LeSean Thomas and the successful Animation Studio: MAPPA unveiled an English teaser trailer, visual, and more staff for the up and coming Yasuke anime on Friday.
The anime is set to releaseย on April 29 worldwide onย Netflix.
The anime’s staff includes:
- LeSean Thomasย is credited as the Creator, Director, and Executive Producer forย Yasuke
- Flying Lotus as the Composer
- Takeshi Koike as the Character Designer
- Animation Studio: MAPPA
- Satoshi Iwataki as the Chief Animation Director
- Takeru Satลย as the Chief Technical Director
- Kenichi Shima as the Sub-character Designer
- Minoru is in charge of world art design and art setting
- Junichi Higashi as the Art Director
- Yuki Nomoto as 3D CG director
- Hyo Gyu Parkย as the Compositing Director of Photography
- Azusa Sasaki as the Color Key Artist
- Mutsumi Takemiyaย as the Editor
Netflix officially describes Yasuke:
โIn a war-torn feudal Japan filled with mechs and magic, the greatest ronin never known, Yasuke, struggles to maintain a peaceful existence after a past life of violence. But when a local village becomes the center of social upheaval between warring daimyo, Yasuke must take up his sword and transport a mysterious child who is the target of dark forces and bloodthirsty warlords.โ
LeSean Thomas had this to say about dealing with Yasuke,
โHere is a fortunate nature about this project, how an African-American man goes to Japan to live and work among the absolute best in Japanese anime to make an anime about an African who goes to Japan to live among the Japanese world-class and become a hero. Some portion of me where it counts feels I was intended to make this experience arrangement with MAPPA, Flying Lotus, LaKeith, and the rest of this skilled group.”
