Futsal Boys !!!!! streaming of the animated video of the opening of the app
The official site of Bandai Namco Arts, Bandai Namco Entertainment and Futsal Boys of diomedéa !!!!! began streaming an animated opening video for the franchise's app. The video previews the 29 characters of the game and presents the theme "Higher Goals". All 29 cast members sing the song.
The site will release additional promotional videos on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
The app, titled Futsal Boys !!!!! High Five League, is expected to be launched this year.
The franchise's official website in August stated that the game and the television anime would both be postponed, with the television anime expected to debut next year. Both the anime and the game were due to debut this year.
The franchise's story is set in a world over a decade after futsal skyrocketed in global popularity. The protagonist Haru Yamato watches the U-18 World Cup championship and is inspired by a Japanese player named Tokinari Tennōji. He joins the Koyo Academy High School futsal team with the goal of becoming a player like Tennōji. There he finds friends and together they face their rivals.
The previously announced cast of the project includes:
Ryōta Takara as Haru Yamato
Shūto Ishimori as Seiichiro Sakaki
Kohei Yoshiwara as Toi Tsukioka
Ryōtarō Yamaguchi as Tsubaki Yukinaga
Kazuki Furuta as Ryu Nagumo
Yasunao Sakai as Taiga Amakado
Hiromu Mineta as Louis Kashiragi
Yūya Arai as Shin Yuki
Satoru Murakami as Takumi Kuga
Junpei Baba as Kaito Kazanin
Naoya Miyase as Sei Kyogoku
Tomoya Yamamoto as Tomoe Futaba
Kazuki Ura as Kyosuke Aiba
Keita Tada as Rio Hanamura
Takao Sakuma as Nozomi Komori
Mizuki Chiba plays Natsuki Sogō
Minato Kamimura as Yukimaru Kurama
TAKA as Ren Kiryu
Nobuaki Oka as Shun Shirakawa
Shōichirō mi as Togo Tachibana
Ayato Morinaga as Ayato Imazono
Takeru Kikuchi as Asa Minase
Takuya Tsuda as Soya Akiduki
Keito Okuyama as Ao Asahina
Yoshitsugu Kawashima as Tokinari Tennoji
Sousuke Shimokawa as Ryutaro Sera
Takahide Ishii as Ryosuke Minase
Ryōsuke Kozuka as Emilio Garcia
Tsubasa Kizu as Saku Hasumi
The original work is attributed to Mao Marita. The project features original character design artwork by illustrators Mizuki Kawashita (Koyo Academy), Utako Yukihiro (Adalbert Academy), Tanaka Marumero (also known as Ogeretsu Tanaka; Momomi High School), Ruka Urumiya / Sata / Shirano (Amanogawa Academy) and Lily Hoshino (Okazan Academy) for each of the high school teams. Tomomi Ishikawa (PERSON 5 the Animation) is adapting those artworks into the final character designs. Shoji Yonemura (script for Fairy Tail, Pokémon, Digimon Fusion) is credited for "story building". RON (FLCL Alternative, FLCL Progressive) is composing the music.
