#Hideo Ishikawa Reprises His Role as Ryoma Nagare in Getter Robo Arc

Nine days ahead of its premiere in Japan, the official website for the forthcoming TV anime adaptation of Getter Robo Arc, the final installment of the Getter Robo Saga manga series created by Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa, announced 11 additional voice cast members, including 51-year-old Hideo Ishikawa who will reprise his role as Ryoma Nagare.

Ryoma is one of the protagonists of the original Getter Robo series, who piloted the Getter-1 (Getter Eagle), Getter Dragon, Black Getter, Shin Getter-1, and New Getter. Following Akira Kamiya, Ryoma’s original voice cast in Getter Robo (1974-1975) and Getter Robo G (1975-1976), Ishikawa voiced Ryoma in Getter Robo Armageddon (1988-1989), Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo (2000-2001), and New Getter Robo (2004). It has been 17 years since he played Ryoma for the last time for an anime series (Meanwhile, he has since played Ryoma frequently for the Super Robot Wars game series).

Ishikawa says, “It’s been 17 years since ‘New Getter Robo,’ and I was surprised to see a new story of Getter on TV in the age of Reiwa. The first Getter was in the Showa era, the three shows after ‘Armageddon’ were in the Heisei era, and ‘Arc’ is in the Reiwa era. So the world of Getter has been connected for three generations. Once again, I think it is a great series. This is the fourth time for me to play Ryoma’s character voice. I want to watch over the activities of his son Takuma, who has inherited the fate of the Getter, and the passionate battles of the new Getter team, together with all the fans.”

Voice cast:

• Takuma Nagare: Yuuma Uchida
• Sho Kamui: Arihiro Mukaino
• Baku Yamagishi: Kazuhiro Sunseki
• Hayato Jin: Naoya Uchida
• Ryoma Nagare: Hideo Ishikawa
• Benkei Kuruma: Kiyoyuki Yanada
• Taill: Nozomu Sasaki
• Dr. Saotome: Takayuki Sugo
• Dr. Shikishima: Yohei Tadano
• Captain Igarashi: Mitsuo Iwata
• Grand Queen Meldusa: Romi Park
• Komei: Takaya Hashi
• MacDonald: Fumihiko Tachiki
• Ryuryou: Sumi Shimamoto
• Dr. Han: Kenichi Ogata

Gettter Robo Arc is set to premiere on AT-X and TOKYO MX in Japan on July 4, 2021. 

Source: “Getter Robo Arc” official website / Twitter

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