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Daimidaler the Sound Robot Second Promo Previews Opening Theme
posted on by Karen Ressler
The official website for the anime adaptation of Asaki Nakama's Daimidaler the Sound Robot (Kenzen Robo Daimidaler) began streaming a second promotional video on Wednesday. The video features the opening theme "Kenzen Robo Daimidaler" by Endō.kai.
The official website also updated the cast and character design pages:
Yōko Hikasa as Kyōko Sonan
Shizuka Ishigami as Kiriko Kyuna
Ibuki Kido as Soriko Majikina
Natsuki Hanae as Shōma Ameku
Ayaka Ōhashi as Moriko Tomoyose
Azusa Tadokoro as Sewashiko Goya
Takehito Koyasu as Kazuo Matayoshi
Aya Suzaki as Likantz Seaberry (Rittu)
Hideyuki Hori as Penguin Emperor
Penguin Command
Additional cast members include:
- Taishi Murata as Michael
- Shintarō Asanuma as Dennis
- Kentarou Itou as Jake
- Makoto Yasumura as Jim
- Jun Fukushima as Nelson
- Rikiya Koyama as narrator
The series will reunite the staff of the High School DxD television anime series, with director Tetsuya Yanagisawa (Heaven’s Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork, Destiny of the Shrine Maiden, Shattered Angels), scriptwriter Takao Yoshioka (Ikki Tousen, Elfen Lied), character designer and chief animation director Junji Gotō (School Days), production company GENCO, and animation studio TNK (Ikki Tōsen: Xtreme Xecutor). Ibuki Kido, Ayaka Ōhashi, and Azusa Tadokoro will perform the ending theme as their characters.
The comedy centers around a high school boy named Kōichi Madanbashi who has Hi-ERo particles, the power source to operate the robotic weapon Daimidaler. With the help of Kyōko Sonan from the mysterious Prince Beauty Parlor organization, he stands up against the Penguin Empire that troubles humanity.
The manga ran in Enterbrain's Fellows! magazine (now known as Kadokawa's harta magazine) from 2008 to 2012, and Kadokawa published four compiled book volumes. In October, Nakama launched a sequel called Kenzen Robo Daimidaler OGS that runs in harta every other month.
The anime is scheduled to premiere on Japanese television on April 10.
Image © Asaki Nakama, ebkan/Penguin Empire
[Via: Nico Tube Anime]
