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WAVE!! -Let's go surfing!! (movie trilogy)

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Alternative title:

WAVE!!

WAVE!! Surfing Yappe!! (Japanese)

Plot Summary: In the city of Ōarai in Ibaraki prefecture, Masaki Hinaoka, befriends transfer student Shō Akitsuki before the summer break, and ends up getting hooked on surfing. Through the sport, Masaki gets to know new friends, and will also drift apart from them in his journey to adulthood.

Vintage: 2020-10-02

Premiere date:

2020-10-02 (Japan, movie 1)

2020-10-16 (Japan, movie 2)

2020-10-30 (Japan, movie 3)

Opening Theme:

#1: "Densetsu no Surf Prince" (Legendary Surf Prince) by Naminori Boys

Ending Theme:

#1: "Beat Blue Beat" by Tomoaki Maeno and Jin Ogasawara

Official website:

アニメ「WAVE!!」公式サイト (Japanese)

Review:

WAVE!! Let's Go Surfing (Jun 19, 2021)

News: Show: 4 +6 unverified

WAVE!! Surfing Anime Film Trilogy Gets TV Series Edition Premiering on January 11 (Nov 26, 2020)

WAVE!! Surfing Anime Film Trilogy Reveals New Cast Member, Trailer for 3rd Film (Oct 29, 2020)

WAVE!! Surfing Yappe!! Anime Film Trilogy's Opening Song Sequence Streamed With Storyboards Also (Oct 13, 2020)

1st WAVE!! Surfing Yappe!! Anime Film's 1st 3 Minutes Streamed (Sep 15, 2020)

Interest:

Mr. Osomatsu, WAVE!! Surf Together in TV Ad (Jan 19, 2021)

Surfers, Designers and Animals Frolick On The Beach in WAVE!! x Heaven's Design Team Collaboration Illustration (Jan 14, 2021)

Other articles:

The Best Anime of 2021 - The Worst Anime of 2021 & Mega Poll Results (Dec 31, 2021)

The Winter 2021 Preview Guide - WAVE!! Surfing Yappe!! (Jan 11, 2021)

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Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Takaharu Ozaki

Series Composition: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

Script:
Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Megumu Sasano (eps 7-9)
Miho Inoue (eps 6, 10-11)

Storyboard:
Akira Oguro (ep 11)
Hideki Hosokawa (ep 9)
Kazuhiro Ozawa (ep 6)
Naoki Matsuura (eps 3, 8)
Osamu Yamazaki (ep 5)
Shigeru Ueda (eps 2, 7)
Takaharu Ozaki (eps 1, 4, 12)
Tōru Takahashi (ep 10)

Episode Director:
Housei Suzuki (eps 2, 10)
Masayuki Iimura (eps 6, 11)
Naoki Matsuura (eps 3, 8)
Shigeru Ueda (ep 7)
Takaharu Ozaki (eps 1, 4, 12)
Takahiro Ōtsuka (eps 5, 9)

Music: Akio Dobashi

Original Character Design: Yomi Sarachi

Character Design: Tomoko Iwasa

Art Director: Kazuhiro Arai

Chief Animation Director:
Tomoko Iwasa
Yuki Ikeda

Animation Director:
Akira Otsuka (eps 9, 12)
Aoi Mori (eps 3-5, 8)
Fumino Fujii (5 episodes

eps 2, 5-6, 10, 12

)
Hideaki Matsuoka (ep 7)
Hideo Maru (ep 11)
Hiroko Shigekuni (eps 4, 7, 10)
Jōji Yanase (eps 2, 6, 9)
Katsumi Shimazaki (5 episodes

eps 2, 5-6, 10-11

)
Katsuyuki Wada (eps 4, 6, 11)
Koji Watanabe (ep 3)
Kouhei Hashimoto (eps 3, 8)
Masato Kato (ep 4)
Michiru Hagiwara (eps 1, 5, 9, 12)
Minoru Morita (ep 11)
Nobuharu Ishido (ep 12)
Sachiko Kōno (蒼依ふたば; ep 11)
Satomi Kurita (eps 2, 6, 9-10)
Shiori Kobayashi (ep 10)
Shūji Mizutake (ep 1)
Takashi Kikugawa (ep 6)
Tomoko Iwasa (eps 6, 11)
Yasuka Ōtaki (eps 3-5, 8, 10)
Youko Kuboyama (eps 7, 9, 12)
Yuna Naeki (eps 4-5, 8, 11)

Sound Director: Chikako Yokota

Director of Photography: Naho Hasegawa

Action Animation Director: Fumino Fujii

Color design: Emiko Tate

Editing: Yuki Honda

Effects Animation Director:
Hibachi Hoshino
Yasuhiro Saiki

Prop Design: Kanako Ono

Jin Ogasawara as Shō Akitsuki

Tomoaki Maeno as Masaki Hinaoka

Kōsuke Toriumi as Hayamichi Inada

Makoto Yasumura as Tadao

Nana Hamasaki as Sakura Yooka

Nobuhiko Okamoto as Rindō Fuke

Showtaro Morikubo as Sōichirō William Mori

Shunichi Toki as Naoya Kido

Takuya Satō as Kōsuke Iwana

Tsuguo Mogami as Isokichi

Yoshiki Nakajima as Nalu Tanaka

Yu Shimamura as Shoko

Yusuke Shirai as Yūta Matsukaze

Ama Ohashi as Commentary (ep 9)

Chiwa Saito as Miruru (eps 8, 10)

Daiki Hamano as Mike (ep 10)

Fumiya Tanaka as Kalani (ep 10)

Hana Tamegai as
Audience (ep 9)
Female Student (eps 1, 4-5)
Girl (ep 8)
Uta (young; eps 6-7)

Hiroki Yasumoto as
SG Hummer
Store Manager

Ichi Kanno as Male Student (ep 1)

Mai Nishikawa as
Audience (ep 9)
Female Student (ep 5)
Kosuke (young; ep 6)

Masaya Fukunishi as High School Teacher (ep 6)

Megumi Nakamura as Masaki's Mother

Natsu Yorita as Sakura's Friend

Reina Aoyama as
Audience (ep 9)
Female Student (eps 1, 4, 6)
Girl (ep 8)
Sho (young; ep 11)

Rie Kugimiya as Mimai (ep 8)

Ryouta Shida as
Male Student (eps 1, 5)
Murata (ep 9)
Radio (ep 4)
Surfer (eps 2, 4, 12)

Shinya Takahashi as Live Announcer

Shouhei Fuji as Announcement (eps 3-4)

Takehiro Hasu as Sushi Chef (ep 10)

Takuma Nagatsuka as Male Student (ep 1)

Yoshihito Sasaki as Mr. Nogami

Yūko Mori as Female Student (eps 1, 4)

Japanese companies

2nd Key Animation:
Asahi Production
Asahi Production Shiroishi Studio
diomedéa
Nakamura Production
Revival
Studio Gimlet
Teddy

3DCGI: QREAZY

Animation Production: Asahi Production

Finish Animation:
Akatsuki
Asahi Production
Asahi Production Shiroishi Studio
Hiwa
Likeminds Animation
One Order
PT.Kreasi Studio Ubud
Revival
Seven Seas
Studio Gimlet
Xuyang Animation

In-Between Animation:
Akatsuki
Anime R
Asahi Production
Asahi Production Shiroishi Studio
diomedéa
Encourage Films
Nakamura Production
One Order
PT.Kreasi Studio Ubud
Revival
Seven Seas
Studio Gimlet
Xuyang Animation

Original Creator: MAGES.

Photography Assistance: PT.Kreasi Studio Ubud

Sound Production: delfi Sound

English staff

English companies

(none)

Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll

English cast

(none)

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