Left Behind (NHK/Aniplex adaptation)

Left Behind: Earth’s Last Days, Based on the Left Behind Series of Novels, is an English Language-Japanese Christian Action Drama Series with Studio Ghibli’s Toshio Suzuki, Makoto Shinkai, Makoto Tezuka and Tower of God’s Takashi Sano and Erika Yoshida as Series Showrunners, with Music by Naoki Sato, Yugo Kanno and Michiru Oshima. Despite being Produced in Japan along with the Crew being Japanese, The Show is Makoto Shinkai’s first English Language production as it featured American, Hollywood and British Cinema Stars, Most Notably Liam Neeson as Rayford Steel and Tom Hanks as Nicolae Carpathia. It also Features Justin Theroux as the Role of Jesus Christ and David A.R. White as Lucifer and Satan, who’s voice for his true, Satanic form, and his form of the Serpent or The Dragon is provided by Jim Cummings, and Wayne Forrester as the Voice Of God. Ashtaroth, Cankerworm and Baal were also Voiced by Charlie Alder, John Rhys-Davies, and Bruce Dinsmore respectively. The Voice Production has been provided at Voicebox Productions and difuse in Vancouver and Montreal. Filming Takes place in Toei Studios Kyoto, Toho Studios Tokyo, and Several locations in Chiba, Tokyo, and Okinawa Islands in January 2022 and Concludes in Early 2023, with Visual Effects provided by OLM Digital, SOLA Digital Arts and Digital Frontier. It is scheduled to air on Christian Broadcasting Network in the United States on December of 2023, produced by NHK television, Aniplex Japan, Studio Ghibli, and CoMix Wave Films.