Bucchigiri?! there will be 12 episodes

O official site from the original anime series Bucchigiri?! revealed that the series will consist of 12 episodes that will later be released in 4 DVD/BD volumes. The first volume will be released on April 17, 2024.

With animation by the studio MAPPA (Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen, The God of High School, Dororo, Dorohedoro), directed by Hiroko Utsumi, the director of anime such as Banana Fish, Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club, Free! Eternal Summer, the argument is Taku Kishimoto and the character design is Takahiro Kagami.

• Sub-Character Design, Chief Animation Directors: Hiroyuki Saita, Kiminori Itō
• Art Direction: Kurumi Suzuki
• Key Color Artist: Yukiko Kakita
• Cinematography Composition Director: Shinnosuke Kato
• Editing: Tomoki Nagasaka
• Music: Michiru Oshima
• Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta
• Sound production: Dugout
• Animation Producer: Takahiro Ogawa

Utsumi and the studio MAPPA worked together previously on the anime Banana Fish.

In the cast we have:

• Genki Okawa as Arajin Tomoshibi
• Masafumi Kobatake as Majin Senya
• Anna Nagase as Mahoro
• Yusuke Hoshino as Matakara Asamine
• Jiro Saito as Kenichiro
• Yukihiro Nozuyama like Zabu
• Kappei Yamaguchi like Komao
• Nozomu Sasaki as Marito
• Ryōta Takeuchi like Outa
• Makoto Furukawa as Jabashiri
• Shouta Hayama as Hagure
• Chihiro Suzuki as Akutaro

Bucchigiri?! is an original anime series that mixes Japanese-style school delinquents and stories from the classic collection of Middle Eastern folktales, One Thousand and One Nights.

The history of Bucchigiri?! follows Aladdin Tomobishi, a young man who finds himself in a battle to see who is the strongest after reuniting with his former best friend, Matakara Asamine. Meanwhile, the shadow of a giant genie looms over them…?!