Do you like historical characters? What if someone gives history some modern touches? Netflix has a new animation coming on its screen this April, Yasuke. If you are familiar with Japanese history, you might know him. And if you don’t, Netflix has got you covered.
Release Date: Yasuke
The animation was announced back in November 2018. The animation was developed in MAPPA Studios, Japan. And it is set to release on Netflix on 29 April 2021. The series is a creation of LeSean Thomas.
Voice-over Cast: Yasuke
- LaKeith Stanfield and Jun Seojima voice the character of Yasuke in English and Japanese language respectively.
- Takehiro Hira and voices the character of Oda Nobunaga in both English and Japanese languages.
- Maya Tanida and Kiko Tamura voice the character of Saki in English and Japanese language respectively.
- Ming-Na Wen and Fusako Urabe voice the character of Natsumaru in English and Japanese language respectively.
- Gwendoline Yeo and Rie Tanaka voice the character of Ichika in English and Japanese language respectively.
- Paul Nakauchi and Yu Kamio voice the character of Morisuke in English and Japanese language respectively.
- Dia Frampton and Eri Kitamura voice the character of Ishikawa in English and Japanese language respectively.
- Don Donahue and Shigeru Ushiyama voice the character of Abraham in English and Japanese language respectively.
- Darren Criss and Shunsuke Kubozuka voice the character of Haruto in English and Japanese language respectively.
- Julie Marcus and Hiroki Nanami voice the character of Nikita in English and Japanese language respectively.
- William Christopher Stephens and Kenji Kitamura voice the character of Achoja in English and Japanese respectively.
- Amy Hill and Yoshiko Sakakibara voice the character of Yami No Daimyo in English and Japanese respectively.
Plot: Yasuke
Yasuke can bring you goosebumps. We are in an alternate timeline of Japan during its feudal period. But you will find a twist of high technology and magic of all kinds. Yasuke, aka, Black Samurai, a warrior witnesses the fall of Oda Nobunaga against the warlord and his army. Yasuke leaves behind his life as a ronin and makes an account of it. He becomes a boatman in a small village and goes by the name of Yassan. But he didn’t know that a new adventure is waiting for him.
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Trailer: Yasuke
