The official website for Grendizer U, the 2024 television anime in Gō Nagai's UFO Robo Grendizer series, began airing the anime's second promotional video on Tuesday. The video further reveals the cast and the anime's July premiere on TV Tokyo and BS TV Tokyo. The video features a television version of the opening theme song “Kaishin no Ichigeki” (Critical Hit) by the band Glay.

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The newly announced cast members are:

Shinya Takahashi as Hayashi, Doctor Umon's assistant Image via Grendizer U anime X/Twitter account

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Riho Sugiyama as Yamada, a taciturn female employee Image via Grendizer U anime X/Twitter account

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Hironori Kondō as Saeki, a serious employee Image via Grendizer U anime X/Twitter account

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Sora Tokui as Ōi, a rookie female employee Image via Grendizer U anime X/Twitter account

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The anime production staff also revealed images of the new Mechanics that will appear in the series:

Aquadizer Image via Grendizer U anime X/Twitter account

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Aqua Spacer Image via Grendizer U anime X/Twitter account

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Zeoradizer Image via Grendizer U anime X/Twitter account

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Zeora Spacer Image via Grendizer U anime X/Twitter account

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Enban-jū (Disc Beast) Domdom Image via Grendizer U anime X/Twitter account

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Enban-jū (Disc Beast) Godagoda Image via Grendizer U anime X/Twitter account

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Vega Star Image via Grendizer U anime X/Twitter account

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Previously revealed cast members include:

Shun Kudō (Kimi dake ni Motetainda) will direct the anime. Tatsuto Higuchi (Shine Post) will write the script. Arakimari is the supporting character designer. Kō Inaba, AF_KURO and Junichi Akutsu (Astrays) are in charge of mechanical design.

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The new anime is described as a reboot of the original 1975-1977 anime.

Mitsuo Fukuda (Mobile Suit GTA Seed, Gear Fighter Dendoh, Future GPX Cyber ​​Formula) is the lead anime director at GAINA and Gō Nagai is the project's executive producer. Ichiro Okouchi (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Mobile Suit Granada: The Witch From Mercury) will write and supervise the series' scripts. Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Wolf Children, Gunbuster 2: Diebuster) designed the characters and Kōhei Tanaka (One Piece, Sakura Wars, Dirty Pair) composed the music.

Additional personnel include:

The Mazinger brand introduced a new project for the UFO Robo Grendizer in August 2022, stating that the project will be announced in 2023.

UFO Robo Grendizer is the third installment of Nagai's giant Mazinger robot franchise (after Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger). The original Grendizer anime and manga debuted in 1975, and the anime was later imported to the United States as part of Jim Terry's Force Five project. The anime and manga would also inspire three anime films.

In France, the anime was titled Goldorak when it premiered in 1978. The series helped increase the influence and popularity of anime in the country.

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That led to French publisher Microids (formerly Anuman Interactive) and Dynamic Planning announcing an action game for 2021. Endroad developed the UFO Robot Grendizer: The Feast of the Wolves action game. Microids released the game for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on November 14. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions are scheduled to release later. The Nintendo Switch version will then launch this year.

Nagai launched the Grendizer Giga manga in Akita Shoten's Champion RED magazine in September 2014 and ended it in July 2015. The story is a complete reboot of Nagai's UFO Robo Grendizer story. When a giant fleet of flying saucers invaded Earth, it awakened Daisuke Uryū's true power. (The main character of UFO Robo Grendizer is named Daisuke Umon.)

The manga series received an animated promotional video in April 2015 to celebrate the launch of the first compiled manga volume, as well as Grendizer's 40th anniversary.

Source: website, Comic Natalie