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number24 Rugby Anime Reveals Cast, Characters, More Staff, January Debut
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website for MOVIC's number24 original rugby television anime revealed on Friday the anime's cast, characters, additional staff, new visuals, and January premiere on Tokyo MX.
The cast includes:
Ryōta Suzuki as Seiichirō Jingyōji, a taciturn fullback who is always by his childhood friend Natsusa's side
Junichi Yanagita as Ibuki Ueoka, a former prodigy player and stand-off who could not measure up to Natsusa
Shōhei Komatsu as Yasunari Tsuru, a bright-eyed left wing who has a complicated relationship with Natsusa
Ayumu Murase as Yū Mashiro, an earnest scrum-half who admires Natsusa
Hinata Tadokoro as Gakuto Zaitsu, a reliable captain and hooker, feared by friend and foe alike
Shinnosuke Tachibana as Ikuto Yufu, the sickly vice-captain and left centre who always has Gakuto's back
Makoto Furukawa as Taisei Uchinashi, a strong-willed blindside-flanker who disagrees with Ibuki
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Ethan Taylor, a carefree number eight, cheerful inside and outside the game
Sōma Saitō as Madoka Hongō, a fullback and "Creator of the Backs," who comes from the same high school as Natsusa
Kaito Ishikawa as Kazutaka Hongō, Madoka's arrogant young brother, a number eight, and "Destroyer of the Forwards," who has a connection with Ibuki
The new staff members include:
- Main Animator: Minefumi Harada
- Action Director: Fumiya Uehara
- Clothing Design: Michiko Ōtani
- Prop Design: Hiroshi Ogawa
- Color Design: Yukiko Yamaguchi
- 3D Director: Akio Hayashi
- Editing: Hitomi Sudō
- Sound Director: Takatoshi Hamano
- Sound Production: Magic Capsule
The anime's college rugby story centers on Natsusa Yuzuki, who expects to be an ace on the rugby team when he enrolls in college. However, he is no longer able to play rugby due to certain circumstances. Ibuki Ueoka is an older fellow student who quit rugby. Yasunari Tsuru is a younger student who finds Natsusa disagreeable. Yū Mashiro is a younger student who admires and follows Natsusa. Seiichirō Shingyō is Natsusa's close childhood friend. Together, they compete in the Kansai university rugby league.
Shigeru Kimiya (Gift - eternal rainbow, One Off, efficus) is directing the anime at PRA. Kei Mori (Verrocchio Agency) is credited for the original work, and MOVIC is credited with the story concept. Rika Nakase (Fushigiboshi no Futago Hime, Rocket Girls, Kanamemo) is in charge of series composition and scripts. YukiKana is drawing the original character designs, and Saori Sakaguchi (animation director for Yuri!!! on Ice, Himouto! Umaruchan) is designing the characters for animation, and is also the chief animation director. Tsukasa Ōhira is credited for art setting, while Scott MacDonald is the art director. Atsushi Kanō is the director of photography. Shinobu Nakagawa is credited for animation production supervision. Yoshiki Sakamoto is credited as animation producer.
Sources: number24 website, Comic Natalie
