Chinese Animation 'Hitori no Shita' Gets Japan Broadcast in Summer 2016

[Koby]

Haoliners Animation League, a Shanghai-based animation production and distribution company, has announced that that an animated series titled Hitori no Shita (The Outcast) will air on Tokyo MX in Summer 2016. The series will air on Saturdays at 9:00 p.m. beginning July 9.

Hitori no Shita adapts the web manhua Yi Ren Zhi Xia, which is published on the online portal QQ.com. The series has been publishing since February 2015 and has 300 million reported views. The portal currently lists 164 chapters in the series.

Hitori no Shita is the second production from Haoliners, after Reikenzan: Hoshikuzu-tachi no Utage, to be aired in Japan.

Synopsis
One day, Zhang Chulan is attacked by zombies in a graveyard. In the midst of that situation, he saves the life of a girl, throwing the kitchen knife in his hand in order to kill the enemies. The girl tells Chulan, who is relieved, to face his hardships head on and leaves. However, Chulan later sees that girl again at his university. From that moment, Zhang Chulan's destiny begins to move. There will be strangers with special powers appearing one by one, with battles involving those abilities. Each episode will bring a new mystery to light.

Cast
Zhang Chulan: Atsushi Tamaru (Gakusen Toshi Asterisk)
Zhang Chulan (youth): Yuuko Iida (Aiura)
Xu Baobao: Saori Hayami (Akagami no Shirayuki-hime)
Xu San: Kenji Nojima (Himouto! Umaru-chan)
Xu Si: Shinnosuke Tachibana (Kamisama Hajimemashita)
Yuan: Kappei Yamaguchi (Ranma ½)
Liu Yanyan: Ayaka Asai (Hibike! Euphonium)
Zhang Xilin: Tadashi Miyazawa (Coppelion)
Zhang Yude: Kanehira Yamamoto (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu (TV))
Xia He: Yoko Hikasa (IS: Infinite Stratos)
Lü Liang: Marie Miyake (Gin no Saji)
"Sandstorm" Yan: Yumi Hara (Tasogare Otome x Amnesia)
Zhang Lingyu: Kousuke Toriumi (Yowamushi Pedal)

Staff
Original Creator: Tencent
Director: Wang Xin
Assistant Director: Kazuhiro Toda, Mitsuo Mori
Chief Animation Director, Character Design: Kiriponta
Color: Arisa Komatsu (Uchuu Patrol Luluco)
Art Setting, Art Board: Senju Kobo, Shin Watanabe (Robot Girls Z)
Photography: YORIU, Ashirogi Muto
Director of Photography: Jun Sumitomo
Planning: Li Haoling
Executive Producer: Shanrou Gaifan
Producer: Lu Xingcheng
Desk: Liu Jize (NAMU Animation)
Setting Production: Masaki Miyabe, Song Jiayin
Production Manager: Yuu Tateishi
Studio: Pandanium × NAMU Animation

Official site: http://www.hitorinoshita.com/
Official Twitter: @hitorinoshita