#Historically Inspired Netflix Anime Yasuke Fills Out Its Cast With New Japanese Teaser Trailer

Yasuke, the TV anime inspired by an African man who served under Oda Nobunaga in the 1500s, released a brand new teaser trailer today for Japanese audiences and revealed the Japanese cast for the series, which includes half-Black, half-Japanese actor Jun Soejima in his first anime role as the titular character in Japanese while Lakeith Stanfield voices Yasuke in English.

The Japanese cast includes a wide variety of actors, including those seen in live-action productions (Jun Soejima), and even in their debut roles in Japanese media (Kiko Tamura): 

• Jun Soejima will be voicing Yasuke
• Takehiro Hira will be voicing Oda Nobunaga
• Kiko Tamura will be voicing Saki
• Yoshiko Sakakibara will be voicing Yami no Daimyоo
• Fusako Urabe will be voicing Natsumaru
• Shigeru Ushiyama will be voicing Abraham
• Yu Kamio will be voicing Morisuke
• Eri Kitamura will be voicing Ishikawa
• Kenji Kitamura will be voicing Achоja
• Shunsuke Kubozuka will be voicing Hart
• Hiroki Nanami will be voicing Nikita
• Rie Tanaka will be voicing Ichika

Japanese poster for the series:

Yasuke is be premiering on Netflix on April 29, with LeSean Thomas directing the series at MAPPA. Netflix describes the six-episode as such:

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. 

Source: Comic Natalie

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.