Anime Spotlight - Bakuon!!
by Chih-Chieh Chang,
Key Staff
- Director: Junji Nishimura
- (GLASSLIP, Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Ranma ½)
Introduction
If highschool girls ride a motorcycle…..daily life will be a “BAKUON!!”
Story
Hane Sakura, a high school girl, starts showing interest in motorcycles after becoming discouraged by a hill on her commute to school.
Hane decides to join the Bike Club together with Onsa Amano, a classmate who already rides a bike. Supported by unique and fun friends, she manages to get a motorcycle license.
Purchasing her own motorcycle, she finally starts the motorcycle life she dreamed of!
By actually starting to ride a motorcycle, each day became a series of surprises and discoveries...!?
Characters
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Hane Sakura (VA: Reina Ueda)
Birthday: May 3Height: 157cm Blood type: B Measurements: Bust 82cm/Waist 58cm/Hip 87cm 1st year at Okanoue Girls' High School. Inspired by her discouragement going uphill by bicycle on her first day of school, she obtains a motorcycle license. She rides a Honda CB400SF. |
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Rin Suzunoki (VA: Nao Tōyama)
Birthday: April 9Height: 157cm Blood type: O Measurements: Bust 91cm/Waist 56cm/Hip 81cm Hane's classmate. Just like Onsa, she has strong preferences for motorcycles, and absolutely loves Suzuki. She rides a Suzuki GSX400S KATANA that she was given from her father. |
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Onsa Amano (VA: Yumi Uchiyama)
Birthday: April 2Height: 155cm Blood type: A Measurements: Bust 76cm/Waist 55cm/Hip 83cm Hane's classmate. Has strong personal viewpoints about motorcycles to the point that she chooses her school on whether or not they have Bike Clubs. She rides a Yamaha SEROW225W. |
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Hijiri Minowa (VA: Rikako Yamaguchi)
Birthday: December 23Height: 160cm Blood type: AB Measurements: Bust 81cm/Waist 61cm/Hip 86cm A rich, well-to-do girl who joins the Bike Club aspiring to be a delinquent. Due to her birthday being what it is, her assigned seat is usually the side-car of her butler Hayakawa's favorite, the DUCATI 750SS Imola Replica. |
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Raimu Kawasaki
Birthday: unknownHeight: normal Blood type: unknown Measurements: Large breast / tight waist / firm hips Always silent and mysterious in many ways, she is the upperclassman of the Okanoue Girls' High Bike Club. Her weight is equal to three apples. She rides a Kawasaki ZX-12R. |
Cast
- Hane Sakura
- Reina Ueda
- Rin Suzunoki
- Nao Tōyama
- Onsa Amano
- Yumi Uchiyama
- Hijiri Minowa
- Rikako Yamaguchi
- Hayakawa
- Unshō Ishizuka
- Tazuko
- Yōko Hikasa
- Rin's father
- Shin-ichiro Miki
- Onsa's father
- Mitsuo Iwata
- Saruyama-sensei
- Kazusa Aranami
- Yume Sakura
- Azusa Tadokoro
Staff
- Original Story
- Mimana Orimoto (currently serialized in "Young Champion Retsu", Akitashoten)
- Director
- Junji Nishimura
- Series Composition
- Kurasumi Sunayama
- Character Design
- Isao Sugimoto
- Sub Character Design
- Manabu Nii
- Design Works
- Yoshio Mizumura, Yasuhiro Moriki
- Art Director
- Shunichiro Yoshihara
- Sound Director
- Takeshi Takadera
- Music
- Ryousuke Nakanishi
- Animation Production
- TMS ENTERTAINMENT CO.,LTD.
- Opening Theme
- "FEEL x ALIVE" by Sayaka Sasaki
- Ending Theme
- "Buon! Buon! Ride-On!" by Hane Sakura (Reina Ueda), Rin Suzunoki (Nao Tōyama), Onsa Amano (Yumi Uchiyama), Hijiri Minowa (Rikako Yamaguchi)
©Mimana Orimoto (Akitashoten) / Bakuon!! Film Partners
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