It was announced that Gackt, singer, making an appearance as part of the voice acting cast in Anime Shiki in a late night TV program NOITAMINA for Anime. He will challenge playing Seishirou, the head of mysterious Kirishiki family.
Shiki is a horror novel written by Fuyumi Ono, known by a "Juuni Kokuki". Fujisaki Ryu, known for" Houshin Engi", made it into comic and regularly appears in a magazine "JUMP square" published by Shueisha.
Story takes place in a village of 1300 population. One day, 3 dead bodies were found. Only doctor in the village Ozaki thinks it's not normal, but it was decided it's not the case. After that village people found dead one after another.
NOITAMINA is made based on a concept "Anime like a serial drama". Meaning defy the common wisdom of animation and spelled "ANIMATION" backwords. This program has a rating of 5% which is unusual for late night show with "Nodame Cantabile" and "Hakaba Kitaro". From April, they double the broadcast time and it will be 1 hour, with 2 stories.
"Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei" based on a novel written by Morimi Tomihiko and "Saraiya Goyou" based on a comic written by Natsume Ono will be on air from April. From July, "Moyashimon", first live-action for NOITAMINA, from October, "Kuragehime" which is based on a comic written by Higashimura Akiko will be on air.
NOITAMINA has many influential stories. Expectations are getting higher for these new animations as well as how Gackt will voice act this part.
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