Series debuts on
Toonami
on March 14, ahead of Japanese release
Image via
Viz Media’s Bluesky account
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Viz announced on Wednesday that the
anime
of
Shu Sakuratani
‘s
Rooster Fighter
(
Niwatori Fighter
) manga will stream on
Hulu
in the United States, and on
Disney+
in
Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Gibraltar, France, Italy, Spain, Andorra, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela
on March 15.
The anime will first
debut
on
Adult Swim
‘s
Toonami
programming block in the United States on March 14 at 12:00 a.m. EDT (effectively, March 15). The anime will also receive an English
dub
.
The anime will
debut
on April 5 in Japan on the
Tokyo MX
channel at 24:00 JST (effectively, April 6 at 12 midnight JST). The anime will also air on BS
NTV
on April 6 at 11:30 p.m. JST.
Viz describes the story:
Keiji is more than just an ordinary rooster—he’s humanity’s greatest defender! His opponents may be ten stories tall, but nothing is bigger than his stout heart and his fearsome battle cry—Kokekokko!
Daisuke Suzuki
(
D4DJ All Mix
) is directing the anime at
SANZIGEN
.
Hiroshi Seko
(
Jujutsu Kaisen
,
Mob Psycho 100
) is in charge of the series scripts.
Joseph Chou
(
Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya
) and
Sola Entertainment
are producing.
Viz is the representative for the anime’s worldwide streaming, television broadcast, electronic sell-through (EST), home video, and merchandising outside of Japan.
Hero’s Inc.
will manage EST, home video, and merchandising in Japan.
Sakuratani
debuted
the manga on the
Comiplex
manga website in December 2020. Hero’s published the manga’s 11th compiled book volume on January 5. Viz
licensed
the manga and published the ninth volume in English on January 20.
Source: Press release
