Fuji TV announced a new original TV anime titled Bakuten!! that is set to premiere in the notaminA anime block in April 2021.
Bakuten!! is set in Miyagi Prefecture and joins two other anime titles, Misaki no Mayoiga and Hula Fulla Dance, as part of an initiative to promote Miyagi, Iwate, and Fukushima, respectively. The "Zutto Ōen Project 2011 + 10..." is in remembrance of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami 10 years ago.
KEY VISUAL:
FIRST PV:
MAIN CAST:
Shimba Tsuchiya as Shōtarō Futaba / Kaito Ishikawa as Ryōya Misato /
Daisuke Ono as Masamune Shichigahama
Takashi Kondo as Keisuke Tsukidate / Hiro Shimono as Nagayoshi Onagawa /
Hiroshi Kamiya as Kōtarō Watari
Toshimasa Kuroyanagi is directing the anime at ZEXCS. Toshizo Nemoto is in charge of series composition and scripts. My Little Monster manga creator Robico is drawing the original character designs, while Yūki Shibata is drawing the character designs for animation, and is also the chief animation director.
The anime begins when the protagonist Shotaro Aoba, who was fascinated by men's rhythmic gymnastics in the summer of his third year of junior high, entered Soshukan High School and joined its men's rhythmic gymnastics club. The story follows how he runs together as a team towards a single goal along with his unique seniors and his classmate, Ryoya Misato, who was famous for his junior high school career in men's rhythmic gymnastics.