Netflix will stream Akuma-kun later this year.
Junichi Sato and Fumitoshi Oizaki will direct the supernatural Akuma-kun, animated by Toei Animation and Encourage Films.
The show as been teased for a few years, but it’s coming now. The kid who looks half-spooked is Akuma-kun and the friend in the top hat has the unusual name of Mephisto 3.
There’s a cinema release called Kitaro Tanjou – GeGeGe no Nazo, which, with the Akuma-kin anime, is part of a 100-year celebration of the birth of manga author Shigeru Mizuki.
That feels fitting as Akuma-kun, the character, reincarnates every 10,000 years to channel the hunger of demons to (somehow) make the world a better place. The original manga dates back to 1963. It’s older than me.
However, there’s been an Akuma-kun series before, with Toei giving it a bash in 1989.
Via Crunchyroll.
Geek Native readers may have been able to expand on this post. Scroll down to the comments below to discover what the community has been able to add.
