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DLE Produces New Gag Anime For Yōkai Ningen Bem Franchise
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Animation studio Ore-tacha Yōkai Ningen, will premiere in October.
Ore-tacha Yōkai Ningen stars:
- Tomokazu Sugita as Bem
- Kana Kurashina as Bera
- Kenta Suga as Bero
Yūki Sudō is in charge of sound effects.
The new anime is part of the 50th anniversary project for the franchise. Also as part of the 50th anniversary commemorations, BS11 will rebroadcast the original 1968-1969 classic supernatural adventure anime starting this fall. The channels will also rebroadcast the 2006 remake anime.
In the original 26-episode anime, Bem, Bera, and Bero are ugly humanoid monsters (yōkai) who fight for justice. The monsters live among humans and protect them from evil yōkai. The three find themselves ostracized from both humans and other yōkai, but the three continue to fight in hopes of one day becoming humans themselves.
A new 26-episode remake series aired in 2006. The anime inspired a 10-episode live-action television film with the same cast in December 2012.
Sources: MoCa News, Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
