Information on upcoming OVA

Posted February 05 2012 - 12:10 PM

More detailed info for those that want it.

This year's ninth issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazne is announcing the cast of the Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi (History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi) original video anime (OVA) on Wednesday. Rie Kugimiya (Baby, Please Kill Me!, Fullmetal Alchemist) will star as Miu Furinji, and Yuzuru Fujimoto (Danbōru Senki, Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team) will play her grandfather Hayato Furinji.

Most of the voice cast from KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple television anime series the will reprise their roles for the OVA. However, Kugimiya will replace the late Tomoko Kawakami (Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time, Revolutionary Girl Utena), and Fujimoto will take the place of Hiroshi Arikawa (Eden of the East: Paradise Lost), who passed away last year.

Other new roles will include Hikaru Midorikawa (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing) as Kurando Yakabe, Ami Koshimizu (Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion) as Tsukasa, and Daisuke Namikawa (Daily Lives of High School Boys, Hetalia) as Shou Kanou. Namikawa played Shokatsukouan in the television anime series.

The same issue of Weekly Shonen Sunday also revealed that the beginning of the anime project will be posted before the first DVD's release on the magazine's Web Sunday site. The first OVA will be bundled with the 46th KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple manga volume on March 14. The second OVA will be included with the manga's 47th volume in May.

Funimation released the KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple television anime series.

Just to get off topic again lol...

Talking about the ova or a new Anime for Kenichi. Also I think if we started right after the Odin fight we would be fine.

Oh about half of the SA need some love right now...

Rimi

Posted February 05 2012 - 12:30 PM

Holy wow! Where'd you find that information?!

EDIT: Oh, I see it on MF. =D

~True Darkness~

Posted February 05 2012 - 12:35 PM

It has two meanings possible... It talking about the intro of OVA or a new start up.

Rimi

Posted February 05 2012 - 12:36 PM

I'm not gonna get my hopes up.

~True Darkness~

Posted February 05 2012 - 12:40 PM

Idk thanks to fillers in naruto and bleach... This would be a good time for Kenichi re start that has an easy 100+ esp no fillers lol. I do agree not to get the hopes though. Also the OVAs I think are completely different stories from the Manga or cover anything before the DofD.

Rimi

Posted February 05 2012 - 12:44 PM

Are there any other animes that've actually restarted?

I'm going to split this disucssion into it's own thread.

~True Darkness~

Posted February 05 2012 - 12:56 PM

Alright. They do reanimation which is like bringing them into the 21st century anime. However Some anime have been brought back to life. Kenichi could be one of them... Its Rare to be honest I've heard of them doing it, but never seen one. The thing about Kenichi is it has a huge fan base for the manga... Also the anime was a hit over here in the states and most of the western world... So the whole OVA recap idea me and some of the HSDK KHC was talking about seem more likely then we thought. This is one strange rare moment in an anime history that it has a big enough fan base world wide to be restarted... If the OVA's hit off big.

Rimi

Posted February 05 2012 - 02:13 PM

Well they sort of redid Negima right?

~True Darkness~

Posted February 05 2012 - 02:48 PM

I think so lol.

Rimi

#10

Posted February 05 2012 - 02:52 PM

So there's still hope!

I don't know though..

~True Darkness~

#11

Posted February 05 2012 - 03:16 PM

Always Hope... This a rare manga that is huge with out an anime so lol... Brain base may be wanting to move into the big times... That the company who is doing this.