Future Card Buddyfight Ace Anime Reveals Video, Cast, Theme Songs
A presentation held at Akihabara UDX Theater in Tokyo revealed a promotional video, the main cast, and the theme song performers for the Future Card Buddyfight Ace (Future Card Shin Buddyfight) anime on Tuesday. The video previews the opening theme song “Saa Ikō!” performed by Poppin’ Party.
The cast includes:
- Takumi Mano as Yuga Mikado
- Tetsu Inada as Gargantua Dragon
- Shūta Morishima as Masato Rikuō
- Daiki Kobayashi as Subaru Hoshiyomi
Rimi Nishimoto (Poppin’ Party) as Haru Mikado, Aimi (Poppin’ Party) as Amaterasu
Mano, Morishima, and Kobayashi are performing the ending theme song “Buddy☆Funny Days” as their characters.
The anime’s story takes place 23 years after the events of Future Card Buddyfight X and centers on Yuga Mikado, son of Gao Mikado. Because Yuga is talented at games, he is known as the “Ace of Gaming.” However, Buddyfight is Yuga’s first card game. Yuga’s Buddy is Gargantua Dragon, who is also known as Garga.
Mitsuhisa Tamura also launched the Future Card Shin Buddyfight manga in the June issue of Shogakukan’s Coro Coro Comics magazine on Tuesday.
The anime will premiere on TV Aichi, TV Tokyo, BS Japan, and other networks on June 2. The series will also stream on YouTube in Japanese and with English subtitles.