It has been announced that Sand Land: The Series will receive its first TV broadcast in Japan starting June 28, 2025 on the NHK General (also known as NHK G) channel. The same 13 episodes that have already been streamed will air in the TV broadcast slot.
A new key visual featuring the protagonist, Beelzebub, and Muniel was released to commemorate the broadcast, showing both characters flying in the air.
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Toshihisa Yokoshima (Tales of Crestoria: The Wake of Sin) is directing the anime series, with Hiroshi Kojina (The Vampire Dies in No Time director) as direction advisor, Hayashi Mori (Cells at Work! Code Black series screenwriter and scriptwriter) as screenwriter, and Yugo Kanno (Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine) as music composer. Sunrise, Kamikaze Douga, and ANIMA are in charge of the animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast includes:
- • Mutsumi Tamura as Beelzebub
- • Kazuhiro Yamaji as Rao
- • Cho as Thief
- • Akio Otsuka as Satan
- • Chafurin as the King
- • Tomokazu Sugita as Swimmer’s Papa
- • Koji Yusa as Pike
- • Hiroyuki Yoshino as Shark
- • Masafumi Kobatake as Guppy
- • Satoshi Tsuruoka as General Are
- • Nobuo Tobita as General Zau
Sand Land: The Series released the first seven episodes, including the first episode of “The Story of the Angel Hero Arc,” on March 20, 2024, before releasing the final six episodes weekly up to May 1, 2024. “The Story of the Fiend Prince” story arc is a slightly different version of the 2023 Sand Land anime film that features new cuts and scenes. The series was streamed worldwide on Disney+ and on Hulu in the U.S.
A Sand Land video game was released on April 26, 2024 for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, and Steam.
The anime is based on the manga from the late Akira Toriyama. It debuted in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump on May 9, 2000 and ran for a total of 14 chapters until August 8, 2000. A single tankobon volume of the series was released.
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Viz Media releases the Sand Land manga in English, describing the main premise as:
In the far future, war has destroyed the entire Earth, leaving only a barren wasteland where the supply of water is controlled by the greedy king. In search of a long-lost lake, Sheriff Rao asked the king of the demons for help…and got the king’s son, Beelzebub, and his assistant, Thief. Together the unlikely trio sets off across the desert, facing dragons, bandits and the deadliest foe of all… the King’s army itself! It’s travel adventure and tank action in this new story from Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball Z!
