The long-awaited anime adaptation of Akimi Yoshida’s classic manga Banana Fish has released a new trailer, which not only reveals new cast members but also lets us take a listen to the anime’s opening theme!

The new cast members to be revealed are Makoto Furukawa as Shorter Wong, Yoshimasa Hosoya as Frederick Arthur, Shinji Kawada as Shunichi Ibe, Jun Fukuyama as Yue-Lung Lee and Toshiyuki Morikawa as Blanca. You can see the character designs on the newly-revamped official website.

The opening theme will be ‘found & lost by Survive Said the Prophet. The band experiment with many different genres, and this theme in particular has a youthful rock feeling to it.

Banana Fish

Summer 2018 | Anime Info Page

Story

New York. Ash is a guy with outstanding appearance and fighting abilities. The young gang-leader hears the mysterious words ‘Banana Fish’ muttered from one of his men just as he dies. During that time, he also meets the Japanese boy Eiji Okumura, who came to New York as the assistant of a photographer. The two of them start to search for the truth behind the words ‘Banana Fish’…

Cast

Ash Lynx: Yuma Uchida
Eiji Okumura: Kenji Nojima
Max Lobo: Hiroaki Hirata
Dino Golzine: Unsho Ishizuka
Shorter Wong: Makoto Furukawa
Yoshimasa Hosoya: Frederick Arthur
Shunichi Ibe: Shinji Kawada
Yue-Lung Lee: Jun Fukuyama
Blanca: Toshiyuki Morikawa

Staff

Original Work: Akimi Yoshida
Director: Hiroko Utsumi
Series Composition: Hiroshi Seko
Character Design: Akemi Hayashi
Animation Production: MAPPA

Web

Official Website: http://bananafish.tv/
Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/bananafish_tv