German distributor KSM Anime has a new series coming up later this year with the first volume of AOKANA – Four Rhythm Across The Blue getting a release there. The series is getting released as two sets of six episodes with the first scheduled to land on December 6th, 2018 priced at 29.99 and 34.99 euro on DVD and Blu-ray respectively. The first trailer for it has landed that you can check out below and the cast includes:
- Leonie Landa as Asuka
- Nina Witt as Misaki
- Julia Fölster as Mashiro
- Tim Kreuer as Masaya
- Franciska Friede as Madoka
- Marcus Just as Shion
- Mia Diekow as Minori
- Nils Rieke as Kazunari
- Josephine Schmidt as Irina
The series was directed by Fumitoshi Oizaki based on the series composition by Reiko Yoshida. It was animated by Gonzo with Mami Kawada singing the opening theme song, Contrail ~Kiseki~, while Ray performed the ending theme.
The 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 story is set in an archipelago of four islands far south of Japan or even the South Seas. It is all but a different world from modern Japan. From the discovery of anti-gravitons came the dream invention of anti-graviton shoes (“grash”) that let people fly the skies. They introduce people to a new realm by enabling flight with just one’s own body strength, without feathers or engines. This led to the rise of the sport of “Flying Circus” (dogfight race).
The protagonist who once hoped for a future in this sport suffered a setback due to an overwhelming defeat, and withdrew from the sport for this and some other reason. However, he met the transfer student Haruka Kurashina, and in teaching her to fly the skies, the old passion returned. He takes part in the Flying Circus again.
