There aren’t a lot of anime shows about fishing but they certainly exist. A new one is in our future as we learned back in December 2020 that the Slow Loop manga will be getting a TV anime series. The series was recently revealed to be set for a planned January 7th, 2022 debut and now the folks at Funimation have confirmed their pickup of the series with a same-day simulcast. The show will be available to viewers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Colombia, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand
Noriaki Akitaya is directing it based on the scripts by Yuka Yamada. Shoko Takimoto is working on the character designs and serving as the chief animation director with CONNECT handling the animation production.
The anime also stars:
- Rin Kusumi as Hiyori Minagi
- Natsumi Hioka as Koharu Minagi
- Tomomi Mineuchi as Koi Yoshinagi
- Kaori Nazuka as Ichika Fukumoto
- Natsumi Murakami as Futaba Fukumoto
- Honoka Inoue as Aiko Ninomiya
- Nao Tōyama as Niji Yoshinaga
- Kiyono Yasuno as Tora Yoshinaga
The manga by Maiko Uchino began in 2018 as serialized in Manga Time Kirara Forward and will have four volumes out as of January 2021.
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Plot Concept: Hiyori’s a girl who enjoys fly fishing by the beach, an activity passed down to her by her late father. On one typical day at the beach, she happens to meet Koharu, who happens to be her new stepsister from her mother’s new marriage.
Previous visuals and promos:
[Cast via ANN]
