Rise Up! Animal Road
Movies
Alternate Titles
旗揚！けものみち
Hataage! Kemono Michi
Kemonomichi
Synopsis
Masked wrestler Kemona Mask wades into the arena to glorious applause as he prepares to face his arch-rival MAO for the World Title, but just as the gong rings he’s whisked away to another world! Back to plain old Genzo Shibata, he finds himself in the presence of a princess who asks him to help her out by ridding the kingdom of magical beasts, but Genzo loves animals so there’s no way he could do what she desires. Believing that animals won’t attack people indiscriminately if you approach them with love, he decides to open a pet shop instead and commits himself to living his best life in another world.
Background
Rise Up! Animal World is adapted from the Kemono Michi manga written by Natsume Akatsuki with illustrations by Mo-suke Mattaku and Yumeuta. The anime adaptation was announced in Monthly Shonen Ace on Jan. 18, 2019. The first season premiered on Oct. 2, 2019. The opening theme "Fight! Kemona Mask” is performed by NoB and Katsuyuki Konishi, while the series’ ending, “Anecdote,” is performed by Momosumomosu.
Characters
Kemona Mask aka Genzo Shibata (Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi (Japanese) / Tyson Rinehart (English))
Genzo Shibata, better known as wrestler Kemona Mask, is about to face off against his arch-rival MAO for the World Title when he’s suddenly whisked off to another world. He is a fierce lover of animals and cannot forgive those who harm animals under any circumstances. His special move is the German Suplex.
MAO aka Macadamian Ogre (Voiced by: Tetsu Inada)
MAO, also knowns as Macadamian Ogre, is a top pro-wrestler with a background in judo and Kemona Mask’s arch-rival. He is a little fixated on Genzo because he’s the only opponent he can’t beat.
Shigure (Voiced by: Akira Sekine (Japanese) / Emily Hornsby (English)
Shigure is a wolf girl who teams up with Genzo after he saves her from being sold by a corrupt merchant. She idolizes Genzo because he never discriminates against monsters.
Hanako (Voiced by: Yuki Yagi)
Hanako is half-dragon and has horns and a scaled tail. She is the daughter of a noble magical family but left home because she loves to eat and wanted to taste all the amazing food out in the world. In fact, when it comes to fine cuisine she doesn’t discriminate and will even chow down on pet food.
Camilla Vanstein (Voiced by: Arisa Sakuraba)
Camilla Vanstein is a vampire and Hanako’s attendant. She spends her days drinking and lazing around, lodging at Genzo’s so she can look after Hanako. Fiercely loyal to her mistress, she can go overboard in trying to protect her.
Hiroyuki (Voiced by: Rie Suegara (Japanese) / Samantha Herek (English)
Hiroyuki is Genzo’s beloved dog who was transported to the other world along with him. He is the only one of his kind in the other world.
Misha (Voiced by: Hana Tamegai (Japanese) / Leah Clark (English)
Misha is a charming cat person from the Edgar clan with pointy ears and a tail. She respects Wolfgang as a big brother.
Wolfgang von Kraftman (Voiced by: Kenichirou Matsuda (Japanese) / Gabe Kunda (English)
Wolfgang von Kraftman is a wolf man from the Edgar clan with bushy chest hair. He was planning to sell Genzo and Hiroyuki for a high sum, but was defeated. His nickname is “Bon-chan.”
Edgar (Voiced by: Taketora)
Edgar is a boring human-type person who makes a living as a money lender. He tried to sell Shigure when she couldn’t pay off her debts but Genzo stopped him.
Orc King (Voiced by: Daisuke Ono)
The Orc King is the ruler of the orcs. He is revered by orc kind as a gentleman for his character and ability. After Genzo defeated him and became the new king, he was permitted to remain in charge of the orcs and became even more gentlemanly.
Artena (Voiced by: Rie Suegara)
Artena is the princess who summoned Genzo to the other world as a hero to fight beasts.
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Staff
- Original Creator: Natsume Akatsuki
- Original Illustrators Mo-suke Mattaku, Yumeuta
- Director: Kazunari Miura
- Series Composition: Takako Machida
- Character Designer: Tomoka Noumi
- Art Director: Kyoko Haruna
- Art Supervision: Minoru Onishi
- Art Setting: Ryu Sakamoto
- Color Designer: Ayako Aihara
- Editing: Rina Oguchi
- Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama
- Sound Effects: Yuki Hayashi
- Music: Shunsuke Takizawa
- Music Producer: Shunichi Uemura
- Animation Production: ENGI