{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ae6f8c246de62a5344c8bfcb","clusterId":"c_8bb5950c370d8afaa65b6751","slug":"tora-tsugumi-anime-casts-masaaki-mizunaka-misaki-watada-haruki-ishiya","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Tora Tsugumi Anime Casts Masaaki Mizunaka, Misaki Watada, Haruki Ishiya","summary":"The TV anime adaptation of ippatu's manga Tora Tsugumi -TSUGUMI PROJECT- announced its first cast on October 19. Masaaki Mizunaka plays Leone, a former soldier and death-row prisoner; Misaki Watada plays Tsugumi, a bizarre creature with a lovely appearance and abnormal strength; Haruki Ishiya plays Dudu, a former underground fighting champion who travels with Leone. The announcement came with the first voice comic video, which shows Leone and Dudu meeting aboard a plane bound for the ruined \"old Japan,\" a land of high radiation where monstrous creatures roam and no people live. More voice comic videos are planned. The original manga ran in Kodansha's Young Magazine, and the Japanese collected edition is complete at seven volumes; the French edition is published by Ki-oon, where the series was a hit before Japan. A giveaway on X offers a signed acrylic panel featuring all three voice actors. The anime adaptation was announced in July.","whyItMatters":"The cast reveal confirms the series is moving into production with a lead trio in place, and the voice comic release takes the unusual step of letting audiences hear the characters before any anime footage is shown.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe voice comic\u0026#39;s first installment covers the plane scene where Leone and Dudu meet on the way to the ruined \u0026#34;old Japan,\u0026#34; giving an early sample of the character voices ahead of any anime footage. More installments are planned in sequence.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeone is described as a former soldier who was stripped from his wife and child and sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit. He is offered a secret mission with the terms success or death, and in the old Japan he meets a mysterious girl, giant beasts and other strange beings. That setup is the premise ippatu drew in Young Magazine. The Japanese run of the manga is finished at seven volumes, and the French edition from Ki-oon was a hit in France before the series found its Japanese readership.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe giveaway on the official X account is for a signed acrylic panel carrying the autographs of Mizunaka, Watada and Ishiya. The anime adaptation was first reported in July, and the production has not yet named a studio, director or broadcast date.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Tora Tsugumi's first voice comic skips the anime entirely: it is the plane scene where Leone and Dudu meet, released ahead of any footage.","twitterPost":"The Tora Tsugumi manga finished its Japanese run at seven volumes, but the anime reveal leads with a voice comic rather than a trailer. Cast: Masaaki Mizunaka, Misaki Watada, Haruki Ishiya.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Tora Tsugumi -TSUGUMI PROJECT- has its first cast: Masaaki Mizunaka, Misaki Watada and Haruki Ishiya. 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