The most recent issue of Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine has revealed that Kazuhiro Fujita’s Ushio to Tora (Ushio & Tora) manga will be receiving a TV anime adaptation that will be airing this July. Additionally, the anime’s website has launched revealing the anime’s first visual and staff members.
The official website of the upcoming TV anime has launched and revealed the first full visual of Ushio to Tora:
The staff members that will be producing the series were also revealed. They include:
- Director: Satoshi Nishimura (Hajime no Ippo, Trigun)
- Scriptwriter: Toshiki Inoue (Death Note, Detective Conan)
- Anime character Designer: Tomoko Mori (Garo: Honoo no Kokuin, Juden Chan)
- Animation Studios: Mappa (Zankyou no Terror, Shingeki no Bahamut Genesis) and Studio VOLN (First Anime)
Ushio to Tora (Ushio & Tora) is a supernatural manga that is written and illustrated by Kazuhiro Fujita. The series ran from 1990 till 1996 in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine for a total of 33 compiled volumes, which have collectively sold over 30 million copies to date. The series received a series of OVA adaptations in 1992 and 1993, produced by Shogakukan (Monster, Detective Conan). Fujita has also produced a manga short in 2012 to raise funds for areas affected by the 2011 Japan Earthquake.
Here is a synopsis of the series from MAL:
Ushio thinks that his father’s talk of an ancient ancestor impaling a demon on a temple altar stone with the legendary Beast Spear is nuts, but when he finds the monster in his own basement, Ushio has to take another look at the family legend! To save his friends and family from the invading spirits, Ushio is forced to release Tora from his captivity. But will the creature prove to be worse than the curse?
The Ushio to Tora TV anime will be airing this July during the Summer 2015 anime season. Further information about the series will be revealed at Sunday Fes 2015 this March.
You can visit the anime’s website here: http://ushitora.tv/
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