Source: Anime! Anime!, PR Times
Tatsunoko Production announced on Tuesday that the short anime project Matsuken Anime, based on Japanese actor and singer Ken Matsudaira’s ‘Matsuken Samba” songs, will debut on August 29 on YouTube with the full title Matsuken Anime: Kore Seibaishite mo Ii desu ka? (Matsuken Anime ~Can I Pass Judgment on This?~). Tatsunoko Production also revealed the anime’s cast members.
The anime willcenter on the character Matsuken and his dog part Matsu Inu, who cheerfully “vanquish” various hazy feelings or frustrations of the everyday modern life.
The anime will star:
Ken Matsudaira as Matsuken
SumireUesaka as Matsu Inu
Daisuke Namikawa will voice other characters that appearin the anime.
The Matsuken Anime project reconstructs Matsudaira’s public image (in his iconic golden kimono) as a modern character IP, with plans centering on shortanimation. The project aims to present bright and positive entertainment with stories depicting good winning over evil, themed around the frustration that people living in modern society feel in their daily lives.
The Matsuken Anime production committee includes the production company Hakuhodo Products, Sanki Promotion, Kayac Akiba Studio, the animation studio Tatsunoko Production, Tohan, and Hakuhodo Casting & Entertainment.
“Matsuken Samba” is a series of songs sung by Matsudaira. “Matsuken Samba I,” the first song in the series, was created in 1992. “Matsuken Samba II” is the second song in the series, but it is now the mostly widely recognized one and has become Matsudaira’s signature song. It was createdin 1994 and was always sung at the end of the stage version of the Abarenbo Shogun television series.