On Monday, the official website for the anime film adaptation of Akira Toriyama’s SAND LAND manga unveiled a new trailer and announced the primary cast and staff. The trailer features an ominous voice declaring that the most wicked and powerful demon will rise this summer. The clip then cuts to Beelzebub himself, boasting about his bad habits of staying up late, oversleeping, and neglecting to brush his teeth.
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Cast
Mutsumi Tamura as Beelzebub
Kazuhiro Yamaji as Rao
Chō as Thief
Satoshi Tsuruoka as General Are
Nobuo Tobita as General Zau
Story
In the far future, war has destroyed the entire Earth, leaving only a barren wasteland where the supply of water is controlled by the greedy king. In search of a long-lost lake, Sheriff Rao asked the king of the demons for help…and got the king’s son, Beelzebub, and his assistant, Thief. Together the unlikely trio sets off across the desert, facing dragons, bandits and the deadliest foe of all… the King’s army itself! It’s travel adventure and tank action in this new story from Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball Z!
SAND LAND Main Staff
Toshihisa Yokoshima, known for directing “Tales of Crestoria: The Wake of Sin,” “Amanatsu,” “Cocolors,” and sequences in Dragon Quest games, is directing the film in collaboration with Sunrise, Kamikaze Douga, and Anima, while Hiroshi Koujina, who worked on “Ryoma! The Prince of Tennis,” “The Vampire Dies in No Time,” and “Grenadier,” is serving as the direction advisor. The screenplay is being written by Hayashi Mori, who worked on “Cells at Work! Code Black” and “Drifting Home.” Yoshikazu Iwanami is directing the sound, and Yūgo Kanno, the composer for “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders,” “Psycho-Pass,” and “Ajin,” is creating the music.
The film will be distributed by TOHO and released in theaters throughout Japan on August 18. The Sand Land manga is a brief series that Toriyama published in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from May to August 2000. Shueisha released one compiled book volume of the manga in November 2000.
Toriyama’s first serialized manga was “Dr. Slump,” which he began in 1980 and later inspired two television anime series and several movies. He followed up with “Dragon Ball,” which ran from 1984 to 1995 and continues to inspire manga and anime sequels and spinoffs to this day. Toriyama is also well-known as the character designer for the Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger, and Blue Dragon games.
Source: Natalie
