Netflix Anime Bright: Samurai Soul New Clip Shows Fierce Sword Battle by Samurai and Orcs

Netflix has posted a four-minute new clip from Bright: Samurai Soul, a spin-off anime to the Will Smith-starring original sci-fi film in 2017, Bright, depicting the encounter between the two protagonists, Izou and Raiden, and their fierce sword battle. The clip also features a intense background music created by the four-member instrumental rock band LITE.

Also, five additional Japanese voice cast members are announced: Maaya Sakamoto plays Chihaya, the most famous prostitute in Kyoto who has Sonya at her side, Kenjiro Tsuda plays Toumoku, Raiden's master who is a homicidal maniac, Chafurin plays Tsukuyomi, a wise Centaurus who helps Izou and Raiden, Mamoru Miyano plays the owner of Asahiro who buys Sonya from a trafficker, and Kenichi Suzumura plays Okubo, a key person in the Meiji government who colludes with the mysterious Inferni organization.

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The anime is set to be streamed worldwide on October 12, 2021, and it story is set in Japan from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji period, depicting Izou, a ronin who lives as a bouncer, and Raiden, an orc assassin, who throws themselves into a fierce battle to protect an elf girl named Sonya from their common enemy.

Kyohei Ishiguro, known for his acclaimed directorial works for Your Lie in April (2014-2015), Children of the Whales (2017), and the most recent film Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (2020) serves as director on a screenplay by Michiko Yokote (SHIROBAKO). ARECT, a Hokkaido-based 3DCG company that previously produced CG visuals for Attack on Titan: The Final Season and ZOMBE LAND SAGA REVENGE, works on anime production.