The upcoming adaptation of Prince of Stride: Alternative has now revealed a little more about its production plans. As is often the case for a lot of shows each season, the earlier you get out of the gate the more likely you are to get seen before viewers time gets eaten up. For this series, the official site has now updated that it’ll premiere on AT-X on January 5th, 2016 along with seveal other TV networks just a little bit later that same night.
As mentioned previously, this series is definitely going to be a delight for those that follow the Japanese voice actors and play the six degrees game as there’s so many here, spread across three of the schools, that it’s pretty much ridiculous. In addition to the main cast, eighteen actors were added recently for different schools that the series works with.
The series will be directed by Atsuko Ishizuka based on the overall series composition from Taku Kishimoto and character designs by Kokunen Ou.
The main cast includes:
Ryouhei Kimura as Riku Yagami
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Takeru Fujiwara
Kana Hanazawa as Nana Sakurai
Kensho Ono as Hozumi Kohinata
Daisuke Ono as Heath Hasekura
Hiro Shimono as Ayumu Kadowaki
Junichi Suwabe as Kyousuke Kuga
Ryotaro Okiayu as Yuujirou Dan
Mamoru Miyano as Reiji Suwa
Daisuke Hirakawa as Shizuma Mayuzumi
Takuya Eguchi as Bantarou Chiyomatsu
Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Tasuku Senoo
Yuuki Ono Asuma Mayuzumi
Toshiyuki Toyonaga asKaede Okumura
Mihashi High School:
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kei Kamoda
Natsuki Hanae as Yu Kamoda
Kengo Kawanishi as Aoi Shima
Daiki Hamano as Hisato Harigaya
Taishi Murata as Takeshi Eifuku
Itaru Yamamoto as Nobuhiko Nagatsuka
Ichijōkan High School:
Daiki Yamashita as Yuri Himemiya
Kaito Ishikawa as Shiki Dozono
Yūsuke Kobayashi as Kaoru Shishibara
Hiromichi Tezuka as Kiyoto Washimi
Kengo Kawanishi as Arata Samejima
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Tetsu Hachiya
Kakyôin High School:
Takahiro Sakurai as Tomoe Yagami
Tetsuya Kakihara as Amatsu Ida
Shouta Aoi as Toya Natsunagi
Ikuji Nose as Nampei Aoba
Ryota Ohsaka as Hajime Izumino
Natsuki Hanae as Ryo Izumino
Plot concept: The series is about an extreme form of sport known as “Stride.” It involves 6 players on a team that runs relay races in towns. The story takes place at Honan Academy where first year high school students Takeru Fujiwara and Nana Sakurai try to recruit members for their “Stride” club. They request Riku Yagami to join with the help of Takeru and Nana. Their goal is to compete and win the “End of Summer,” a top competition hosted in Japan alongside other schools.