If you grew
up watching animation in the nineties, get ready for a straight hit of pure
nostalgia. The legendary mercenary capable of swallowing a wrench to
materialize a high-tech cannon is back. The production company Hakuhodo DY
Music & Pictures officially announced the development of EAT-MAN
The Over Order, a completely unreleased animated project that will revive
the mythical franchise of Akihito Yoshitomi.
This new
installment will not work as a remake or as a direct continuation of the
previous productions, but as a completely fresh approach within the franchise.
The most interesting thing about the announcement is that the creator of the
work himself, Akihito Yoshitomi, will personally be in charge of
writing the scripts from scratch and designing the visual concepts. The
direction of the project will be in the hands of Shunji Oga within
the facilities of the Studio Cab studio, while Satoshi
Hirayama will be in charge of adapting the designs for the animation.
To finish
off the nostalgic move, voice actor Masashi Ebara will return
to play the silent protagonist Bolt Crank, reprising the role he took on almost
three decades ago in the original adaptations. Ebara himself expressed his joy
at being reunited with the character after so long, highlighting the
opportunity to transmit that serene look of the mercenary on the human
condition to a new generation of viewers. Although the production has not yet
revealed the release date or the rest of the cast, the first promotional
trailer already shows our hero devouring metal to rebuild heavy weaponry from
his right hand.
About
Eat-Man
Created
by Akihito Yoshitomi, the original Eat-Man manga
was published between 1996 and 2002 in the pages of Monthly Shonen Advance
magazine, accumulating a total of nineteen compilation volumes. The story
follows the adventures of Bolt Crank, a mysterious explorer-for-hire who
possesses the uncanny ability to consume any type of object or metal to
instantly recreate it as a functional tool or weapon. The franchise inspired
two television series that aired in 1997 and 1998, in addition to a manga
sequel titled Eat-Man The Main Dish that was serialized
between 2014 and 2019.
