New Boruto Poster Teases Kara Arc & Kenjiro Tsuda Confirmed to Voice Jigen

21.April.2020 | ANIME&GAME

A new poster has been released teasing the upcoming Kara arc for Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. The manga began in May 2016, written by Ukyō Kodachi and illustrated by Mikio Ikemoto and currently serialised in V Jump. The anime series began airing in April 2017.

The new poster teases the main characters facing off against the villainous group Kara which is led by its mysterious leader Jigen. Japanese voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda (Attack on TitanMy Hero AcademiaOne Punch Man) has been confirmed for the voice of Jigen. Tsuda commented the following.

 

Kenjiro Tsuda (Voicing: Jigen) | Comment

“I am very happy to get the chance to be involved with Boruto. I want to put my all into this role to elevate what’s I felt was great about Jigen in the manga. I hope you will continue to support the series, and Jigen too. I’m really looking forward to the voice recording sessions.”

 

Masayuki Kouda (Director) | Comment

After discussions with the supervisor Abe and the sound director Nakura over the period of one or two months, we decided to request Kenjiro Tsuda for the role of Jigen. The biggest deciding factor was how awesome his voice is. He can get across a really scary tone, the kind that if you hear it you freeze and can’t do anything, and you’re defeated.”

 

© Masashi Kishimoto Scott / Shueisha・TV Tokyo・Pierrot

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