Shoji Kawamori's 'Nobunaga the Fool' Anime Announcement [Update 12/10]

In Monthly Newtype magazine, an announcement will be made that "Nobunaga the Fool" will be receiving an anime adaptation that will air January 2014. The series has "sci-fi robot action featuring historical characters such as Oda Nobunaga and Leonardo da Vinci." Some of the staff and cast for the series has also been given.

Staff
Director: Eiichi Sato
Mechanical Design: Shoji Kawamori
Studio: Satelight

Cast
Oda Nobunaga: Mamoru Miyano
Jeanne Kaguya d'Arc: Yoko Hikasa
Aketi-Mitsuhide: Takahiro Sakurai
Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Yuki Kaji
Ichihime: Minori Chihara
Leonardo da Vinci: Tomokazu Sugita

"Nobunaga the Fool" is one part of Shoji Kawamori's "The Fool" multi-dimensional project which was announced back in March.

Official site: http://www.nobunaga.tv

Source: 0taku

Nobunaga the Fool on MAL


Update December 10
Secondary cast has been announced, along with 4 versions (comments from 4 main cast members) of the PV.

Himiko: Nao Toyama
Nell: Ibuki Kido
Bianki: Haruka Ishida (AKB48)
Nobukatsu Oda: Nobunaga Shimazaki
Kenshin Uesugi: Hiroki Nanami
Shingen Takeda: Rikiya Koyama
Alexander: Kazuya Nakai
Mazeran: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Chacha: Karin Nanami (Auditioned for the project)
Hatsu: Yui Umemura (Auditioned for the project)
Gou: Saki Takahashi (Auditioned for the project)

PV versions: Mamoru Miyano, Yoko Hikasa, Takahiro Sakurai, Yuki Kaji

Source: Official Site

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