Friday, February 13

The VIZ Industry Showcase at Anime NYC announced additional cast members for the for the television anime adaptation of Shuu Sakuratani‘s Niwatori Fighter (Rooster Fighter) on Friday. The anime is scheduled to premiere in Spring 2026.

Cast
Kugone: Yuuko Kaida (Yakusoku no Neverland)
Yuuji: Jun Kasama (The First Slam Dunk)
Hikari: Natsumi Fujiwara (Great Pretender)
Keizan: Akio Ootsuka (Beastars)
Sara: Hikaru Tono (Make Heroine ga Oosugiru!)

Daisuke Suzuki (D4DJ All Mix) is helming the anime at SANZIGEN. Hiroshi Seko (Jujutsu Kaisen) is handling the series composition.

Sakuratani began serializing the action comedy manga in Hero’s magazine on the Comiplex website in December 2020. Hero’s published the tenth volume on July 4.

VIZ Media licensed the manga for release in English in October 2021 and released the eighth volume on August 19.

Source: Comic Natalie

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