Akudama Drive

Akudama Drive (アクダマドライブ Hepburn: Akudama Doraibu) is a 2020 anime series based on the manga by Kei Ohkubo. It was serialized and published in Papyless's Renta! magazine from July 7, 2020 to April 25, 2023, with a total of 9 volumes.

it was animated by Studio Pierrot, directed by Tomohisa Taguchi, and it aired in Japan from April 4, 2020 to June 20, 2020, consisting of 12 episodes. Funimation licensed the series, while Kocha Sound produced an English Dub, which premiered on December 3, 2020^[1].

Synopsis

Many years ago, a Great Civil War ravaged Japan, leaving the country fragmented between two regions: Kansai and Kanto. In Kansai, a group of six Akudama carry out missions given to them by a mysterious black cat, while evading the police.

But a dangerous journey is about to unfold when a civilian girl becomes twisted into the Akudama’s way of life and witnesses their criminal drives.

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Ordinary Person	Mikako Komatsu	Macy Anne Johnson
	Courier	Yuichiro Umehara	Jonah Scott
	Courier	Natsumi Fujiwara (young, ep. 11)	Courtney Meeker
Secondary Characters
	Brawler	Shunsuke Takeuchi	Zeno Robinson
	Hacker	Shun Horie	Y. Chang
	Doctor	Megumi Ogata	Brittany Lauda
	Hoodlum	Subaru Kimura	Kellen Goff
	Cutthroat	Takahiro Sakurai	Matt Shipman
	Black Cat	Maaya Uchida	Daisy Guevara
	Sister	Kana Ichinose	Laura Stahl
Recurring Characters
Execution Department
	Master	Akio Ōtsuka	D.C. Douglas
	Pupil	Yumiri Hanamori	Jenny Yokobori
	Junior	Taiko Katono	Eddy Lee
	Boss	Yoshiko Sakakibara	Veronica Taylor
Kansai
	Kansai Council Top Executive #A	Hitoshi Bifu	Imari Williams
	Police Chief	Masaya Fukunishi	Mike Pollock
Others
	Shark	Chō	SungWon Cho
	Bunny	Kurumi Mamiya	Michael Kovach

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Old Lady at the Takoyaki Shop	Reiko Suzuki	Erica Schroeder	1
Yakuza Members	Takuya Makimura (A) Chado Horii (B) Masaya Fukunishi (C)	Marcus D. Stimac Michael Stimac Ben Balmaceda
Driver	Ikuto Kanemasa	Alex Mai
Driver	Shō Okumura	Griffin Puatu	2
Shinkansen Announcer	Yōko Fujita	Yara Naika	3-4
Kansai Council Top Executive #B	Taisuke Nakano	Sam Haft	5, 8
Kansai Council Top Executive #C	Yōko Imaizumi	Erica Schroeder	5, 8
Professor	Mitsuru Ogata	Kent Williams	7
Headmaster	Nobuo Tobita	Dan Green
Experimental Bodies	Akane Kumada	Ciarán Strange Emi Lo Cassie Ewulu
Executioners	Masashi Yamane Natsu Yorita Mayuko Kazama Sanae Nakata	Brett Weaver Morgan Berry Cassie Ewulu Ciarán Strange Brandon Winckler
Executioners	Shō Okumura	Bryson Baugus	7, 9
Executioners	¿?	Anairis Quiñones	7, 9
Traffickers	¿?	Brett Weaver Jake Paque Bryce Papenbrook	8
Dontonbori Takoyaki Clerk	Kyōko Yamaguchi	Michaela Laws
Drug Dealer	¿?	Imari Williams
Executioners	Larissa Tago Takeda	¿?	9
Executioners	Hironori Kondō	Kent Williams	9
Executioner	Akane Kumada	Kristen McGuire	9-10, 12
Protestor	¿?	Kyle Phillips	10
Pilot	Hironori Kondō	Tom Wayland	10, 12
Executioner	Shinya Takahashi	Clifford Chapin	10, 12
Young Girl	Aoi Koga	Emily Neves	12