Ninja vs. Gokudo Anime Streams Same-Day English Dub – News

Amazon’s Prime Video began streaming a same-day English dub for the television anime of Shinsuke Kondō‘s Ninja vs. Gokudo (Ninja to Gokudō) manga on Tuesday.

The English cast includes:

Chris Van Rensburg is directing the dub at Transperfect Media. Azelle le Roux is adapting the script.

The anime premiered on Tuesday on NTV at 26:05 JST (effectively Wednesday at 2:05 a.m. JST) for the first episode. The next episodes will then air every Tuesday at 25:59 JST (effectively, Wednesday at 1:59 a.m. JST). The anime is streaming exclusively worldwide on Prime Video on Tuesday at 26:30 JST (effectively, Wednesday at 2:30 a.m. JST). The anime airs on BS NTV on Wednesday.

Toshinori Watanabe (Edens Zero TV 2, Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest, Tokyo Ghoul:re) is directing the anime at Studio DEEN. Keiichirō Ōchi (The Quintessential Quintuplets, Summer Pockets, Go, Go, Loser Ranger!) is overseeing the series scripts, and Tokuyuki Matsutake (Dimension W, Genocidal Organ) is designing the characters.

MIYAVI performs the opening theme song “Sweet Disaster,” and Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas perform the ending theme song “Until You Die Out

Kodansha USA Publishing is releasing the manga digitally in English, and it describes the story:

Since before the dawn of memory, one thing has defined human history: the war between ninjas and yakuzas. This coarse and manly manga follows two members of these warring tribes who fill the gutters of modern Tokyo with blood to determine which elemental force will reign supreme!

Kondō launched the manga on Kodansha‘s Comic Days website in January 2020. Kodansha published the manga’s 16th compiled book volume on Wednesday. Kodansha USA Publishing released the ninth volume in English on September 16.

A smartphone game based on the manga titled Ninja to Gokudō Bukkoro Festa (Ninja vs. Gokudo Battle Festival) launches this fall.

Source: Amazon’s Prime Video