United Kingdom, May 19 -- Matthew Lillard is returning as Shaggy in a new Scooby-Doo anime.

Free streaming giant Tubi has announced plans for the long running franchise's first ever anime series via Warner Bros. Animation, with Japan's OLM Studios providing production services, while Itsuro Kawasaki will direct.

Matthew, who played Shaggy Rogers in the 2002 live action Scooby-Doo movie, will reprise the role for the new project, while Frank Welker is back as the titular Great Dane.

Yokoso Scooby-Doo! will see the duo visit Japan for the "ultimate foodie adventure".

The show's logline continues: "[There,] they unwittingly unleash hundreds of mythical monsters that are causing trouble across the country.

"With the help of Scooby's uncl...