NETFLIX REVEALS TEASER TRAILER AND KEY ART FOR SPRIGGAN, COMING IN 2022

Netflix’s Spriggan anime has officially been delayed to 2022, however the series is expected to be made available in English language format. As part of this announcement, the streamer has released a new poster that you can see above with an official synopsis.

“Spriggan” (written by Hiroshi Takashige and illustrated by Ryoji Minagawa) was published in Weekly Shonen Sunday by Shogakukan from 1989 to 1996. This legendary manga that took the ’90s by storm has sold over ten million copies in total, and an anime film was released in 1998. 30 years after the manga began its run, this story is set to be transformed into a Netflix Original Anime Series by david production. This series is directed by Hiroshi Kobayashi, the director of “Dragon Pilot” and “Kiznaiver.” The screenplay and series composition was headed by Hiroshi Seko, who worked on “Jujutsu Kaisen” and “Banana Fish.” Character designer and supervising animation director Shuhei Handa also worked on “Little Witch Academia.” Additional staff members were also announced. JNTHED will lead production design, Norihito Ishii will serve as CG director, Osamu Mikasa will head color design, Yuji Kaneko will serve as art director, and Yosuke Motoki will serve as director of photography.

Synopsis: This story depicts the adventures of Yu Ominae, a young man who serves as a “Spriggan,” a special agent of the ARCAM corporation, an organization established to seal away the relics of an ancient civilization.