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Assassin Anime Buddy Daddies' Reveals Character Promo Video, January 6 Premiere
posted on by Alex Mateo
The official website for Buddy Daddies, a "buddy assassin" television anime from Nitroplus and P.A. Works, revealed on Saturday a promotional video and the January 6 premiere. The first of four weekly character promotional videos highlights Kazuki Kurusu.
The series will premiere on Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, and BS11 on January 6 at 12:00 a.m. JST (effectively, January 7) before airing on other networks.
There will be an advanced screening of the first two episodes on December 25 at 7:30 p.m. at Shinjuku Wald 9 in Tokyo with cast members in attendance.
The main cast members are:
Kōki Uchiyama as Rei Suwa, a man who has never known love, as he was raised to be an assassin since childhood
Hina Kino as Miri Unasaka, a four-year-old girl whose father is the kingpin of a human-trafficking mafia, and whose mother is the kingpin's lover
Yoshiyuki Asai (Charlotte, The Day I Became a God, Fate/Apocrypha) is directing the anime at P.A. Works. Vio Shimokura (Tokyo 24th Ward, Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo no Koi, scenario collaborator on Steins;Gate) from Nitroplus drafted the original story, and is also overseeing the series scripts with Yuuko Kakihara (Aikatsu! franchise, Cells at Work!, Digimon Adventure tri., Persona 4 The Animation) . Katsumi Enami (Baccano!, Star Ocean anamnesis, Restaurant to Another World) drafted the original character designs, and Round Table's Katsutoshi Kitagawa (songs in Aria the Animation, Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, Chobits, Tamayura) is composing the music.
Other staff members include:
- Character Design, Chief Animation Director: Souichirou Sako (Go! Go! 575, Magi: Adventure of Sinbad, Ronowe Sensei no Akuma na Kami Jugyō, Sirius the Jaeger)
- Chief Animation Director: Sanae Satō
- Costume Design: Kaori Ishii
- Prop Setting: Kayoko Nabeta
- Firearms Setting: Hiyori Denforword Akishino
- Art Setting: Shiho Takeuchi, Hiromi Makino
- Art Director: Miho Sugiura
- Color Key Artist: Naomi Nakano
- Compositing Director of Photography: Teruyuki Kawase
- 3D Director: Haruki Suzuki
- 2D Works: Yoshihide Mukai (J.C.STAFF)
- Special Effects: Masahiro Murakami
- Editing: Ayumi Takahashi
- Sound Director: Satoki Iida
- Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
- Sound Effects: Bit Grooove Promotion
The tagline on the visual (on right) is, "Starting today, the buddy assassins are raising a daughter." (The main male leads Kazuki and Rei are not only assassin partners, but also roommates.)
Sources: Buddy Diaries anime's website, Comic Natalie
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