Title: DRIFTERS Battle in a Brand-new World War
Japanese: ドリフターズ
Release dates: 7/10/2016 (TV series 12 episodes), 6/6/2016 (OVA) and 26/12/2012 (short special)
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Historical, Seinen
Original creator: KÅta Hirano
Director: Kenichi Suzuki
Written by: Hideyuki Kurata and YÅsuke Kuroda
Music by: Yasushi Ishii and Hayato Matsuo
Character designer and chief animation director: RyÅji Nakamori
Art director: Ken'ichi Tatefuji (See Throu Studio)
Sound director: YÅta Tsuruoka
CGI director: Tomoyuki Takae (Lucky Pictures)
Director of photography: Hiroshi SaitÅ
Background art by: Fuminao Akai, Masa Kimura and Masashiro Watanabe (See Throu Studio)
CG producer: GaryÅ Tanaka (FelixFilm)
Color design by: Haruko Nobori (Hiwa)
Color design assistant: RyÅji Nagasawa
Editing by: Kiyoshi Hirose
Setting research by: Seiichi Shirato
Studio: Hoods Drifters Studio
Network: Tokyo MX, GYT, KBS, MBC, GBS
Opening theme: "Gospel Of The Throttle 狂奔REMIX ver." by Minutes til Midnight
Ending theme: "Vermillion" by Maon Kurosaki
Main cast: Shimazu Toyohisa (島津豊久) voiced by Yūichi Nakamura
Oda Nobunaga (織田信長) voiced by Naoya Uchida
Nasu Suketaka Yoichi (é‚£é ˆè³‡éš†ä¸Žä¸€) voiced by Mitsuki Saiga
Naoshi Kanno / Sugano Nao (è…野直) voiced by Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Hannibal Barca (ãƒãƒ³ãƒ‹ãƒãƒ«ãƒ»ãƒãƒ«ã‚«) voiced by YÅ«taka Aoyama
Scipio Africanus (スã‚ピオ・アフリカヌス) voiced by Hiroshi Yanaka
Butch Cassidy (ブッãƒãƒ»ã‚ャシディ) voiced by Daisuke Ono
Sundance Kid (サンダンス・ã‚ッド) voiced by Wataru Takagi
Tamon Yamaguchi (å±±å£å¤šèž) voiced by YÅ«taka Nakano
Octobrist Organization: Abe no Haruakira / Seimei (安å€æ™´æ˜Ž) voiced by Takahiro Sakurai
Olminu (オルミーヌ) "Semu (セム)" voiced by Shiho Kokido
Kafet (カフェト) "Ham (ãƒãƒ )" voiced by Masakazu Nishida
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Murasaki (ç´«) voiced by Mitsuru Miya
EASY (イーズィー) voiced by Kanae ItÅ
Minamoto no KurÅ-HÅgan Yoshitsune (æºç¾©çµŒ) voiced by Akira Ishida
Black King (黒王) voiced by Taiten Kusunoki
Jeanne d'Arc (ジャンヌ・ダルク) voiced by Junko Minagawa
Gilles de Rais (ジルドレ) voiced by Kenji Nomura
Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova (アナスタシア・ニコラエヴァ・ãƒãƒžãƒŽãƒ´ã‚¡ / ÐнаÑтаÑÐ¸Ñ Ðиколаевна Романова) voiced by Junko Kitanishi
Grigori Rasputin (グリゴリー・ラスプーãƒãƒ³ / Григорий Ефимович РаÑпутин) voiced by Masahiko Tanaka
Hijikata ToshizÅ (土方æ³ä¸‰) voiced by Hiroki Yasumoto
Akechi Mitsuhide (明智光秀)
Orte Empire: Count St. Germain (サン・ジェルミ伯) voiced by Tomokazu Sugita
Mills (ミルズ) voiced by Hirofumi Nojima
Aram (アラム) voiced by Isshin Chiba
Alesta (アレスタ) voiced by Kenji Fukuda
Flamé (フラメ) voiced by KÅji YÅ«sa
Adolf Hitler (アドルフ・ヒトラー)
Elves: Marsha (マーシャ) voiced by Sayori Ishizuka
Mark (マルク) voiced by Tomoko Tsuzuki
Shara (シャラ) voiced by Junji Majima
Official website: http://www.nbcuni.co.jp/rondorobe/anime/drifters/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZDGrL2bDOQ
Synopsis: Shimazu Toyohisa, whilst involved at the Battle of Sekigahara, manages to mortally wound Ii Naomasa, but is critically wounded in the process. As he walks from the field broken and bleeding, Toyohisa finds himself transported to a corridor of doors, where a bespectacled man at a desk waits for him.
ep.1 is an extended half of OVA, i have been waiting for the series since 2012 :dgdpetti said:Drifters could be a fun action packed series if the comedy is like previous samurai characters in various comedy animes.