Japanese musician and actor Miyavi, who recently starred in Kate, will voice a villain named Kouketsu in the upcoming Netflix anime film Bright: Samurai Soul. The announcement was made during Netflix’s Tudum event, which showed off new footage of the anime. It takes place in the same universe as the 2016 Netflix film starring Will Smith, although it is set in Japan during the end of the Shogunate and the start of the Meiji Period.
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Bright: Samural Soul is set to release October 12. The English dub will feature a high-profile cast that includes Shang-Chi star Simu Liu as the main character Izou, Fred Mancuso as Orc Raiden, and Yuzu Harada as Sonya.
Check out the Bright: Samurai Soul featurette featuring Miyavi below:
＼ハリウッド映画のスピンオフアニメ／#イシグロキョウヘイ 監督が手掛ける
アニメ映画『ブライト：サムライソウル』悪役＜コウケツ＞を演じた #MIYAVI さん (@MIYAVI_OFFICIAL ) からビデオメッセージが到着?
10月12日より全世界独占配信スタート！#ネトフリアニメ pic.twitter.com/09WmrUw6Qu
— Netflix Japan Anime (@NetflixJP_Anime) September 25, 2021
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『ブライト：サムライソウル』声優に初挑戦した #MIYAVI さん (@MIYAVI_OFFICIAL ) の収録中の様子やオフショットを特別に大公開✨
10月12日の全世界独占配信までお楽しみに！#ネトフリアニメ pic.twitter.com/Dnb85eJNHq
— Netflix Japan Anime (@NetflixJP_Anime) September 25, 2021
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“In the time between the fall of the Shogunate and the rise of the Meiji era, a powerful bright light emitted from a wand brings an end to the long Shogunate period to avoid further bloodshed as Japan begins to shift toward a new era,” says the official synopsis for Bright: Samurai Soul. “Amid these circumstances, a one-eyed wandering ronin name Izou, who has lost his reason to live, and Raiden, an orc who detests murder and hopes to leave a life of thievery behind, separately meet a young elf girl named Sonya around the same time.
“Together, they go on a journey along the Tokaido road to bring her and the wand she holds safely to the land of the elves in the north. Standing in their path is the mysterious organization Inferni, which aims to obtain the wand and revive the Dark Lord, who intends to rule all of creation. Inferni also uses the new Meiji government in its attempt to steal the wand from Izou, Raiden and Sonya.”
