The upcoming Fuuto Pi anime has received a Japanese premiere date of August 1. A key visual depicting main characters Shotaro Hidari, Philip, and Tokime was released as well.
Additionally, it was announced that Mitsuru Matsuoka is performing the main theme song “Tsumi to Batsu to Angura,” while Big Gadgets ft. Aya Kamiki w TAKUYA is performing the opening song “Private Eye.”
Fuuto Pi is a sequel to the 2009 live-action tokusatsu series Kamen Rider W. The anime is based on the Shogakukan-published manga written by Riku Sanjou with illustrations from Masaki Sato. The manga began in 2017 and released its 12th tankoubon volume in February 2022. The manga is serialized in Big Comic Spirits and published under the Big Comics label.
The Kamen Rider website describes Fuuto Pi as:
FUUTO is under the protection of Shotaro and Philip, But bizarre incidents continue to occur frequently on the far side of the city.
Tokime, a mysterious beauty, appears and a new evil casts its shadow over the windy city. It’s the beginning of a new battle for Kamen Rider W.
The anime’s staff includes Yousuke Kabashima (Fate/Grand Order THE MOVIE Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot Paladin; Agateram and Symphogear XV chief animation director) as director, Ayataka Tanemura (Black Clover Ep 153~ director, Symphogear XV storyboarder and episode director) as assistant director, Tatsuto Higuchi (Revue Starlight movie scriptwriter) as series composer, Sanjou as script supervisor, and Hidekazu Ebina (Fate/Grand Order 5th Anniversary Animation PV animation director, Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 2 Ep 5 solo key animator) as character designer and chief animation director. Studio KAI is the animation production company.
Other staff include:
- ⋆Sei Komatsubara (Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity – Grand Temple of Time: Solomon co-animation director) as chief animation director
- ⋆Kabashima as Kamen Rider and Dopant animator
- ⋆Rihiro Yamane (Back Arrow CG action supervisor) as Kamen Rider and Dopant animator
- ⋆Yukiyoshi Shikiji (Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 2 co-main animator, Symphogear XV action director) as main animator
- ⋆Kazuhito Tominaga (Scarlet Nexus animation director) as main animator
- ⋆Kenta Yokoya (Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 -The Eve of Awakening- Ep 1 and 2 transformation scene storyboarder) as main animator
- ⋆Hiroyuki Taiga (Symphogear XV co-mechanic designer) as mecha and prop designer
- ⋆Yukihiro Watanabe (Warlords of Sigrdrifa co-art director, Symphogear XV) as art director
- ⋆Sayoko Yokoyama (LBX Girls) as color designer
- ⋆Gou Shimura (Adachi and Shimamura, Symphogear XV) as photography director
- ⋆Yuuichi Takezawa (Is the Order a Rabbit? BLOOM, Symphogear XV assistant photography director) as photography director
Meanwhile, the cast includes Yoshimasa Hosoya as Shotaro Hidari, Kouki Uchiyama as Philip, Akira Sekine as Tokime, Mikako Komatsu as Akiko Narumi, Makoto Furukawa as Ryu Terui, and Daisuke Ono as Yukiji Bando.
Source: Fuuto Pi website