The winter 2016 anime series Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm has found itself a home in the simulcast world today as Crunchyroll has revealed their acquisition and plans for the series. Going with the name AOKANA: Four Rhythms Across the Blue, the series will premiere next Monday on January 11th at 3:35pm ET for viewers. The series has some good availability to it as it’ll be open to members in the United States, Canada, Central and South America (including the Caribbean), South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia, and the Netherlands.
The series is set to be directed by Fumitoshi Oizaki based on series composition by Reiko Yoshida. It’s being animated by Gonzo and Mami Kawada is on board to sing the opening theme song, Contrail ~Kiseki~, while Ray is going to be handling the ending theme a-gain.
The previously announced cast includes Misato Fukuen as Asuka Kurashina, Azumi Asakura as Misaki Tobisawa, Nozomi Yamamoto as Mashiro Arisaka, Madoka Yonezawa as Rika Ichinose, Naomi Wakabayashi as Madoka Aoyagi, Kondou Takayuki as Shion Aoyagi, Risa Taneda as Reiko Satouin, Kazuyuki Okitsu as Kazunari Shindou, Ryota Osaka as Masaya Hinata, Yuko Gibu as Minori Hosaka and Megumi Ogata as Aoi Kagami.
The sprite/fairys side has had one anime adaptation before of note with Love, Election and Chocolate, which was licensed and released in North America by Sentai Filmworks.
Plot concept: The invention of Grav-Shoes, footwear that function as antigravity devices, drastically changes the world, as they give people the ability to freely soar the skies.
Asuka Kurashina transfers into Kunahama High school, where she meets Masaya Hinata and Misaki Tobisawa, finds out about the aerial sport that’s rapidly gaining popularity—Flying Circus, or FC for short—and, fascinated by it, immediately joins the school’s FC Club.
She and her teammates sometimes clash, but they also support one another in the pursuit of their respective goals as they take on formidable rivals and look to triumph in the summer FC tournament.
