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Rising Impact Golf Anime Reveals More Cast

The stage event at AnimeJapan 2024 for the two anime seasons adapting Nakaba Suzuki's Rising Impact golf manga revealed more cast members on Saturday.

The newly announced cast are (from top left to bottom right in image above):

• Takuya Eguchi as Tristan Liones
• Yūki Kaji as Quester Phoenix
• Akane Matsui as Mika Kuromine
• Hana Satō as Hershey Epor
• Tetsu Inada as Daichi Arai
• Yukitoshi Tokumoto as Hidemi Kanazono
• Sayaka Ōhara as Aria Sayfort

Suzuki (The Seven Deadly Sins) serialized the manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 1998 to 2002. The manga has 17 volumes.

Netflix describes the anime:

The golf manga "Rising Impact" — the first serialized manga by Nakaba Suzuki, author of the mega-hit series "The Seven Deadly Sins" — began its run in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1998 and gained enthusiastic support from fans. And now, 25 years later, it is finally being adapted into an anime! Over the course of two seasons, this series follows the growth of third-grader Gawain Nanaumi as he encounters the sport of golf and competes with his rivals.

The anime stars:

• Misaki Kuno as Gawain Nanaumi
• Yumiri Hanamori as Lancelot Norman
• Yō Taichi as Kiria Nishino
• Atsumi Tanezaki as Kurumi Nishino
• Kaede Hondo as Yumiko Koizumi
• Yūto Uemura as Liebel Ringvald
• Yumi Uchiyama as Platalissa Bonaire
• Eiji Takamoto as Wanglian Li
• Shunsuke Takeuchi as Riser Hopkins
• Katsuyuki Konishi as Kai Todoin

Hitoshi Nanba (Golden Kamuy, Fate/Grand Order: First Order) is directing the anime at Lay-duce. Michihiro Tsuchiya (Bakuman., Major) is the scriptwriter, and Kiyotaka Oshiyama (Chainsaw Man, DEVILMAN crybaby, Space Dandy) from Studio Durian is designing the characters. Masaru Yokoyama (Yowamushi Pedal, Chihayafuru) is composing the music.

Source: Netflix stage at AnimeJapan 2024