New 'Youkai Ningen Bem' TV Anime Announced

An official website launched and announced a new Youkai Ningen Bem series. Titled Bem, the anime is slated for this year.

Synopsis
Three monsters, Bem, who looks like a gangster, Bero, who looks like a boy, and Bera, a witch, act as agents of justice, hoping that they will be allowed to become human. Several episodes involve them protecting a young boy. The style of animation is fairly distinctive, and the storylines not without interest. (Source: AniDB)

Staff
Original: ADK Emotions
Plan: Nihon Ad Systems
Project Cooperation: Production I.G
Director: Yoshinori Odaka (Skip Beat! episode director)
Series Composition: Atsuhiro Tomioka (18if)
Original Character Design: Range Murata (Last Exile)
Character Design: Masakazu Sunagawa (Robot Girls Z series animation director)
Studio: LandQ studios

Cast
Bem: Kazuyuki Konishi (Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi)
Bera: Mao Ichimichi (M.A.O) (Gakkougurashi!)
Bero: Kensho Ono (Doukyonin wa Hiza, Tokidoki, Atama no Ue.)

Teaser


The original anime, titled Youkai Ningen Bem, was produced by Daichi Doga and aired in Fall 1968. A second anime adaptation by Studio Comet aired for 26 episodes in Winter 2006 under the title Youkai Ningen Bem: Humanoid Monster Bem. Both series rebroadcasted in Fall 2017. The series also received a live-action drama in October 2011, followed by a movie in December 2012. A two-season short anime series aired in Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 to commemorate the series' 50th anniversary. It also received a live-action TV series and movie, airing in October 2011 and December 2012, respectively.

Official site: https://newbem.jp/
Official Twitter: newbem2019

Source: Moca News

Bem on MAL