From the creator of the most popular anime to hit this year One-Punch Man, comes the anime adaption of Mob Psycho 100. Like its predecessor, Mob Psycho 100 was also created by mangaka ONE and its started its domination of the manga industry via Weekly Shōnen Sunday in early spring 2012. Now production company Bones has adapted this visually stunning and incredibly funny webcomic into a series, which is set to premiere on July 11th.
Mob Psycho 100 follows the story of Kageyama Shigeo a.k.a. Mob, your typical ESP-equipped eighth grader who from time to time gets too emotional and explodes, LITERALLY. As a result, he stops using his abilities in public due to the negative attention he keeps getting. Now the only thing he wants is to get close to a girl in his class named Tsubomi. With the help of his psychic mentor – who somehow has no psychic powers – he continues his daily life, attempting to realize his purpose in life while getting close to Tsubomi.
Voice cast includes
Setsuo Itō as Shigeo “Mob” Kageyama
Takahiro Sakurai as Arataka Reigen
Akio Ohtsuka as Ekubo
Miyu Irino as Ritsu Kageyama
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Tenga Onigawara
Atsumi Tanezaki as Tome Kurata
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Teruki Hanazawa
Ayumi Fujimura as Ichi Mezato
Uki Satake as Tsubomi
Production staff includes:
Director: Yuzuru Tachikawa (Death Parade)
Series Composition: Hiroshi Seko (Ajin)
Character designer: Yoshimichi Kameda (One-Punch Man animation director)
Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex)
Composer: Kenji Kawai (Ghost in the Shell)
Art Director: Ryo Kono (Space Dandy)
Color Design: Shinoko Nakayama (Cowboy Bebop)
Director of Photography: Mayuko Furumoto (Noragami)
Based on the trailer we can expect a gang of hooligans, beautiful girls, stalkers and of course lots of explosions.
Episode 1 will be previewed at a public screening on June 25th, and regular broadcasts begin on July 12th.
