The official website for Love&Art's three-part theatrical surfing-themed anime project WAVE!! has released a video of the opening animation for the first film in the WAVE!! Surfing Yappe!! anime film trilogy, which has been open in theaters since October 2.
The trilogy's opening theme song "Densetsu no Surf Prince" (Legendary Surf Prince) is performed by the main cast as their respective characters in the unit Naminori Boys.
The three parts will open one after another on October 2, October 16, and October 30, respectively.
STAFF:
Original: MAGES.
Director: Takaharu Ozaki
Series Composition: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Original Character Designs: Yomi Sarachi
Character Design Adaptation: Tomoko Iwasa
Animation Production: Asahi Production
Chief Animation Director: Tomoko Iwasa and Yūki Ikeda
Props Designer: Kanako Ono
Action Animation Sequences: Fumino Fujii
Effects Animation: Yasuhiro Saiki and Hibachi Hoshino
Color Key Artist: Emiko Tate
Art Director: Kazuhiro Arai
Directory of Photography: Naho Hasegawa
Editing: Yūki Honda
Music Composition: Akio Dobashi
Sound Director: Chikako Yokota at delfi Sound
The project's story is set in the city of Ōarai in Ibaraki prefecture, and centers on Masaki Hinaoka, who befriends transfer student Shō Akitsuki before the summer break, and ends up getting hooked on surfing. Through the sport, Masaki will get to know new friends, and will also drift apart from them in his journey to adulthood.
The three parts will open one after another on October 2, October 16, and October 30, respectively.
LATEST KEY VISUAL:
MAIN CAST:
Tomoaki Maeno as Masaki Hinaoka
Jin Ogasawara as Shō Akitsuki
Yoshiki Nakajima as Nalu Tanaka
Takuya Satō as Kōsuke Iwana
Yusuke Shirai as Yūta Matsukaze
Shunichi Toki as Naoya Kido
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Rindō Fuke
Showtaro Morikubo as Sōichirō William Mori
Yu Shimamura will be voicing Shouko, a young woman who works at the "Fantasy Island" surf shop in Oarai.
The project's theme song is titled, "Ride the WAVE!!" and is performed by the eight main cast members as the unit Naminori Boys.
Love&Art is developing the project with the supervision of the Nippon Surfing Association, Surf Magazine, and Murasaki Sports.
Love&Art is developing the project with the supervision of the Nippon Surfing Association, Surf Magazine, and Murasaki Sports.
Original: MAGES.
Director: Takaharu Ozaki
Series Composition: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Original Character Designs: Yomi Sarachi
Character Design Adaptation: Tomoko Iwasa
Animation Production: Asahi Production
Chief Animation Director: Tomoko Iwasa and Yūki Ikeda
Props Designer: Kanako Ono
Action Animation Sequences: Fumino Fujii
Effects Animation: Yasuhiro Saiki and Hibachi Hoshino
Color Key Artist: Emiko Tate
Art Director: Kazuhiro Arai
Directory of Photography: Naho Hasegawa
Editing: Yūki Honda
Music Composition: Akio Dobashi
Sound Director: Chikako Yokota at delfi Sound
PREVIOUS KEY VISUALS:
The project's story is set in the city of Ōarai in Ibaraki prefecture, and centers on Masaki Hinaoka, who befriends transfer student Shō Akitsuki before the summer break, and ends up getting hooked on surfing. Through the sport, Masaki will get to know new friends, and will also drift apart from them in his journey to adulthood.