Fuuto PI revolves around private detective Shotaro Hidari and his partner Philip. Together, they transform into Kamen Rider W.
By: Nicole S. Castro on July 1, 2022 at 17:47 PHT
A trailer video has been released for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Fuuto PI, slated to air on Aug. 1, 2022. The anime is produced by Studio Kai.
Fuuto PI originated as a manga series written by Riku Sanjo and illustrated by Masaki Sato. It serves as a sequel to the Kamen Rider W television series. Fuuto PI has been serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits since August 2017.
Fuuto PI takes place after Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Accel,. Protagonist Shotaro Hidari (CV: Yoshimasa Hosoya) is a private detective who works at Narumi Detective Agency with his partner Raito "Philip" Sonozaki (CV: Koki Uchiyama), the sole survivor of the Sonozaki family. Together they transform into Kamen Rider W, who protects the city of Fuuto from Dopants, monsters created by Gaia Memories.
One day, Shotaro encounters an amnesiac pink-haired girl named Tokime (CV: Akira Sekine), who is being targeted by Dopants. After saving her, they decide to hire her at Narumi Detective Agency as their assistant.
The featured theme song is Sin, Punishment, and Underground (Japanese: 罪と罰とアングラ; Romaji: Tsumi to Batsu to Undagura). It is composed and produced by Koji Kikkawa, with lyrics and vocals by Mitsuru Matsuoka.
Cast
Shotaro Hidari (CV: Yoshimasa Hosoya)
Philip (CV: Koki Uchiyama)
Akiko Narumi (CV: Mikako Komatsu)
Ryu Terui (CV: Makoto Furukawa)
Tokime (CV: Akira Sekine)
Yukiji Bandou (CV: Daisuke Ono)
Staff
Director: Yousuke Kabashima
Sub-director: Ayaka Tanemura
Series composition: Tatsuto Higuchi
Screenplay supervision: Riku Sanjo
Character design and Chief animation director: Hidekazu Ebina
Chief animation director: Sei Komatsubara
Kamen Rider dopant animator: Yosuke Kabashima, Masahiro Yamane
Main animators: Yukiyoshi Shikiji, Kazuhito Tominaga, Kenta Yokoya
Mecha and Props design: Hiroyuki Taiga
Art setting: Tomoyuki Aoki, Kenichi Morioka
Art director: Yukihiro Watanabe
Color setting: Sayoko Yokoyama
Cinematographers: Tsuyoshi Shimura, Yuichi Takezawa
2D Graphics: Jiro Kageyama
3DCG production: iPS Animation Studio
3DCG action: unknownCASE
CG director: Hiroyuki Kashima
CG animation director: Atsushi Sakiyama
3D modeling: Jet Studio, Mitsugu Ishii
Editor: Ayumu Takahashi
Sound director: Jin Aketagawa
Sound production: Magic capsule
Music: Kotaro Nakagawa, Shuhei Naruse
Music producer: Mayu Iida (avex entertainment)
Executive producer: Hideaki Tsukada
Producers: Megumi Naito, Daisuke Furuya
Animation producer: Masashi Masuo
Supervisor: Akira Onodera
Animation production: Studio KAI
Production: Fuuto PI Production Committee
NICOLE S. CASTRO
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Nicole is based in the Philippines and works as a freelance Japanese Translator/Interpreter and copywriter (English). She is a JLPT N2 passer who watches anime to "study" for N1. She has a long career history on LinkedIn (with primary focus on media and translation), but her anime watchlist is much, much longer.
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