The trailer for the anime Reiwa no Di Gi Charat unveils the premiere on 7 October
The official website of Reiwa no By Gi Charat , the mini anime for the 24th anniversary of the mascot franchise Di gi charat , released the second promotional video of the anime. The teaser announces that the anime will premiere on October 7 as part of the D4DJ variety show, which airs Fridays at 23pm (00am EDT) on Tokyo MX and BS NTV stations. The anime will also be streamed on YouTube at the same time as the over-the-air broadcast.
The new anime introduces the character Bushirodo-no-Mikoto or “Bushi-chan”, the guardian deity of Bushiroad born in 2007 (date of foundation of the company). She likes freshly cooked white rice, mentaiko cod roe and oysters, and her specialty is wrestling. Ayasa Itō voices the character.
The cast includes:
Asami Sanada as Di Gi Charat
Miyuki Sawashiro in the role of Petit Charat
Kyoko Hikami as Rabi ~ en ~ Rose
Yoshiko Kamei in the role of Gema
Megumi Hayashibara as Piyocola Analogue III
Kousuke Toriumi as Rik Heisenberg
Chihiro Suzuki as Ky Schweitzer
Tomo Saeki as Coo Erhard
Satomi Akesaka in the role of Brocco-desu
Ayasa Itō as Bushirodo-no-Mikoto
Di Gi Charat features characters who were the mascots of Broccoli and the Gamers! retail chain. The franchise began in 1998 and features events from manga, anime, video games, and voice actors. The franchise follows alien hybrid cat Di Gi Charat who wants to become a superstar while working at an anime store chain called Gamer.
The original 16-episode television anime series Di Gi Charat aired in 1999. Synch-Point released part of the series in North America on DVD in 2005 and Sentai Filmworks released the series on DVD in 2013.
Bushiroad, as part of its new partnership with media company Broccoli, envisaged a collaboration between Di Gi Charat and Bushiroad's Lost Decade smartphone game, as part of a master plan to "reboot" Broccoli's Di Gi Charat franchise. Bushiroad said the Di Gi Charat franchise was a pioneer in the "moe culture".
