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Cyborg 009 vs. Devilman Casts Hiro Shimono, Yoshimasa Hosoya

The official website for Gō Nagai's Devilman characters, unveiled the cast for eight new characters that have not appeared in either original work.

The new cast from the Cyborg 009 side includes:

The new cast from the Devilman side includes:

The official website also lists Cyborg 0016, also known as Cain, and the demon Pazuzu, but cast have not been announced.

The previously-announced Cyborg 009 cast includes:

Wagnaria!!'s Sōta Takanashi) as Joe Shimamura/009

Sanzoku no Musume Ronja's Ronja) as Ivan Whisky/001

World Trigger's Reiji Kizaki, Death Parade's Decim) as Jet Link/002

Durarara!!×2 Shō's Vorona) as Françoise Arnoul/003

D.Gray-man's Cross Marian) as Albert Heinrich/004

Gangsta.'s Miles Meyer) as Geronimo Jr./005

Legend of the Galactic Heroes' Neithardt Müller) as Chang Changku/006

Hozumi Gôda (Hunter x Hunter's Leorio) as Great Britain/007

Ayumu Okamura as Pyunma/008

The main Devilman cast includes:

Phi-Brain's Kaito) as Devilman and Akira Fudō

Sword Art Online's Sachi) as Miki Makimura

Naruto Shippūden's Sai, Bakuman.'s Akito Takagi) as Ryō Asuka

The cast also includes:

Naruto's Gaara, Neon Genesis Evangelion's Kaworu Nagisa) as Apollo

Whisper of the Heart's Shizuku) as Helena

Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū's Matsuda) as Professor Isaac Gilmore

Houchu Ohtsuka (Naruto's Jiraiya, Durarara!!×2 Shō's Haruya Shiki) as Steel Angel Kurumi's Kurumi) as Sacchan

Actas. Nagai acknowledged that he once thought that these characters are like "water and oil." Nevertheless, he commented that it is "an anime that displays excellent harmony without destroying the mood or sensibilities of each character as they clash."

The anime song unit performing both the opening theme song "Cyborg 009 ~Nine Cyborg Soldiers~" and the ending theme song "Devil Mind ~Ai wa Chikara~" (Love Is Power).

In the story of Cyborg 009, Joe Shimamura and others gained cyborg powers when they were involuntarily altered by an evil organization, and then they fight to protect the world against the organization. The story of Devilman follows Akira Fudō, who fights invading enemies to save humanity after being possessed by demon powers.

In the new anime, the two title characters will meet and battle because of a certain incident. The tagline reads, "Who will survive…?"

The anime's two-week theatrical engagement will start in 10 theaters in Japan on October 17. The project will then ship as a three-episode original video anime.

Nagai worked as an assistant to Ishinomori and drew backgrounds for Cyborg 009 before launching Devilman. According to Sankei Sports, Nagai has had thoughts on a collaboration with Ishinomori for a long time.

Suiyōbi no Sirius (Wednesday Sirius) in October.

Ishinomori first launched the Cyborg 009 manga in the Panasonic.

Nagai launched the original Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 1972. The collected volumes of the manga have more than 10 million copies in print. A television anime adaptation of the manga aired simultaneously in 1972.

[Via AnimeAnime.jp]