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Ajin - Demi-Human TV Anime Film Previewed in Video
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The official website for the anime of Ajin - Demi-Human manga began streaming a promotional video for the television series on Friday.
In the manga's story, an immortal first appeared on an African battlefield 17 years ago. Later, rare, unknown new immortal lifeforms began appearing among humans, and they became known as "Ajin" (demi-humans). Just before summer vacation, a Japanese high school student named Kei Nagai is instantly killed in a traffic accident on his way home from school. However, he is revived, and a price is placed on his head. Thus begins a boy's life on the run from all of humankind.
The television Netflix will stream episodes in Japan three days after airing on Japanese television, and then in other Netflix territories in mid-2016. The television series will go deeper into the story and provide more details on the story's world.
Before the televisions series, the first film in a planned trilogy, Ajin: Shōdō (open in Japan in May.
The manga's eighth volume will also bundle an anime on DVD when it ships on May 6.
The anime's cast is as follows:
Death Note's Light, Free!'s Rin) as Kei Nagai
Attack on Titan's Reiner) as Kaito
Houchu Ohtsuka (Zeta Gundam's Yazan Gable) as Satō
Mononoke's Medicine Seller) as Tosaki
Nisekoi's Tsugumi) as Izumi Shimomura
Additionally, Hiromu Hidaka) will play Ikuya Ogura.
Psycho-, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders) is composing the music.
Sakurai launched the manga in posting new chapters as Kodansha publishes them in Japan.
The manga ranked as a received a nomination for the 18th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize "Reader Award" last year.
