We had the reveal in early August that recently unveiled animation block, NUMAnimation, is going to have a new MAPPA animated series out on October 10th, 2020. Revealed as Taiso Samurai, or Gymnastics Samurai, the property is directed by Hisatoshi Shimizu based on the scripts supervised by Shigure Murakoshi. Kasumi Fukagawa is handling the character designs and obviously MAPPA is animating it. It’s like a Zombie Land Saga staff reunion.
Now, the official site has dropped a new promo and key visual that look great and they added a big chunk of new characters with casting revealed with:
- Atsuko Tanaka as Mari Aragaki
- Kotono Mitsuishi as Tomoyo Aragaki
- Kappei Yamaguchi as Bigbird Aragaki
- Hiroyuki Yoshino as Tomoki Takizawa
- Nana Mizuki as Ayu
- Daisuke Hirakawa as Naohiko Nakanomori
- Kaito Ishikawa as Atsushi Dōjima
- Daisuke Ono as Shige Nishikiori
- Kengo Kawanishi as Hiro Okamachi
- Hiroshi Kamiya as Ryū Ryūshō
- Minami Tanaka as Kitty Chan
- Rikiya Koyama as Britney
The previously announced Japanese cast includes:
- Daisuke Namikawa as Shōtarō Aragaki
- Kensho Ono as Leonardo
- Yuuki Kaji as Tetsuo Minamino
- Kenyuu Horiuchi as Noriyuki Amakusa
- Rina Honnizumi as Rei Aragaki
2020 年 10 月10 日（土）放送開始のTVアニメ「体操ザムライ」の本PVが公開されました！
ぜひご覧ください！https://t.co/1GgMrbNdBV公式サイトはこちらhttps://t.co/8vVVw827Ye#体操ザムライ pic.twitter.com/oI6LuRDUBl
— TVアニメ「体操ザムライ」公式 (@taiso_samurai) September 22, 2020
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: The story is set in the year 2002 in the once powerful Japanese men’s gymnastics team. Shōtarō Aragaki, the former Japanese team member who devoted his life to gymnastics, is no longer able to compete to his expectations. Despite still training strenuously day after day, he is advised to retire by his coach Amakusa. However, a certain encounter alters Aragaki’s fate.
2020 年 10 月10 日（土）放送開始のTVアニメ「体操ザムライ」の解禁PVが公開されました！
ぜひご覧ください！https://t.co/wulmqlbO9h公式サイトはこちらhttps://t.co/8vVVw827Ye#体操ザムライ pic.twitter.com/HXvtbXAwQI
— TVアニメ「体操ザムライ」公式 (@taiso_samurai) August 13, 2020
[Source: ANN]
