The TV anime GACHIAKUTA, created by Kei Urana and Hideyoshi Akidou, is set to premiere on July 6 on Crunchyroll. Alongside the release date, a new promotional video, key visual, additional cast members, theme song artists and details for a global premiere event have been revealed.
The opening theme, “HUGs,” will be performed by Paledusk, while DUSTCELL will provide the ending theme, “Light.”
Main Trailer:
Main Visual:
Global premiere events will take place across various countries, featuring advance screenings of the anime. Key premiere locations include:
- Japan: Shinjuku Piccadilly Cinema (Tokyo) – July 4 at 6:30 p.m. JST
- United States: Anime Expo (Los Angeles) – July 4 at 10:00 a.m. PT
Alongside the two-episode premiere, a special panel will feature creators Kei Urana and Hideyoshi Andou, alongside producer Naoki Amano.
- France: Japan Expo (Paris) – July 4 at 11:45 a.m. CET
- Brazil: Anime Friends (São Paulo) – Time to be announced
- Germany: Astor Film Lounge (Berlin) – July 5 at 6:00 p.m. CET
- India: PVR Icon (Mumbai) – July 4, Time to be announced
- Italy: The Space Moderno, Piazza della Repubblica (Rome) – July 4 at 6:30 p.m. CET
A behind-the-scenes interview video titled “Behind Gachiakuta” has been released, featuring creators Kei Urana and Hideyoshi Andou as they share insights into their creative process behind the manga and its graffiti-inspired art. Alongside the video, a special interactive website was launched, allowing fans to create graffiti artworks in the distinct visual style of the series.
CAST:
Rudo: Aoi Ichikawa
Enjin: Katsuyuki Konishi
Zanka: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Riyo: Yumiri Hanamori
STAFF:
Director: Fumihiko Suganuma
Series Composition: Hiroshi Seko
Character Design & Chief Animation Director: Satoshi Ishino
Music: Taku Iwasaki
Animation Production: BONES FILM
Production: Gachiakuta Production Committee
Kodansha USA handles the English release of the manga. Read new chapters SIMULTANEOUSLY on K MANGA (@KMANGA_KODANSHA). Crunchyroll Manga describes GACHIAKUTA as follows:
Rudo lives in the slums of a floating town, where the poor scrape by under the shadow of the rich who live a sumptuous life, simply casting their garbage off the side, into the abyss. Then one day, he’s falsely accused of murder, and his wrongful conviction leads to an unimaginable punishment–exile off the edge, with the rest of the trash. Down on the surface, the cast-off waste of humanity has bred vicious monsters, and if Rudo wants to have any hope of discovering the truth and seeking vengeance against those who cast him into Hell, he will have to master a new power and join a group known as the Cleaners who battle the hulking trash beasts of the Pit!
Source: Official Website
©Kei Urana, Hideyoshi Andou and KODANSHA/ “GACHIAKUTA” Production Committee
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