Grendizer U Anime To Premiere In July, 2nd PV And More Cast Revealed

On Tuesday, the second promotional trailer for Grendizer U, the 2024 television anime in Gō Nagai’s UFO Robo Grendizer franchise, went live on the anime’s official website.

More cast members and the anime’s July TV Tokyo and BS TV Tokyo launch date are revealed in the trailer. The opening theme song “Kaishin no Ichigeki” (Critical Hit) by the band Glay is used in the video in its TV form.

The newly announced cast members are:

Shinya Takahashi as Hayashi, Doctor Umon’s assistant

Riho Sugiyama as Yamada, a taciturn female staff member

Hironori Kondō as Saeki, an earnest male staff member

Sora Tokui as Ōi, a rookie female staff member

The anime’s staff also revealed visuals for new Mechanics that will appear in the series:

Previously revealed cast members include:

• Miyu Irino as Duke Fleed
• Hiro Shimono as Koji Kabuto
• Sumire Uesaka as Sayaka Yumi
• Nao Tōyama as Hikaru Makiba
• Minami Tanaka as Grace Maria Fleed
• Haruka Tomatsu as Teronna Aqua Vega and Rubina Beryl Vega
• Ayane Sakura as Naida Baron
• Yūma Uchida as Cassado Zeola Whiter
• Shō Hayami as Gennosuke Yumi
• Takuya Kirimoto as Genzō Umon
• Takehito Koyasu as Gandal
• Akeno Watanabe as Lady Gandal
• Wataru Takagi as Blacky
• Tomokazu Seki as Zurill

The staff includes:

• Director: Shun Kudō
• Scriptwriter: Tatsuo Higuchi
• Sub-character Designer: Arakimari
• Mechanical Design: Kō Inaba, AF_KURO, and Junichi Akutsu (Astrays)

It is said that the new anime is a remake of the original 1975–1977 animation.

Additional staff includes:

• Design Works: Pinakes, Tomoyuki Aoki, zenseava, Masato Yoshinaga
• Main Animators: Hiroyuki Taiga, Takashi Hashimoto, Masahiro Yamane, Tōru Yoshida
• Art Directors: Hiroshi Katō, Hirofumi Sakagami (Totonyan)
• Color Design: Tomoe Yoshimura
• Compositing Director of Photography: Atsushi Usuta (Nexus)
• Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
• Sound Effects: Toshiya Wada, Maki Takuma (Swara Pro)
• Music Production: PONY CANYON

Source: ANN