Anime starring Rika Hayashi, Hiroki Tōchi will premiere in April
Kodoani.com – Website for anime adaptations of manga Oi! Tonbo (Hey! Tonbo) by Ken Kawasaki and Yū Furusawa began airing a new promotional video on Thursday.
The anime’s cast includes:
Rika Hayashi trong vai Tonbo Ōi. Hiroki Tōchi trong vai Kazuyoshi Igarashi.
The anime is expected to premiere on TV Tokyo, BS TV Tokyo, and other channels in April. Director Jin Gu Oh directed the anime at OLM. Mitsutaka Hirota will be responsible for writing the script. Akira Takeuchi designed the characters. Naoto Kondō will be the main color artist, while Kazuhiro Arai will direct the art and Keita Hattori will direct the 3D. SMDE will be in charge of the CG animation, Tomoyuki Ishiyama will be the visual composition director, Masafumi Mima will be the sound director, and Nobuko Toda will compose the music.
Music duo Sacre e Sole will perform the opening theme song “Habatake” (Spread Your Wings), while TOKYO GROOVE JYOSHI will perform the ending theme song “Let’s Swing”.
The manga’s story begins with Igarashi, a professional golfer who was disqualified after an incident. He moved to the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture to avoid attention and find peace. Here, he meets Tonbo, a naive young girl with a special talent in playing golf with a number 3 club. Tonbo’s excellence surprises Igarashi and he discovers a painful past behind him. after her talent.
Story writer Kawasaki and artist Furusawa launched the manga in Weekly Golf Digest, a magazine of Golf Digest Sha Co., Ltd., in August 2014. The 48th volume of the manga was published in December 27.
