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Monkey Punch's Phantom Thief Anime Roman Shown in Promo
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
1st videos to feature animated footage from Bakumatsu-era fantasy series
The official website for the Yukino's "RanTiKi," which is the opening theme song for the series.
In the fantasy historical story, the main character is a "helper" named Manjirō by day and a phantom thief "retriever" named Roman by night. Roman steals back people's precious items that were unfairly taken from them.
revealed last month that the CR Ginroku Gijinden Roman pachinko game is getting a television anime series that will premiere on January 7, 2013. The game's story follows Roman in the Genroku era (1688-1704). The anime Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman will shift the timeframe to Bakumatsu, the era that spelled the end of the shoguns' rule over Japan.
The main cast is as follows:
- Kazuya Nakai as Roman
- Koharu
- Kenichi Suzumura as Magoichi
- Maaya Uchida as Okuni
- Chihiro Suzuki as Yasuhiro
- Saori Sudo as Kanade
- Takashi Matsuyama as Hans
- Kenichi Ogata as Gennai
- Fumihiko Tachiki as Yanagisawa
Kyousogiga) is scoring the music.