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Sand Land Anime Film's Trailer Previews imase's Theme Song

The staff for the anime imase:

The artist imase's popularity rose inside and outside Japan after he posted "Night Dancer" and other songs he created online. "Utopia" is his first theme song for a film, and he created the song specifically for SAND LAND. He was actually born one week after the Dragon Ball since he was little, so the offer to work on another Toriyama work was like a dream come true.

Viz publishes the manga in English, and it describes the story:

In the far future, war has destroyed the entire Earth, leaving only a barren wasteland where the supply of water is controlled by the greedy king. In search of a long-lost lake, Sheriff Rao asked the king of the demons for help...and got the king's son, Beelzebub, and his assistant, Thief. Together the unlikely trio sets off across the desert, facing dragons, bandits and the deadliest foe of all... the King's army itself! It's travel adventure and tank action in this new story from Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball Z!

TOHO will open the film in theaters in Japan on August 18. The film will star:

• Mutsumi Tamura as Beelzebub
• Kazuhiro Yamaji as Rao
• Chō as Thief
• Satoshi Tsuruoka as General Are
• Nobuo Tobita as General Zau
• Akio Ōtsuka as Satan
• Chafūrin as the King
• Tomokazu Sugita as Swimmer's Papa
• Kōji Yusa as Pike
• Hiroyuki Yoshino as Shark
• Masafumi Kobatake as Guppy

Ajin) is composing the music.

The Sand Land manga is a short series that Toriyama serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from May to August 2000. Shueisha published one compiled book volume of the manga in November 2000.

The manga is also Steam.

Source: Comic Natalie

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