It has been revealed that GACKT will be featured as a voice actor and singer in the TV Tokyo anime "SKET DANCE"!

GACKT will be portraying the character of Dante, lead vocalist for visual kei band, JardiN. The writer of the original manga, Shinohara Kenta, commented that GACKT was the inspiration behind the character of Dante, so it is very fitting to have GACKT be the voice of the character. Sharing his thoughts about playing the role of Dante, GACKT commented, "He said he wants me to bring my image up front so I thought that I will do my best not to change my image."

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"SKET DANCE" is a comic that Shinohara started writing for "Shuukan Shonen Jump" back in 2007, and it started running as a anime series on TV Tokyo in April 2011.

"SKET DANCE" is a school support group at Kaimei Gakuen that was made to help solve the problems that are found in the school grounds. The three members of the group (Bossun, Himeko, and Switch) tackle any small problems head on try to solve them. This manga won the 55th Shogakukan Manga Award.

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GACKT's character Dante is a talented singer who makes an appearance in the "Kaimei Rock Festival", sweeping away the audience with his strong vocal skills and talent. GACKT commented, "In terms of the song, I got the offer as a super singing high school teen. In fact, Dante is normally a very quiet person but when he gets on stage he is amazing. After I finished recording, I told the producer that you'll never find a high school teen this talented."

GACKT's character Dante will be making his first appearance on the July 14th episode and will be making his appearance on "Kamei Rock Festival" on July 28th's episode.

SKET DANCE airs every Thursday at 6 PM.

Source: Mantan Web