We learned last month that while the Bakuon!! anime has ended and the home video releases are moving right along, there’s still a bit more anime to come for the property. The official site revealed that the ninth volume of the manga that’s due out on December 20th with have a DVD bundled with it featuring a new anime episode. This one will work from the 40th chapter of the manga as it focuses on Hijiri Minowa and her fun story. Now, the site has updated with the news that Sumire Uesaka has joined the project to play the character of Hikari Hayakawa. You can see her character design below.
The seventh volume of the manga series landed on March 18th, 2016 and had a limited edition bundle with the OVA. The series comes from Mimama Orimoto and was launched back in 2011. The manga is not Orimoto’s first as they have several short form books out there over the years prior of varied types, but all playing within familiar tropes.
The anime series was directed by Junji Nishimura working off the overall series composition by Kurasumi Sunayama while Isao Sugimoto handled the designs. TMS Entertainment was behind the animation. The Japanese cast includes Reina Ueda as Hane Sakura, Nao Toyama as Rin Suzunoki, Yumi Uchiyama as Onsa Amano and Rikako Yamaguchi as Hijiri Minowa. The supporting cast includes Unshou Ishizuka as Hayakawa, Yōko Hikasa as Tazuko, Shinichiro Miki as Rin’s father, Mitsuo Iwata as Onsa’s father, Kazusa Aranami as Saruyama-sensei and Azusa Tadokoro as Yume Sakura.
The four main actors also performed the ending theme song together for the series, which is called “Buon, buon, Ride On!.” The opening theme had Sayaka Sasaki performing the song “FEELXALIVE.”
Plot concept: The story revolves around high school girls who discover the appeal of motorcycles. Hane Sakura is a high school student who looks a little bit like an airhead. On the way to her all-female high school one day, she is worn-out climbing a hilly road with a bicycle, but she sees a girl named Onsa Amano who is riding a motorcycle. Hane immediately becomes interested in motorcycles, and she and Onsa join the motorcycle club at the school. Then, Sakura sets out to get her license.
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12/20(火)発売、ばくおん!!コミックス第⑨巻限定特装版に付くOADに登場する「早川ヒカリ」設定画を解禁！演じるのは上坂すみれさんです♪https://t.co/RYDlkyx20f#ばくおん pic.twitter.com/WVfn63uEol— アニメ『ばくおん!!』公式 (@bakuon_anime) August 16, 2016
