On the official site for the anime adaptation of the manga written and illustrated by Ken Wakui, Tokyo Revengersit was announced that the second season of the project, titled as Tokyo Revengers: Christmas Showdown, will premiere on January 7, 2023 in Japan. Additionally, the press release reported that Drya musical unit formed by the lyricist and guitarist Kissthe vocalist Reiand the pianist Miro; will perform the closing theme titled “Kizutsukedo, Aishiteru“.
The series will be distributed by the platform Disney Plus in the West, following a collaboration agreement between The Walt Disney Company y Kodansha; and, as previously reported, keeps Masaya Fukunishi like the new voice of Ken “Draken” Ryuuguujiafter the expulsion of Tatsuhisa Suzuki after being involved in an infidelity scandal.
Ken Wakui began publishing the manga in the magazine Weekly Shonen Magazine from the publisher Kodansha in March 2017. A twenty-four episode anime adaptation produced by the studios LIDEN FILMS premiered in the season Spring-2021 (April-June) in Japan. Crunchyroll took care of its distribution in the West and the original manga is currently in its final stretch.
Production team
- Kouichi Hatsumi (Darling in the FranXX, Deadman Wonderland, Guilty Crown) is in charge of directing the anime at the studios LIDEN FILMS.
- Yasuyuki Mutou (Deadman Wonderland, Afro Samurai, Sengoku Basara) is in charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
- Kenichi Oonuki (Golden Kamuy) y Keiko Oota (Psycho-Pass) are in charge of character design and animation direction.
- Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Jujutsu Kaisen, Dr. Stone, Ao Haru Ride) is in charge of composing the soundtrack.
Tokyo Revengers Synopsis
Takemichi Hanagaki’s second year of high school was the high point of his life. He had respect, a gang of friends he could count on, and even a girlfriend. But that was twelve years ago. Today she is a nobody: a rickety nonentity who is mocked by the children and who is always forced to apologize to her youngest boss. A sudden piece of news about the Tokyo Manji gang’s cruel murder of his only girlfriend with her brother only adds insult to injury. Half a second before a train ends her unfortunate life forever, Takemichi remembers that same day twelve years ago, when she was still dating Hinata Tachibana.
After being forced to relive the very day he began his downward spiral, Takemichi meets Hinata’s little brother. Without thinking, he admits to his apparent death before returning to the past. Takemichi urges him to protect his sister before inexplicably returning to the future. Miraculously, he is not dead. Stranger still, the future has changed. It seems that Takemichi can alter the flow of time. Given the chance to prevent the tragic death of his ex-girlfriend at the hands of the Tokyo Manji gang, Takemichi decides to fly through time to change the course of the future.
Fuente: Comic Natalie
(c)Ken Wakui, Kodansha/Animation “Tokyo Revengers” Production Committee