It was announced last week that
FUNimation had acquired the exclusive international rights to Kouta Hirano's Drifters, the immensely popular, 5-volume manga series of the same name from Dark Horse Comics which currently has more than 1.5 million copies in print including English, French, German, Italian and Chinese. FUNimation has now released their first offical video promoting the upcoming anime. The new
Drifters promo video, which is included below, clocks in at over six minutes and may raise more questions than answers for those not familiar with the manga.
Writer Kouta Hirano, best known for his highly successful
Hellsing series, leads the creative team and is joined by fellow
Hellsing alums Kenichi Suzuki (director) and Ryoji Nakamori (character designer).
From the creator and team behind Hellsing, comes a thrilling story where history and fantasy collide!
Based off the manga published by Dark Horse Comics that has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide in five different languages. Nominated for the 4th and 5th Manga Taisho Awards in Japan, an honor shared with huge hit series such as My Hero Academia, Attack on Titan, Assassination Classroom, and One Punch Man.
Drifters is set to begin streaming October 2016 via
FunimationNow!