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Here’s everything you need to know about Netflix’s new anime series Spriggan, including release date, time, plot, episode count and cast.
On June 8ththMay 2022, Animation took center stage at Netflix’s Geeked Week event, which shared new information, trailers and previews of the streaming giant’s upcoming animated titles.
However, the platform didn’t wait until Geeked Week to share the latest trailer for Spriggan. arguably one of Netflix’s most anticipated animated titles of 2022.
In this article, we break down everything you need to know about the Spriggan anime series, including the release date, time, plot, and voice acting for Netflix’s upcoming military sci-fi adventure.
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What is the upcoming Spriggan anime series about?
The anime series Spriggan is an adaptation of a manga by Hiroshi Takashige that was serialized in Japan from 1991 to 1996.
In Spriggan, an ancient civilization once ruled the earth with knowledge and technology far surpassing that of today’s modern world; making their relics extremely powerful but also very well hidden.
“While high-speed communications networks cover the globe and the spying eyes of satellites are able to uncover all mysteries, the armies of great nations clash as they seek to uncover and explore these artifacts that possess an unfathomable ‘power’.” – Netflix YouTube trailer.
However, an organization called ARCAM is trying to keep these relics secret from these military superpowers… their special forces are known as Strikers, or more commonly Spriggans.
“The legendary comic that took the 1990s by storm has been vividly reimagined in 2D animation and 3D CG! Reborn after over 30 years, experience an authentic adventure series full of intense action scenes and a love for ancient civilizations!” – Netflix YouTube trailer.
After the manga’s release in the 1990s, a feature-length film was produced by Studio 4°C and released by Toho Animation in 1998. The film reportedly grossed around 350 million yen at the Japanese box office (around US$2.5 million today). ) and a video game called Spriggan: Lunar Verse followed in 1999.
Spriggan | Official Trailer | Netflix
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Spriggan | Official Trailer | Netflix
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Spriggan: Release date, time and number of episodes explained
As confirmed in the recent teaser trailer, the Spriggan anime series is set to be released worldwide via the Netflix streaming platform on Saturday, June 18thth.
Season 1 of the Spriggan reboot will consist of a total of six episodes, with the MyAnimeList front page identifying each episode as approximately 45 minutes in duration.
Luckily, the Spriggan anime doesn’t have to sit in Netflix jail for weeks as all six episodes are scheduled to launch on June 18th.
In line with usual new content releases aside from the weekly simulcast K-Dramas, Spriggan will premiere worldwide at the following times:
- Pacific Time: 12 p.m. PDT
- Eastern Time: 3 p.m. EDT
- UK Time: 8am BST
- European time: 9 a.m. CEST
- Indian Time: 12:30 PM IST
- Philippine time: 3:00 p.m. PHT
- Japan time: 16:00 JST
- Australian Time: 4:30pm ACST
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Who is on the voice and production team?
The upcoming anime series Spriggan will be produced by David Production and directed by Hiroshi Kobayashi.
David Productions is a Tokyo-based animation studio that previously worked on JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (including This Spoke Kishibi Rohan spin-off), Cells at Work and Fire Force; as well as Ensemble Stars, 2.43 Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team and Planetarian.
Hiroshi Kobayashi will make his directorial debut with Spriggan, having previously worked on Kill La Kill, Dororo, Carole & Tuesday, Mob Psycho 100 and Saga of Taya the Evil.
Hiroshi Seko (Attack on Titan, Dorohedoro) is handling series composition, with character design by Shūhei Handa (One Punch Man: Wanpanman) and Taisei Iwasaki (Belle: The Dragon and the Freckled Princess) composing the music.
At the time of writing, the following voice actors have been announced as part of the Spriggan anime series:
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Yu Ominae
- Yohei Azakami as Jean Jacquemonde
- Kenji Hamada as Chief Yamamoto
- Mariya Ise as Yoshino Somei
- Ken Narita as Koichi Moroha
- Ayumu Murase as Colonel McDougal
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Iwao Akatsuki
- Ryota Takeuchi as Larry Markson
- Akio Ohtsuka as Steve H Foster
- Tetsu Inada as Bo Brantz
- Takehito Koyasu as Mirage
- Mitsuho Kambe as Rie Yamabishi
- Takayuki Sugo as Archer
- Saori Hayami as Lieutenant Colonel Maria Clemente
Where to read the original manga series in English
The original Spriggan manga was first published by Viz Media under the title “Striker” from 1998 to 1999, but the English release of the series was unfortunately canceled due to a lack of interest in the North American market – probably because the US is the antagonist of the series.
Thankfully, Seven Seas Entertainment has remastered the manga for an international English release to coincide with the premiere of the upcoming Netflix anime series.
As of June 17, only one volume of the Seven Seas Spriggan manga has been released in English, and that’s limited to digital copies only – physical versions are due out on August 16, 2022, and Volume 2 is due out in November later this year .
Fans can purchase digital copies of the one available manga volume from Amazon, Bookwalker, Google Play, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble.
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By Tom Llewellyn – [email protected]
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