by Netflix made a groundbreaking announcement on the 22nd, revealing its exclusive worldwide distribution of the highly anticipated anime series Garouden: The Way of the Lone Wolf, set to premiere on May 23rd. This series, a fresh take on Baku Yumemakura’s novel Gaarouden, features Juzo Fujimaki, a formidable rival of Bunshichi Tanba, the protagonist of the original work.
Juzo Fujimaki, who wanders the north to escape his past, is forced to participate in an illegal tournament and into a deadly battle with influential martial artists. Fujimaki uses Takemiya-ryu, a martial art hailed as the strongest, attracts influential people, and a detective who vows revenge pursues him. Juzo Fujimaki does his best to confront his dark past and challenge his rival martial artists while facing his inner beast. Who is the strongest warrior in the world?
In addition to Ryota Takeuchi, who plays the main character Juzo Fujimaki, Toru Inada, Shunsuke Takeuchi, Rintaro Nishi, Tetsusho Genda, Aya Endo, Ryota Suzuki, Hidenobu Kiuchi, Junya Enoki, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Junichi Suwabe, Kenjiro Tsuda, and Shiro Saito.
Garouden: The Way of the Lone Wolf boasts a stellar cast, including Maki Izawa, Yume Miyamoto, and Yuko Kaida. The series is helmed by director Atsushi Ikariya, known for his work on ID: IN V ADED and Sabibi Bisco. The animation production is in the capable hands of NAZ, renowned for their work on Good Night World and Thermae Romae Novae.
To bring more power and realism to the action scenes of illegal underground tournaments that utilize martial arts such as boxing, karate, Brazilian jiujitsu, wrestling, and sumo, we developed a method of filming the movements of actual fighters and depicting them in animation. Adopted.
The action scenes include Takeru, Koki, Roberto Satoshi de Souza (Bonsai Jiujitsu), Murilo Takeshi de Souza (Bonsai Jiujitsu), Rei Tsuruya (THE BLACKBELT JAPAN), Takeru Uchida (THE BLACKBELT JAPAN), Shimon Kagiyama (quip ), Fumi Aizawa (quip) and other great martial artists participated. The highlight is the best cel animation with the most decisive action.
