Twelve character posters for Disney Animation's "Zootopia 2" (directed by Jared Bush and others, released December 5th) have recently been released all at once.
This film is the sequel to "Zootopia," which was released in 2016. The previous film, "Zootopia," was set in Zootopia, a world where animals live in a high-tech civilized society like humans. It depicted Judy meeting Nick and overcoming many challenges together as she grows into a fine police officer. It was the first Disney animation film since "Frozen" to surpass $1 billion in global box office revenue. It was also a huge hit in Japan, grossing over 7.6 billion yen.
In the sequel, Nick, who has successfully graduated from the police academy and become a police officer, and Judy, the first rabbit police officer to do her job, team up again and embark on an epic adventure. A new character, Gary the snake, also appears.
In the Japanese version, actress Aya Ueto will voice the rabbit police officer Judy, and voice actor Toshiyuki Morikawa will voice the fox Nick, just like in the previous film. In addition, voice actor Hiro Shimono will voice Gary, the wanted snake who holds the key to Zootopia's biggest mystery.
Voice actor Kenta Miyake, comedian Shigeo Takahashi of the comedy duo "Savannah," singer Dream Ami, and voice actor Kazuhiro Yamaji will reprise their roles from the previous film. Additionally, it has been announced that Ryosuke Yamada will play Paubert, a gentle and sociable lynx heir to the family that founded Zootopia. Also appearing in the film are actors Masahiro Takashima, Akira Emoto, Kumamoto Pro Wrestling of the comedy duo "Benishouga," Jumbo Takao of "Rainbow," voice actor Wataru Takagi Takagi, actors Tomio Umezawa, and Noriko Eguchi. Voice actors Nana Mizuki, Yuma Uchida Uchida, Soma Saito, and Masako Nozawa, actors Kazushige Komatsu and Tsubaki Nekobe, actor and voice actor Hajime Komada, and Takanori Sato of "LE VELVETS" will also appear.
The newly released character posters feature the film's unique animal companions. They include Judy and Nick, as well as familiar characters from the previous film, and even new characters. Particularly eye-catching is Gary, the cheerful, talkative snake wanted criminal who holds the key to the mystery of Zootopia and is the second most important character after Judy and Nick. He appears across all the visuals. When the 12 posters are lined up, Gary's entire body is captured.
The visual also shows a mischievous-looking Gary wrapped around not only mammals such as Judy and Nick, Nibbles the beaver, Paubert the lynx, Mayor Winddancer the horse, Flash the sloth, gazelle, Chief Bogo the water buffalo, Mr. Big the shrew, Clawhauser the cheetah, and Dr. Fuzzby the quokka, but also reptiles that aren't supposed to exist in Zootopia, such as Heisus the lizard, all tied together. Why have there been no reptiles in Zootopia for so many years? Just as the poster suggests, Gary seems set to become an important figure connecting Zootopia and reptiles.
