Crunchyroll-Adds-Phantom-Thief-Reinya
November 2nd 2010 00:00
Crunchyroll Adds Phantom Thief Reinya Anime - Anime News
The Crunchyroll media-distribution website has announced Really Long Link that it is launching its streaming of the Phantom Thief Reinya (Kaito Reinya) television anime series on Friday. This series of 12 anime shorts from the KDDI telecommunications company, the Kadokawa Group, and the Upfront Group adapts the four-panel "nonsensical comedy" manga of the same name. The anime premiered in Japan on January 9, and Crunchyroll is adding a new episode every Friday at 8:50 a.m. PST worldwide (except in Japan).
Reina Tanaka, a member of Hello Project's girl band Morning Musume who played Onegai My Melody Kirara's title character, serves as the inspiration for the main character Reinya, a thief that is the stuff of urban legends. Reinya works at the Faminya convenience store near a police station by day. By night, she is a whimsical thief chased by bumbling police officers, led by the handsome Keiji-san ("Detective," Kousuke Okano) and the cool Keibu-san ("Captain," So Yoki). Joining Reinya on her escapades is her trusty assistant, the mouse Chutaro (Okano).
Takahiro Yoshimatsu was the character designer and animation director of Slayers and Trigun before becoming the chief director and storyboarder of Kaito Reinya. Technical director Hideaki Iwami and the animator "Mr. A" are working at the Stringray animation studio with UP-FRONT STYLE, the entertainment agency that conceived of the story. Kenichi Kanemaki (Negima!, Hell Girl franchise) is supervising the series scripts, and Fullmetal Alchemist and Mobile Suit Gundam 00 director Seiji Mizushima is serving as the sound director.
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