On Friday, a new website launched to reveal that the manga Ganglion, penned by Hisaya Shiraiwa and illustrated by Takashi Itsuki, will be adapted into an anime, set to premiere on October 3, 2025.
Staff of the anime includes:
- Planning: Yoshimoto Kogyo
- Script: Harise
- Director: Ayumu Watanabe
- Assistant Director: Ryōsuke Tanaka
- Character Designer, Chief Animation Director: Shigeru Fujita
- Storyboards: Ryōsuke Tanaka, Takuji Mmiyamoto, Masayuki Miyaji, Yutaka Yamamoto, Hyūga Yamamura, Shin’ichirō Ushijima, Megumi Soga, Yujiro Abe
- Series Composition: Tomoaki Shiono
- Color Design: Naomi Nakano
- Art Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
- Director of Photography: Tomoya Yokoyama
- Animation Director: Fūka Niida
- CG Director: Takumi Mukai
- Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose
- Music: Takeo Asami
- Music Production: INSPION
- Sound Director: Kisuke Koizumi
- Sound Production: INSPION Edge
- Animation: Noboru Fukae
- Animation Production: studio maf
- Cooperation: Yoshimoto Broad Entertainment
- Production: Ganglion Production Committee
Stars of the anime include:
- Yōji Ueda as Kenji Isobe
- Fumihiko Tachiki as Colonel Shadow
- Tomokazu Sugita as HOPEMAN
- Aoi Koga as Setsuko Isobe
- Yoshino Aoyama as Takashi Isobe
- Hikaru Tōno as Komiko
- Itsuji Itao as Old Man at the Food Stall
Ganglion is a Japanese manga authored by Hisaya Shiraiwa with artwork by Takashi Itsuki. It was serialized in Yoshimoto Books’ Comic Yoshimoto magazine from June to September 2007, and subsequently compiled into a single volume by Wani Books in April 2009.
The manga centers on Kenji Isobe, an employee of the Ganglion corporation, where he operates under the alias Belve. His daily mission involves aiding the company’s quest for global control. Yet, he faces fierce resistance from adversaries like the valiant Hopeman, a hero determined to uphold justice and thwart Belve and his colleagues’ ambitions.
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