During Rooster Teeth’s panel at Anime Expo 2018, Gray G. Haddock, head of Rooster Teeth Animation, announced some exciting news concerning the internet mogul’s animation department. Dakota Fanning (The Alienist, The Twilight Saga) and well-known anime voice actor Kōichi Yamadera, known for his work on Cowboy BeBop and Ghost in the Shell, will be starring in their newest anime, gen:LOCK.
Fanning will lend her voice to the character of expert pilot Miranda Worth, and Yamadera will voice Kazu Iida, a gL recruit from Japan. As announced earlier this year, the two will be joined by Micheal B. Jordan (Black Panther) as one of the main characters Julian Chase. gen:LOCK is the story of Earth’s fight for survival as they desperately seek recruits to man “mecha,” giant, weaponized robots.
Haddock commented in a blog post that there is still more to come:
As excited as I am about how this cast is shaping up, we have so much more yet to reveal. So maybe you should stop by RTX Austin, check out our big RT Animation panel and see what other names we might drop, along with the latest gen:LOCK teaser that we’re working on. It’s going to be a giant party….Thanks everyone and can’t wait to see you in only 27 days at RTX Austin! …wait only 27 days?! Guess we gotta get back to work on all the cool stuff we want to share!! See ya in Austin soon!
gen:LOCK is slated to release sometime next year in January 2019. Rooster Teeth First members, their $4.99 a month subscription service, will be the first to experience the sci-fi anime. Excited for the new mech anime from Rooster Teeth? Let us know in the comments below!
RTX Austin takes place August 3-5, and The Nerd Stash will be onsite covering all the news and shenanigans. So, don’t miss a second of the action!
