Official Trailer To Netflix’s Anime ‘Yasuke’
Netflix has released the official trailer and additional voice cast for the anime series, Yasuke. Featuring the voice of Lakeith Stanfield in the lead role, the series is from creator, executive producer and director LeSean Thomas, Japanese animation studio MAPPA, director and animator Takeshi Koike and Flying Lotus. It is a reimagining of the story of the first African samurai. The six-episode season will drop on April 29, 2021.
Also added to the voice cast are
Nobunaga - Takehiro Hira
Saki - Maya Tanida
Natsumaru - Ming-Na Wen
Morisuke - Paul Nakauchi
Haruto - Darren Criss
Nikita - Julie Marcus
Achoja - William Christopher Stephens
Ishikawa - Dia Frampton
Abraham - Don Donahue
Daimyo - Amy Hill
Kurosaka (Dark General) - Noshi Dalal
Yasuke is a six-episode anime series created by LeSean Thomas, set in alternate fantastical Japan during the feudal era. The story follows a samurai warrior of African descent who must return to his life of sword-fighting and violence in order to protect a mysterious girl from dark forces. The story, just like the passionate creative team, transcends borders, cultures and languages and is one that we’re so proud to tell at Netflix and share with the world.
In a war-torn feudal Japan filled with mechs and magic, the greatest ronin never known, Yasuke, struggles to maintain a peaceful existence after a past life of violence. But when a local village becomes the center of social upheaval between warring daimyo, Yasuke must take up his sword and transport a mysterious child who is the target of dark forces and bloodthirsty warlords.