We’re now finally meeting the people behind the upcoming anime film SAND LAND! Bandai Namco releases a new trailer for the film on Monday, unveiling the main cast and main staff for the first time since the announcement of the project in 2022.
Get to know the voice actors and main staff by checking out the hyped promotional video below!
The 1-minute video introduces the voice actors of the three main characters of the movie, which are as follows:
Mutsumi Tamura as Beelzebub
Kazuhiro Yamaji as Rao
Cho as Thief
Other cast members also include:
- Satoshi Tsuruoka as General Are
- Nobuo Tobita as General Zeu
Meanwhile, the key staff members for the much-awaited film are as follows:
- Toshihisa Yokoshima (“Tales of Crestoria: The Wake of Sin,” “Amanatsu“): Director
- Hiroshi Koujina (Ryoma! The Prince of Tennis, The Vampire Dies in No Time): Direction advisor
- Hayashi Mori (Cells at Work! Code Black, Drifting Home): Screenwriter
- Yoshikazu Iwanami (Urusei Yatsura 2022): Sound director
- Yūgo Kanno (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders, Psycho-Pass): Music composer. Animation studios Sunrise, Kamikaze Douga, and ANIMA the animation production companies.
Released in 2000, Sand Land is an original short manga series created by no other than Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama. It was serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine.
Viz Media publishes the manga in English. It describes the story as such:
In the far future, war has destroyed the entire Earth, leaving only a barren wasteland where the supply of water is controlled by the greedy king. In search of a long-lost lake, Sheriff Rao asked the king of the demons for help…and got the king’s son, Beelzebub, and his assistant, Thief. Together the unlikely trio sets off across the desert, facing dragons, bandits and the deadliest foe of all… the King’s army itself! It’s travel adventure and tank action in this new story from Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball Z!
The film is set to premiere on August 18, 2023.
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