© Natsume Ono / SQUARE ENIX, ACCA Committee

Southeast Asian anime channel ANIPLUS Asia announced has on Tuesday the upcoming anime series ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. will premiere next month.

The sci-fi anime series will be airing on the channel just an hour after its Japanese telecast.

 

© Natsume Ono / SQUARE ENIX, ACCA Committee

The kingdom of Dowa, which is subdivided into 13 states, is celebrating its monarch’s 99th birthday. These 13 states have many agencies that are controlled by the giant organization known as ACCA. Within ACCA, Jean Otus is the second-in-command of the inspection agency. His agency has ten people placed in each of the 13 states, with a central office in the capital city. They keep track of all the activities of ACCA across the kingdom, and keep data on each state’s ACCA office flowing toward the central office. Jean also often has business trips from the capital to the other districts to check on the situation and personnel there.

 

ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. is an anime adaptation of a manga series by Natsume Ono, which was serialized in Square Enix’s Monthly Big Gangan magazine from June 2013 to October 2016. The manga has a total of six (6) volumes.

One Punch Man director Shingo Natsume and scriptwriter Tomohiro Suzuki reunites to work on the anime adaptation, while Norifumi Kugai worked on character designs. The upcoming anime will be produced by Madhouse.

Hiro Shimono, who portrayed “Senri Ichinose” in the anime Norn9, will be the anime’s lead character “Jean Otus”.

ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. premieres on January 09, Every Tuesday nights at 11:00pm (10:00pm JKT/BKK), airing just an hour after Japan. Encore telecast on Wednesday nights at 06:00pm (05:00pm JKT/BKK).

 

Filipino anime fans can watch ANIPLUS Asia’s linear channel via the Tribe app. For more details, you may visit their website at tribenow.tv. You may download Tribe app on the App Store for iOS and Google Play for Android.

For more details on ANIPLUS Asia and its programming, you may visit their website at aniplus-asia.com. You may also like them on Facebook at facebook.com/aniplushd.asia or follow them on Twitter at @aniplusHD.