_KURO and Junichi Akutsu (Astrays) are in charge of mechanical design.
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The new anime is described as a reboot of the original 1975-1977 anime.
Mitsuo Fukuda (Mobile SuitGundam Seed, Gear Fighter Dendoh, Future GPX Cyber Formula) is the main director of anime at GAINA and Go Nagai is the project’s executive producer. Ichiro Okouchi (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Mobile Suit Granada: The Witch From Mercury) will write the script and oversee the compilation of the series. Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Wolf Children, Gunbuster 2: Diebuster) designed the characters, and Kōhei Tanaka (One Piece, Sakura Wars, Dirty Pair) composed the music.
The Mazinger franchise teased a new project for UFO Robo Grendizer in August 2022, stating that the project would be announced in 2023.
UFO Robo Grendizer is the third installment of Nagai’s Mazinger giant robot series (after Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger). The original Grendizer anime and manga debuted in 1975, and the anime was later imported to the United States as part of Jim Terry’s Force Five project. The anime and manga would also inspire three anime films.
In France, the anime was titled Goldorak when it premiered in 1978. The series helped increase the influence and popularity of anime in the country.
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That led to French publisher Microids (formerly Anuman Interactive) and Dynamic Planning announcing an action game for 2021. Endroad is developing UFO Robot Grendizer: The Feast of the Wolf action game. Microids released the game for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on November 14. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions are scheduled to release later. The Nintendo Switch version will then launch in 2024.
Nagai launched the Grendizer Giga manga in Akita Shoten’s Champion RED magazine in September 2014 and ended it in July 2015. The story is a complete reboot of Nagai’s UFO Robo Grendizer story. When a giant fleet of flying saucers invaded Earth, it awakened Daisuke Uryū’s true power. (The main character of UFO Robo Grendizer is named Daisuke Umon.)
The manga series received an animated promotional video in April 2015 to commemorate the launch of the first compiled manga volume, as well as Grendizer’s 40th anniversary.
Source: Grendizer U anime website, Natalie Comics