The anime adaptation of Tatsuya Endo’s award-winning Spy x Family tops a newly compiled ranking of Japan’s most anticipated new shows.
A new survey called Spy x Family the most anticipated anime of the season.
As reported by Crunchyroll, Japan’s largest entertainment review site Filmarks asked its readers to vote for its most anticipated new series of the spring 2022 season, which includes big hits like the second season of the popular anime. isekai. The rising of the shield herothe third season of the acclaimed romantic comedy series Kaguya-sama: Love is war and the new psychological thriller Representation of daylight saving time, which will be released internationally as the first Disney+ exclusive anime series. These monsters were surpassed by the new anime adaptation of Spy x Familywho got nearly five times as many votes as the second-place winner, Kaguya-sama. shield heroThe second season of completed the top three.
The results should come as no surprise to anyone who has paid attention to the rise of Tatsuya Endo’s critically acclaimed spy comedy since the series’ launch in 2019 as an exclusive title for Shueisha’s digital format. Shōnen Jump + service, the manga has achieved a global circulation of over 12 million copies. Endo’s light-hearted take on the spy genre has also been a hit with critics, with praise directed at its lovable cast of characters and impeccable sense of humor. In 2021, the manga was nominated for an Eisner Award but ultimately lost to Junji Ito. Remina.
The anime has also garnered attention for its stellar supporting cast. The new show is produced as a collaboration between two of Japan’s top animation studios, Wit Studio and CloverWorks. Wit is best known for producing the first three seasons of the attack on titan anime, as well as last season’s critically acclaimed sleeper hit, Ranking of Kings. CloverWorks is the studio behind the breakout show of the winter season, My dear in disguise. The show is being directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi, who previously worked in anime as Knight of Eon and Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn.
The show will star Takuya Eguchi as Loid Forger aka Twilight, a spy who goes undercover as a family man to get closer to his next target. Eguchi previously starred Haikyuu!! and My history of Love. he is joined by kakegurui star Saori Hayami, who will voice Yor, Loid’s new wife who lives a double life of her own as the world’s deadliest assassin. Mob Psycho 100‘s Atsumi Tanezaki rounds out the cast as Anya Forger, the adopted daughter of Loid and Yor, who is secretly an escaped government experiment with psychic powers.
the Spy x Family The anime will premiere its simulcast on Crunchyroll on April 9 at 11:30 a.m. EST / 8:30 a.m. PST. Endo’s original manga is available in English on VIZ Media.
Source: Filmarks via Crunchyroll
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