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2.43: Seiin Kōkō Danshi Volley-bu TV Anime's Main Promo Video Reveals More Cast
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The official website for the television anime adaptation of Yukako Kabei's 2.43: Seiin Kōkō Danshi Volley-bu (Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Club) light novel series began streaming a main promotional video for the anime on Thursday.
Yama will perform the show's opening theme song "Mahi" (previewed in the video above). The show will premiere on January 7 and will air in Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block.
New cast members include Kaito Ishikawa as Mimura Subaru (pictured right in below image) and Kōhei Amasaki as Mitsuomi Ochi (left).
Yasuhiro Kimura (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, Three Leaves, Three Colors) is directing the anime at david production. Yousuke Kuroda (My Hero Academia, Mobile Suit Gundam 00) is overseeing the series scripts. Yūichi Takahashi (FLCL Alternative, Gatchaman Crowds) is adapting Aiji Yamakawa's character designs for animation, and Takahashi is also serving as chief animation director. Yūgo Kanno (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, Psycho-Pass franchise) is composing the music.
The anime stars:
- Junya Enoki as Yuni Kuroba
- Kenshō Ono as Kimichika Haijima
- Yuichiro Umehara as Misao Aoki
- Kent Itō as Shinichiro Oda
- Shōta Aoi as Akito Kanno
- Subaru Kimura as Yusuke Okuma
The story centers on Kimichika Haijima, who got into some serious trouble on his middle school volleyball team, and as a result transferred from Tokyo to Fukui prefecture, where he again met with his childhood friend, Yuni Kuroba. Yuni has overwhelming talent at volleyball but is weak to pressure, but together with Kimichika they become the ace combo of their team. But the two have a fight at the final prefecture tournament in middle school. Now in high school at Seiin High School, Kimichika and Yuni have severed their relationship, but both join the volleyball club. Along with the second-year and third-year students in the club, they work to make Seiin High School's volleyball club a rising star in Fukui prefecture.
Kabei (Kieli) launched the novel series in July 2013 with illustrations by Aiji Yamakawa (Chocolate Underground). The franchise also has a collection of short stories, and a manga adaptation by Yamakawa that launched in Shueisha's Cocohana magazine in its September 2018 issue.
Sources: Fuji TV Anime Lineup Press Conference 2020" livestream, 2.43: Seiin Kōkō Danshi Volley-bu anime's website
