On January 23rd, 2015, the official website for the anime adaptation of widely acclaimed mangaka Takahashi Rumiko’s manga, Kyoukai no Rinne, began streaming first promotional video for the anime on Friday. The story centers around Mamiya Sakura, a girl who can see the supernatural, and Rokudou Rinne, a boy who performs shinigami-like duties.
Narrator & Text: Urusei Yatsura. Ranma ½. Inuyasha. Works of Takahashi Rumiko which are beloved throughout the world.
Narrator & Text: Here is Rumic World‘s latest work!
Narrator: Kyoukai no Rinne the anime!
Text: Kyoukai no Rinne‘s much-anticipated TV anime adaptation!
Narrator: His grandmother is a shinigami; his grandfather was a human. A dirt poor boy who is doing shinigami-like work: Rokudou Rinne.
Narrator: A girl who can see ghosts. A cool heroine who goes to the same high school as Rinne: Mamiya Sakura.
Narrator: An unbelievable after-school story about a shinigami-like boy and a calm and collected girl who work together to send the wandering ghosts to the circle of reincarnation!
Narrator: Supporting Rinne’s work is the black cat Rokumon and Tamako, Rinne’s grandmother and a first-class shinigami. Getting in Rinne’s way is Rokudou Sabato, Rinne’s father and a Damashigami, evil shinigamis.
Rinne: I will cut away your regrets from the living world. I’m a shinigami!!! *silence* Or something like that.
Narrator & Text: The Kyoukai no Rinne anime starts on NHK E Tele on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 5:30 p.m.!!
Narrator & Text: Please look forward to it!
The main cast has also been announced:
- Ishikawa Kaito (Nine from Zankyou no Terror) as title lead, Rokudou Rinne
- Inoue Marina (Laura Bodewig from Infinite Stratos) as the cool heroine, Mamiya Sakura
- Nabatame Hitomi (Katase Mayoi from Acchi Kocchi) as the sidekick black cat, Rokumon
- Yukino Satsuki (Tachibana Makoto from Free!) as Rinne’s high class grandmother, Tamako
- Yamaguchi Kappei (Inuyasha from Inuyasha) as Rinne’s devilish father, Rokudou Sabato
As well as the production team:
- Seiki Sugawara (D-Frag) is the director.
- Yokote Michiko (Shirobako) is the script writer.
- Honma Akimitsu (Sakurasou) is composing the music
- Brains Base (Isshuukan Friends) is the animation studio.
- NHK Enterprises, NHK, and Shogakukan Shueisha Production are producing the anime.
Anime visual:
Kyoukai no Rinne was originally a manga by the widely acclaimed and very popular Takahashi Rumiko, the author of famous works such as Inuyasha and Ranma 1/2. Takahashi first released the manga in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shounen Sunday in October of 2009 and since then it has been collected into 23 tankoubon volumes. It has been recently announced that Brains Base will produce a 25 episode anime adaptation. The Kyoukai no Rinne anime will air in the Spring 2015 Anime Season.
Kyoukai no Rinne synopsis from Haruhichan:
As a child Mamiya Sakura mysteriously disappeared in the woods behind her grandma’s home. She returned whole and healthy, but since then she has had the power to see ghosts. Now a teenager, she just wishes the ghosts would leave her alone! At school, the desk next to Sakura’s has been empty since the start of the school year, then one day her always-absent classmate shows up, and he’s far more than what he seems!
Sources: Official Anime Website, ANN
