Official Twitter account of Disney Plus Japan unveiled a new trailer and key visual for the upcoming SAND LAND anime series, titled SAND LAND: THE SERIES, on March 18, 2024.
The trailer previews the series’ opening theme song, “Water Carrier,” performed by Kroi, as well as the ending theme song, “Drive My Idea,” performed by Tempalay.
New key visual for the series can be viewed below:
SAND LAND: THE SERIES will premiere on March 20, 2024, making its debut with the first seven episodes simultaneously on Disney+ Star’s “STAR Anime Series” programming. Following the debut, episodes 8-13 will be released weekly, with each episode dropping every Wednesday.
For viewers in the U.S., the series will also stream on Hulu.
The first six episodes, titled the “Akuma no Oji” (Prince of Demons) arc, will be a retelling of the SAND LAND anime film, but adapted into a series format with some added footage.
Following the initial six episodes, a brand new arc titled “Tenshi no Yusha” (Angelic Heroes) will kick off on March 27, 2024. This arc, consisting of episodes 7-13, will take place in a new location called Forest Land.
The staff and cast from the anime film will return for the series.
SAND LAND anime film released in the Japanese theatres on Aug 18, 2023. The film was also showcased in IMAX, 4DX, and MX4D formats
Main voice cast includes:
- Mutsumi Tamura as Beelzebub
- Kazuhiro Yamaji as Rao
- Cho as Thief
- Satoshi Tsuruoka as General Are
- Nobuo Tobita as General Zeu
- Mikako Komatsu as Anne
- Ayumu Murase as Muniel
Toshihisa Yokoshima directed the anime, with Hayashi Mori in charge of screenplay.
Other staff members include:
- Direction Advisor: Hiroshi Kamishina
- Sound Director: Miwa Iwanami
- Music: Yugo Kanno
- Distributor: Toho
Sunrise, Kamikaze Douga and Anima animated Sand Land.
Sand Land is a short manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump in 2000, with its 14 chapters collected into a single tankobon volume, which released the same year in November.
It was serialized in North America by Viz Media in their English Shonen Jump magazine in 2003. It’s volume was later released in December 2003.
The plot of the manga is described by MAL as follows:
In a future world known as Sand Land, the one river that supplied the entire world had suddenly stopped, and the only source of water is from the greedy king’s overpriced water bottles. Demons and humans live together in a world of drought, until Sheriff Rao confronts Beelzebub in need of a demon on a quest to find the Phantom Lake, a river on which birds called Water Finches supply themselves. Though reluctant at first, Beelzebub goes along (thanks to a good bribe) and brings an older demon, Thief, with him to find the lake for the good of all creatures, whether demon or human.
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