The official website and Twitter account for the TV anime adaptation of Asami Koseki's Love All Play badminton novel has announced two new cast members.
Masaya Matsukaze has been cast as Shizuo Nakano and Shimba Tsuchiya has been cast as Hirohito Monda. Both characters were Ryō's old teammates in middle school.
Natsuki Hanae will be voicing the protagonist, Ryō Mizushima.
Hiroshi Takeuchi is directing at Nippon Animation and OLM. Tomoko Konparu is supervising the series scripts and writing them with Miharu Hirami, Shingo Irie, and Michiko Yokote. Riko Kaneda is designing the characters, and Yuki Hayashi is composing the music. Sporting goods maker YONEX is supervising and collaborating on the designs for the anime.
The anime is set to begin broadcast on April 2, 2022 on Saturday evenings at 5:30 on Yomiuri TV and NTV in Japan.
NEW CAST ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Masaya Matsukaze as Shizuo Nakano / Shimba Tsuchiya as Hirohito Monda
PROMO VIDEO:
MAIN CAST:
Natsuki Hanae as Ryō Mizushima
The main cast also includes:
Minako Kotobuki as Rika Mizushima
Yuuki Kaji as Akira Uchida
Tetsuya Kakihara as Yо̄ji Higashiyama
Kensho Ono as Taichi Higashiyama
Makoto Furukawa as Kо̄ki Matsuda
Yōhei Azakami as Shо̄hei Sakaki
Kazuya Nakai as Hitoshi Ebihara
Real-life badminton players Yūta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino have been cast as themselves in the anime.
KEY VISUAL:
The protagonist, Ryō Mizushima, enters a junior high school and joins the badminton club on the spur of the moment. Although there are no proper instructors at the school, Ryō's physical strength allows him to improve to the point where he is able to participate in the prefectural tournament. Then Ryō is approached by Ebihara, the famous coach of the prestigious Yokohama Minato High School badminton club. Ryō, who is indecisive and humble, hesitates to go to the school, but his older sister, Rika, who is the top student in her third year there, gives him a strong push and he decides to go. Blessed with a coach and teammates at high school, Ryō gains the experience he's been lacking and aims to win the Inter-High School Championship!