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Shigeru Mizuki's beloved manga is being brought to life once again in a new Netflix original anime series..
The series is set to premiere this fall, and fans couldn't be more excited to see their favourite characters in action once again...
As a commemoration of Shigeru Mizuki's 100-year anniversary since birth, the new anime series is one of four "big projects.".
Along with the anime series, another project, the Kitaro Tanjo: Gegege no Nazo (Kintaro Birth: The Mystery of Gegege) anime film, will also open in the fall...
The chief director for the Akuma Kun anime project is Junichi Sato, known for his work on the Aria franchise and Sailor Moon, while Fumitoshi Oizaki, who worked on A Centaur's Life and Romeo Juliet, is the series director..
