Bakuten !! Rhythmic Gymnastics Anime Third Promotional Video Reveals April 8 Debut - News
The anime, set in Miyagi prefecture, is one of three anime projects that are part of the larger "Zutto Ōen Project 2011 + 10 ..." initiative aimed at promoting Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima (the other two anime projects are Misaki no mayoiga e Hula Fulla Dance). The “Project Zutto Ōen 2011 + 10…” recalls the 2011 earthquake and tsunami of Tōhoku 10 years ago.
The anime is set in the city of Iwanuma in Miyagi Prefecture and focuses on a high school rhythmic gymnastics team. The anime follows Shōtarō Futaba, who is fascinated by gymnastics after seeing it in his third year of middle school, and joins the rhythmic gymnastics team of his new high school, Sōshūkan High School, nicknamed “Ao High”. He befriends his schoolmate Ryōya Misato, who became famous as a gymnast during middle school.
Toshimasa Kuroyanagi (The great passage, Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare) is directing the anime a ZEXCS. Toshizo Nemoto (Log Horizon season 2, Delta Macross, Last hope) deals with the composition of the series and the scripts. My little monster manga creator Robic is drawing the original character designs while Yuki Shibata (Kimi ni Todoke second season, Magical Sisters Yoyo and Nene, After the rain) is designing the character designs for animation and is also the chief animation director. Fumiaki Kouta is the director of animation for rhythmic gymnastics. Yuki Hayashi he is composing the music. The band Centimillimental will perform the opening theme "Seishun no Enbu" (The dance of youth).
Kei Sakuraba is drawing a manga adaptation, which debuted in Kodansha'S Desserts revised on January 22.
