TIGER & BUNNY -THE RISING- Press Notes

Japanese TIGER & BUNNY -THE RISING- trailer, courtesy of Shochiku Co. © Sunrise/ T&B Movie Partners

Source: Eleven Arts Entertainment, Shochiku Co., Ltd. Official Site: tigerandbunny.net/movie2 (Japan), elevenarts.net/tigerandbunny-therising (US) Special Thanks to Erika T. Wright The heroes of TIGER & BUNNY are back in an all-new feature-length film! TIGER & BUNNY THE MOVIE: THE RISING (??? ???????? -The Rising-, Gekijoo-ban Taigaa Ando Banii -The Rising-, 2014) opens in Japan on February 8th, and comes to cinemas in major U.S. cities beginning March 14th. The following press notes and images are courtesy of the film`s Japanese distributor, Shochiku, and American theatrical distributor, ELEVEN ARTS...

SYNOPSIS Picking up after the events of the Maverick incident, Kotetsu T. Kaburagi, a.k.a. Wild Tiger, and Barnaby Brooks Jr. resume their careers as heroes fighting crime in HERO TV`s Second League. But their partnership comes to a sudden end when Apollon Media`s new owner Mark Schneider fires Kotetsu and moves Barnaby back into the First League, pairing him up with Golden Ryan, a new hero with awesome powers and a huge ego to match. When the heroes are sent to investigate a string of strange incidents tied closely to the city`s Goddess Legend, they discover three superpowered NEXTs plotting to bring terror and destruction to Stern Bild. With the lives of millions hanging in the balance, Barnaby and Golden Ryan must overcome their differences to contain the approaching doom, while a jobless Kotetsu`s resolve as a hero is put to the test as he struggles to help his fellow heroes from the sidelines. ABOUT TIGER & BUNNY TIGER & BUNNY (????????) is a 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise Inc. under the direction of Keiichi Satou. The screenplay was written by Masafumi Nishida, with original character design by Masakazu Katsura. The series began its broadcast run in Japan on April 3, 2011 on Tokyo MX, followed by rebroadcasts on BS11 and MBS, and ended on September 17, 2011. VIZ Media also simulcast the series, streaming on Hulu and Anime News Network. A one-shot manga drawn by Masakazu Katsura was published in Shueisha`s Weekly Young Jump magazine on August 4, 2011 and the production of two films based on the series were announced during a special event on November, 2011. The first film, entitled TIGER & BUNNY -THE BEGINNING- (??? ???????? -The Beginning-, Gekijoo-ban Taigaa Ando Banii -The Beginning) was released on September 22, 2012. One week later, the film made it`s North American debut, courtesy of VIZ Media. The second film, TIGER & BUNNY -THE RISING-, will reveal the "shocking fate" for Tiger and Bunny that fans will not want to miss.

TIGER & BUNNY -THE RISING- Japanese Release Date: February 8, 2014 US Release Date: March 14th, 2014 Running Time: Approx. 110 min VOICE CAST Wild Tiger/Kotetsu T. Kaburagi: Hiroaki Hirata Bunny/Barnaby Brooks Jr.: Masakazu Morita Blue Rose/Karina Lyle: Minako Kotobuki Sky High/Keith Goodman: Go Inoue Fire Emblem/Nathan Seymour: Kenjiro Tsuda Dragon Kid/Huang Pao-Lin: Mariya Ise Rock Bison/Antonio Lopez: Taiten Kusunoki Origami Cyclone/Ivan Karelin: Nobuhiko Okamoto Golden Ryan/Ryan Goldsmith: Yuuichi Nakamura Mark Schneider: Houchu Ohtsuka Johnny Wong: Mugihito Kasha Graham: Nana Mizuki Richard Max: Rikiya Koyama Kaede Kaburagi: Rina Hidaka Anges Joubert: Yuko Kaida Lunatic/Yuri Petrov: Koji Yusa CREW Director: Yoshitomo Yonetani Screenplay/ Story Director: Masafumi Nishida Planning: Keiichi Satou Original Character Design: Masakazu Katsura Character Design and Chief Animation Directors: Kenji Hayama, Tokuhiro Itagaki, Mika Yamamoto Art Director: Kinichi Okubo Design Work: Masami Ozone Mechanical Design: Kenji Andou Color Setting: Rumiko Nagai Art Design: Yohei Kodama Art Director: Kinichi Okubo 3DCG Director: Keisuke Sasagawa Cinematographers: Yui Tanaka, Haruhi Goto Editor: Hiroshi Okuda Sound Director: Eriko Kimura Music: Yoshihiro Ike Animation Production: Sunrise Production: T&B Movie Partners (Sunrise, Bandai Visual, Toys Factory, Shochiku Co. Ltd., T?Joy, Bandai Co., Ltd., Mainichi Broadcasting System, Asatsu-DK) Theatrical Distributor: Shochiku/T?Joy (Japan), VIZ Media/Eleven Arts (US) © Sunrise/ T&B Movie Partners

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