The official website for the anime film of Akira Toriyama's SAND LAND manga debuted a new trailer and announced the main cast and main staff on Monday.
The cast will include:
Mutsumi Tamura as Beelzebub
Kazuhiro Yamaji as Rao
Chō as Thief
Satoshi Tsuruoka as General Are
Nobuo Tobita as General Zau
Toshihisa Yokoshima is directing the film at Sunrise, Kamikaze Douga, and Anima with Hiroshi Koujina serving as the direction advisor. Hayashi Mori is writing the screenplay. Yoshikazu Iwanami is directing the sound, and Yūgo Kanno is composing the music.
TOHO will open the film in theaters in Japan on August 18.
Viz publishes the plot:
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
Source: Anime News Network