The first promo video for the new anime from team behind K Project has been released. Gohands’ new original anime project Hand Shakers TV anime will premiere on January 2017. It is a joined project among animation studio GoHands, production company Frontier Works, and publisher Kadokawa. The first promotional video for Hand Shakers has been streamed by Frontier Works and it reveals the show’s cast.
The video also reveals GoHands is in charge of the original planning, and GOON TRAX is composing the music. GoHands, Frontier Works, and Kadokawa are all credited with the original work.
“protect it, with these hands” is the tagline on the key visual posted on the Hand Shakers official website and it depicts Osaka’s famous Dōtonboribashi bridge.
Hand Shakers Plot
The anime takes place in Osaka in “AD20XX,” and revolves around the Hand Shakers — partners who can summon “Nimrodes,” weapons born from their deep psyche by joining hands. In order to grant the pair’s wish, the Hand Shakers compete with and fight other Hand Shaker pairs. The top pair will then meet and challenge “God.”
The video lists the following voice actors without associated roles:
- Shintarō Asanuma
- Yūsuke Kobayashi
- Risa Taneda
- Jun Fukuyama
- Sora Amamiya
- Mikako Komatsu
- Kenjiro Tsuda
- Ayumu Murase
- Kaito Ishikawa
- Sōma Saitō
- Daisuke Namikawa
- Showtaro Morikubo
- Ai Kakuma
- Satomi Satou
- Saori Hayami
- Sumire Morohoshi
- Ai Kayano
- Tomokazu Sugita
- Yōko Hikasa
The English text on the anime title logo reads:
They, the receivers of the Revelation of Babel. They, the challengers to God. They, who inevitably throw themselves into battle with their partners. What does God want from them? And did they want powers exceeding that of Gods? The chosen ones, their souls linked, join hand and hand for the Ziggurat where the fighting shall ensue.
Code name: Yu Alexius is an ambiguous entity who loves to talk about anime and Chinese animation in general. An insatiable soul from the Pearl of the Orient, a frustrated writer and a Houtarou Oreki wanna-be. He is a piece of a lunatic and everything crazy.
