One Piece voice actress Mayumi Tanaka is joining the cast of the upcoming new Me & Roboco anime film as a variant Roboco from another world. The film is scheduled for release in Japan on April 18, 2025.
A character visual and short announcement video of the variant Roboco character were also released during Jump Festa 2025. The variant character bears some resemblance to Tanaka’s other iconic voice role, Luffy from One Piece. The film’s story will feature a “multiverse” storyline that will follow several Roboco characters from a “straightforward battle world line.”
Many production staff members from the TV anime series are returning to work on the film. Akitaro Daichi (Ojamaru) is serving as director, with Michihiro Sato (Delicious Party Precure episode director) as assistant director, Sayuri Ooba (The Demon Girl Next Door Season 2 scriptwriter) as screenwriter, and Yuko Ebara (Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS animation director) as character designer. Gallop is handling the animation production for the film.
Other staff include Manami Koyama (Don’t Hurt Me, My Healer) as art director, Ayami Minowa (Yu-Gi-Oh: VRAINS) as color designer, and Reina Tanimoto as director of photography.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast includes:
- • Shun Matsuo as Roboco
- • Minami Tsuda as Bondo
- • Ryotaro Okiayu as Gachi-Gorilla
- • Shunsuke Takeuchi as Motsuo
- • M.A.O as Madoka
- • Kotono Mitsuishi as Bondo’s mother
Me & Roboco aired for 28 total episodes from December 5, 2022 until June 19, 2023. Each episode ran for three minutes.
The original gag manga series by Shuhei Miyazaki was first serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on July 6, 2020. The series is published under the Jump comics label and has released 19 tankobon volumes as of September 2024, with a 20th volume set for release on January 4, 2025.
Viz Media releases the manga series in English digitally, and describes the main synopsis as:
Now that Bondo has his very own OrderMaid, it’s time to show her off to his friends. But will they be able to handle Roboco? And what exactly is the secret behind this special robot?!
Source: Viz Media Official Anime Twitter, Official Anime Website
