Junket Bank TV Anime Adds Wataru Hatano, Daisuke Hirakawa to Cast
With a strong staff lineup including director Seiji Kishi and composer Taku Iwasaki, the Junket Bank anime is filling out its cast ahead of an October premiere.
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The Junket Bank TV anime has added Wataru Hatano as Keiichi Shishigami and Daisuke Hirakawa as Reiji Murasame. The series will air on TV Tokyo and affiliates on Mondays at 24:00 JST starting in October. The anime adapts Ikkō Tanaka's manga about a world where banks double as gambling halls, with Sōma Saitō and Rikuya Yasuda starring.
The Junket Bank anime will debut on TV Tokyo and its affiliates on Mondays at 24:00 JST in October, the production team confirmed Wednesday. Two new cast members join the series: Wataru Hatano as Keiichi Shishigami and Daisuke Hirakawa as Reiji Murasame. They join previously announced leads Sōma Saitō as Shin Mafutsu and Rikuya Yasuda as Akira Mitarai. The story follows a greenhorn banker transferred to a special department where banks operate as gambling halls, risking lives with every bet.
Seiji Kishi (Assassination Classroom) directs at studio CUE. Makoto Fukami (Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc) handles series composition, Masanori Shino (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean) designs characters, and Taku Iwasaki (Gurren Lagann) composes the music. Tanaka's manga launched in Shueisha's Young Jump in July 2020; the 22nd compiled volume ships Friday.
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