The mythical cry returns: “To the nougat!”. With another name due to the new social sensibility, that classic Japanese program from the 80s that involved 100 contestants in delirious and colorful tests that practically none of them succeeded in returns this summer from Prime Video.
Amazon’s streaming platform will premiere the new edition of Takeshi’s Castle, which recovers the direct translation of its name in Japanese, on July 10, by the hand of Jorge Ponce and Javier Valera as executive producers, and has revealed this Tuesday that will feature the voices of Dani Rovira and Eva Soriano, in addition to that of Ponce himself. The emblematic duo formed by Fernando Costilla and Paco Bravo, who participated in the program in its reissue in the 2000s, will return to the recording booth to participate as a secondary cast in this new installment.
The eight-episode reboot will return to the screens this summer along with the famous “scallops” and the mythical battle cry “al turrón!”, with new exciting tests and renewed slogans. The original version, which was released last Friday in Japan and other countries that do not have a local version, will be available on the platform later this year.
The production company Encofrados Encofrasa (La Resistencia) is in charge of carrying out the local version of the mythical Japanese program, directed by Miguel Campos. In addition, the musical duo Venga Monjas is in charge of the main theme and will create an exclusive song for each of the episodes of the program in Spain, dedicated to one of the protagonists, including the legendary comedian and creator of Takeshi’s Castle, Takeshi Kitano.
The original Japanese series from the 1980s showed how 100 contestants tried to bring down Takeshi’s impenetrable castle by facing numerous outdoor tests. The public accompanied the contestants as they faced challenging tests that required great physical effort. Crossing a pond made of springboards, going through a maze full of enemies or surviving a suspension bridge while being attacked by balls was necessary to gain entry to the unconquerable Takeshi castle, with a final prize of one million yen.
Takeshi’s Castle was broadcast in Spain between 1990 and 1995 under the name Yellow Humor, and became a phenomenon with millions of weekly viewers, especially children and young people. The original dubbing was in charge of the comedians Juan Herrera and Miguel Ángel Coll, who brought a local touch to the program. In 2006, the contest regained its popularity when another channel recovered the format to attract the new generations along with Fernando Costilla and Paco Bravo.
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