Noitamina has released a video on their official YouTube channel of Aomori Yamada High School's male rhythmic gymnastics team performing a real-life version of the routine Ao High performs in the Bakuten!! (Backflip!!) original TV anime.
Aomori Yamada High School provided supervision for the anime's rhythmic gymnastics scenes.
Aomori Yamada High School provided supervision for the anime's rhythmic gymnastics scenes.
MAIN CAST:
(Soshukan Private High School) (Aoi)
Shimba Tsuchiya as Shōtarō Futaba / Kaito Ishikawa as Ryōya Misato /
Daisuke Ono as Masamune Shichigahama
Ayumu Murase as Mashiro Tsukiyuki / Katsuyuki Konishi as Tōru Takase /
Takashi Kondo as Keisuke Tsukidate / Hiro Shimono as Nagayoshi Onagawa /
Hiroshi Kamiya as Kōtarō Watari
ADDITIONAL CAST:
(Hakumei University High School) (Shiro)
Ayumu Murase as Mashiro Tsukiyuki / Katsuyuki Konishi as Tōru Takase /
Kenichi Suzumura as Yōjirō Mutsu
Tomokazu Sugita as Hideo Ōminato / Sōma Saitō as Kyōichi Ryūgamori /
Daiki Yamashita as Shunsuke Azuma
Takahiro Sakurai has been cast as Shūsaku Shida, the coach of the male rhythmic gymnastics club at Soshukan High.
Ayane Sakura has joined the cast as Asawo Kurikoma, a second-year student and the manager of the male rhythmic gymnastics club at Soshukan High.
Kenichirō Matsuda voices Shūji Mabuchi, the coach of the Hakumei University High School men's rhythmic gymnastics club.
Reina Ueda is joining the cast as Ayumi Futaba, Shōtarō's younger sister.
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.
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 new additional staff members include:
Rhythmic Gymnastics Animation Director: Fumiaki Kouta
Prop Design/Chief Animation Director: Aya Nakanishi
Color Design: Emi Chiba
Art Design: Mamio Ogawa
Art Director: Yuka Hirama
3D CG: Buemon
CGI Director: Shūji Shinoda
Directors of Photography: Takahiro Hondai, Ryō Itō
Editing: Daisuke Hiraki
Audio Director: Yukio Nagasaki
Music: Yuki Hayashi
Supervision: Aomori Yamada High School Rhythmic Gymnastics Team
KEY VISUAL:
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.