The October issue of Young King OURs magazine, released on August 29, has revealed the staff of the upcoming anime adaptation of Kouta Hirano's Drifters manga.

Director: Kenichi Suzuki (JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken (2012))
Series Composition, Script: Hideyuki Kurata (Tokyo ESP)
Script: Yousuke Kuroda (Hellsing Ultimate)
Character Design, Chief Animation Director: Ryouji Nakamori (Hellsing Ultimate)
Art Director: Kenichi Tatefuji (Shinryaku! Ika Musume)
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka

The announcement included initial designs for several supporting characters. A trailer was shown during Comiket 88 but has not been made available on official channels. The format of the anime and the animation studio remain unknown.

The Drifters anime is a production to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Shounen Gahousha, which publishes Young King OURs. The manga, as well as Hirano's previous work Hellsing, are serialized in the magazine.

Source: Yaraon