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Bikkuri-Men Anime's Promo Video Reveals Theme Song Artists
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The official website for Japan-based confectionery company Lotte's Bikkuri-Men anime, the new anime based on its Bikkuri-Man line of wafer snacks, revealed a new promotional video and theme song artists on Friday. The video previews Dannie May's opening theme song "Collection." The anime's cast including Daishi Kajita, Shūta Morishima, and Tatsumaru Tachibana will perform the ending theme song "Seishun☆Whatcha Gonna Do."
The anime will premiere in October. Previously announced cast members include:
- Daishi Kajita as Yamato
- Shūta Morishima as Ushiwaka
- Tatsumaru Tachibana as Jack
- Sōma Saitō as Phoenix
- Yōhei Azakami as Hood
- Yuki Sakakihara as Peter
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Maris
- Yūichirō Umehara as Ippontsuri
- Mitsuhiro Ichiki as Shokoshi
- Atsushi Tamaru as Alibaba
- Yui Ogura as Cross
- Yū Kobayashi as Oasis
- Katsuhisa Houki as Khan
- Shinnosuke Tokudome as Takayan
Lotte is credited for the original work, and Shaman King manga creator Hiroyuki Takei is drafting the original characters.
Tomohiro Tsukimisato (How Clumsy you are, Miss Ueno, Anime Kapibarasan) is directing the anime at Shinei Animation and Lesprit. Yuniko Ayana (BanG Dream!, The Idolm@ster SideM) is in charge of series scripts, Ayano Ōwada (How Clumsy you are, Miss Ueno) is designing the characters, and Yasuhiro Misawa (Hinamatsuri, How Clumsy you are, Miss Ueno) is in charge of music.
The new anime will feature characters who appear on the collectable stickers packaged with the snacks. The story is set in a world where the value of Bikkuri-Man stickers are so high that they have to be transported in a cash transport vehicle. There was also the famous robbery case one year ago, called the "300 million Bikkuri-Man sticker case." One day, a high-school delivery part-timer named Yamato gets involved in a battle over stickers between two competing convenience stores. The Angel Mart owned by the Phoenix store manager is famous for its easy-to-use glitter stickers. The Devil Store across the street also tries to attract Bikkuri-Man fans to their store. Former comrades are divided into allies and foes, and the battle of destiny begins.
The anime's announcement coincided with "Bikkuri-Man Day" in Japan on April 1. Bikkuri-Man snacks became a huge success in Japan since their 1977 launch, and they have inspired various tie-ins, including five television anime and two films. The original Bikkuri-Man television anime premiered in 1987.
Sources: Bikkuri-Men anime's website, Comic Natalie
