Series premiere on Sunday
The show will be presented in preview on Sunday Tokyo MX, then Tuesday the BS11 and MBS. The anime will also air on Abema.
the franchiseThe story of is set in a world more than a decade after futsal skyrocketed in popularity around the world. Protagonist Haru Yamato watches the U-18 World Cup Championship and takes inspiration from a Japanese player named Tokinari Tennōji. He joined the Koyo Academy High School futsal team with the goal of becoming a player like Tennōji. There he finds friends, and together they face off against their rivals.
The project cast includes:
Yukina hiiro (Hitorijime my hero, 100 sleeping princes and the realm of dreams: the animation) directs the anime to Diomedea, and Shoji Yonemura (scenario for Fairy tale, Pokemon, Digimon Fusion) supervises the scripts of the series. RON. (Alternative to FLCL, Progressive FLCL) composes the music. Takao sakuma will perform the opening theme song “Bravemaker, and STEREO DIVING FOUNDATION will perform the ending theme song “Pianissimo”.
Mao Marita is credited with the original work. The project features original character design illustrations from illustrators Mizuki Kawashita (Koyo Academy), Utako Yukihiro (Adalbert Academy), Tanaka Marumero (also known as Ogeretsu Tanaka; Momomi High School), Ruka Urumiya/Sata/Shirano (Amanogawa Academy), and Lily hoshino (Okazan Academy) for each of the high school teams. Tomomi ishikawa (PERSONA 5 Animation) adapt these illustrations into the final character designs.
The project includes an anime, a smartphone game app and actual futsal matches between the actors, the match results affecting the story of the anime and the game app. Futsal is a variant of similar football. in football, but played indoors.
The project’s smartphone game spear November 9.
Sources: Funimation‘s website (Liam Dempsey) and Twitter Account
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