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Sk8 the Infinity Anime Reveals Cast, Visual, More Staff, January 9 Premiere

The staff of director Hiroko Utsumi (Banana Fish, Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club, Free! Eternal Summer) and animation studio BONES' (Eureka Seven, My Hero Academia) original anime project Sk8 the Infinity revealed on Saturday that the anime will premiere on ABC TV and TV Asahi's "Animazing!!!" programming block starting on January 9. The show will air at 2:00 a.m. on Saturdays. The staff also revealed the show's cast, more staff, and a new visual.

The show stars:

• Tasuku Hatanaka as Reki
• Chiaki Kobayashi as Langa
• Takuma Nagatsuka as Miya
• Kenta Miyake as Shadow
• Hikaru Midorikawa as Cherry Blossom
• Yasunori Matsumoto as Joe
• Takehito Koyasu as Adam
• Kenshō Ono as Tadashi Kikuchi

Additional staff include:

• Chief Animation Director: Michinori Chiba, Hiroki Kanno
• Skateboard Design: Studio No Border
• Color Design: Yukari Goto
• Art Director: Yumiko Kondou
• 3DCG Director: Yōta Andō
• Director of Photography: Masataka Ikegami
• Editing: Honami Yamagishi
• Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
• Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi, Sachiko Nishi

Ichirō Ōkouchi (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress) is writing and overseeing the series scripts, and Michinori Chiba (Basilisk, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans) is designing the characters. Ryō Takahashi (ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., Argonavis from BanG Dream!) is composing the music.

The anime centers on Reki, a second-year high school student who loves skateboarding, and gets caught up in "S," an underground and dangerous skateboard race at an abandoned mine with no rules. Langa, who has returned to Japan from Canada and has never skateboarded before, also gets wrapped up in S along with Reki. Dirty racers, AI racers, and other unique individuals compete in the "youth skateboard race battle."

Images © BONES, Hiroko Utsumi / Project SK∞

Source: Press release