All scenes in the video were shot on location in Kitakyushu
Kodoani.com – Kadokawa’s YouTube channel began streaming the live-action video “Bullbuster -Keep You Safe-” on Saturday to promote the upcoming television anime of the Bullbuster series.
The video is a collaboration with the city of Kitakyushu. After an emergency occurs in the city, the Bull buster takes action to protect the people living there. All footage in the video was shot on location.
Kadokawa also announced that the anime is having an online radio broadcast on April 8. Yūki Takada, who voices the character Miyuki Shirogane, will host the show.
In the anime’s story, a young engineer named Tetsurō Okino who developed the new Bullbuster robot is transferred to Hato Industries, a pest extermination company. There, the company and its president Kōji Tajima are up against a mysterious life form named “Kyojū”. As a small business that always finds itself short of money, Hato always has to factor in all costs such as fuel and pilot labor. And of course, missed shots are not accepted. The company is always stuck between the ideal of destroying Kyōju and the reality of the economy.
Film director Hiroyuki Nakao and PICS are credited with planning and executing the original work. Manga creator Eisaku Kubonouchi drew up the original character designs. Hiroyasu Aoki is directing the anime and is in charge of the series’ scripts at NUT. Takahisa Katagiri is adapting Kubonuouchi’s designs for the animation, and is also the chief animation director. Junji Okubo is a mechanical designer.
The anime will premiere in 2023.
The franchise started out as a concept book released at Comic Market and COMITIA events. The book focuses on the concept of “This is an economically legitimate robot hero story.” The project’s staff includes Nakao, Kubonouchi, science fiction writer Yūya Takashima, and Okubo.
Kadokawa has published two novels in the franchise. Nakao is credited as the author of the original work, and Seiji Ebihara wrote the novel.