Win Morisaki performed the opening theme song for the series, which premiered on October 5
Kodoani.com – Last Friday, TOHO Animation released a promotional video for Kagaku×Bōken Survival!an anime adaptation of the research manga Kagaku Manga Survival (Science Manga Survival).
Along with the video, the company also revealed the film's main voice cast:
Satsumi Matsuda or Jio
Megumi Han or Cheek
Akira Ishida or Yes
Hiroshi Iwasaki or Professor Nou
Mikako Komatsu or Daiya
Yumi Uchiyama or Marley
Rie Kugimiya or Kyuri
Yōko Hikasa or Professor Kuo
The anime's opening theme song, titled “They will” (Sticky), will be represented by Win Morisaki.
Kagaku×Bōken Survival! will be released on the day October 5 at 6:25 p.m. on the channel NHK Educational and will cover seven major themes, each with separate episodes:
Survive in unusual weather (3 episodes)
Survive in the insect world (3 episodes)
Survival of new viruses (3 episodes)
Survival in Antarctica (2 episodes)
Survival AI (3 episodes)
Survive in the dinosaur world (3 episodes)
Surviving the energy crisis (4 episodes)
The film is directed by Masahiro Hosoda in Gallop Studio. Isao Murayama (screenwriter for Toriko, Mahō Tsukai Precure!, Star Twinkle Precure) is responsible for the series' scripts. Gil Bo Noh (participated in animation direction for Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal and Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V) is responsible for character design, while Kei Yoshikawa compose music. This project is presented by NHK, Toei Animationand NHK Enterprise.
Comic series Kagaku Manga Survival launched in 2008, and as of January 19, Asahi Shimbun published 85 volumes. The series originates from Korea, created by Gomdori Co. and illustrator Hyun-Dong Han. The story follows the child characters on dramatic adventures, which include a lot of scientific knowledge.
The book series has sold more 14 million copies in Japan and more 35 million copies worldwide. No Starch Press released several volumes of the series in English under the title Survive! Inside the Human Body.
Before that, Toei Animation produced a 100-second animated video based on the manga in March 2019. Afterwards, Toei continued to release anime adaptations of the series, such as Survive! Inside the Human Body (showing in Japan in July 2020) and Shinkai no Survival! (Survive! In the Deep Sea), released in August 2021.