We learned in March 2019 that an original sports anime is in the works with Number24, which takes us into the realm of rugby. After updating previously regardnig a January 2020 premiere, the official site has now rolled out for more cast members for it that you can see below. The series has Shigure Kimiya directing from an original idea by Kei Mori and MOVIC. Rika Nakase is working on the series composition while Saori Sakaguchi is handling the character designs by YukiKana, who provided the original illustration below for it.
The newly announced cast includes:
- Kōhei Amasaki as Kotori Kureha
- Gakuto Kajiwara as Shōta U
- Atsushi Taniguchi as Sōsuke Yamada
- Yūki Ishikari as Atomu Gotō
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The Japanese cast includes:
- Kengo Kawanishi as Natsusa Yuzuki
- Ryōta Suzuki as Seiichirō Jingyōji
- Junichi Yanagita as Ibuki Ueoka
- Shohei Komatsu as Yasunari Tsuru
- Ayumu Murase as Yū Mashiro
- Hinata Tadokoro as Gakuto Zaitsu
- Shinnosuke Tachibana as Ikuto Yufu
- Makoto Furukawa as Taisei Uchinashi
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Ethan Taylor
- Sōma Saitō as Madoka Hongō
- Kaito Ishikawa as Kazutaka Hongō
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: Natsusa Yuzuki expects to be an ace on the rugby team when he enrolls in college. However, he is no longer able to play rugby due to certain circumstances. Ibuki Ueoka is an older fellow student who quit rugby. Yasunari Tsuru is a younger student who finds Natsusa disagreeable. Yū Mashiro is a younger student who admires and follows Natsusa. Seiichirō Shingyō is Natsusa’s close childhood friend. Together, they compete in the Kansai university rugby league.
[Source: ANN]
