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Kentaro Mashiro voices Chikai Kuzumi, Riona Yamashita is Yuna Fujimiya, and Ayumu Mizukami is Kiyoharu Obana.","whyItMatters":"TV Tokyo is entering YouTube-centered short anime distribution through a partner whose channels already reach 1 billion monthly views, and it is attaching a known manga name to the first project.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe setting is a modern Japan dotted with gates to another world, called Kimon, that mechanical monsters called Yokai come through. The resistance group Samurai enters the gates to kill them, and Chikai Kuzumi fights with a Katana carrying the power of the Yokai he is meant to destroy.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlott produces the short anime and handles the business side. The company\u0026#39;s YouTube short anime lineup includes Teikou Penguin, Konketsu no Karekore, Zenryoku Kaihi Flag-chan!, and Shiritsu Para no Maru Koko, and its channels reach 1 billion monthly views and 24 billion cumulative views. 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