Netflix has debuted official key art and a trailer for its new anime series Yasuke, with LaKeith Stanfield voicing its lead. The streamer has also announced that Darren Criss (Glee) and Ming-Na Wen (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) are among the voice cast joining Stanfield. Check out more of the additional cast members confirmed, as well as the trailer and poster below.
The tale is set 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.
Additional voice cast confirmed today includes:
Nobunaga – Takehiro Hira
Saki – Maya Tanida
Natsumaru – Ming-Na Wen
Morisuke – Paul Nakauchi
Haruto – Darren Criss
Nikita – Julie Marcus
Achoja – William Christopher Stephens
Ishikawa – Dia Frampton
Abraham – Don Donahue
Daimyo – Amy Hill
Kurosaka (Dark General) – Noshi Dalal
Yasuke debuts this Thursday, April 29 only on Netflix.
