The release of the 44th volume of the Oi! Tonbo manga back in May 2023 revealed that an anime adaptation is in the works for it. The project previously set a spring 2024 debut with OLM handling the animation production and then it was set with an April 6th, 2024 debut recently. The show revealed that it would be streaming it as Prime Video where it’s launched here in its original Japanese but also comes with an English dub. English and French subtitles are available as well.
With the series underway through Prime Video, It’s Anime has also revealed distribution to its YouTube channel which you can see below – as well as confirming its expansive streaming platform setup. The series has nine subtitle tracks available that also include English. It’s Anime is operating on a delayed stream where it comes out a week later from the Japanese broadcast but they also offer up episode previews, such as this one for the ninth episode ahead of its June 8th, 2024 debut.
Check out the first episode here:
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The show has Jin Gu Oh directing it from the series composition by Mitsutaka Hirota. Akira Takeuchi is on board for the character designs for it.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Hiroki Tōchi as Kazuyoshi Igarashi
- Rika Hayashi as Tonbo Ōi
- Shin Aomori asGon-jii
- Mizuka Arima as Setsu-baa
- Junya Enoki as Bunpei
- Mimi Maihane as Yoko Adaniya
The opening theme song is from Sacre e sole with “Habatake” while TOKYO GROOVE JYOSHI will perform the ending theme song “Let’s Swing.”
The manga from Ken Kawasaki and Fu Furusawa began in 2014.
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Plot Concept: The story begins with Igarashi, who was disqualified as a pro golfer after a certain “incident” and thus moves to Kagoshima Prefecture’s Tokara Islands to step out of the limelight. On these islands known as “Japan’s last unexplored wilderness,” he encounters a naive girl named Tonbo.
As it turns out, these supposedly unexplored islands have a homemade golf course, where Tonbo plays every day. She demonstrates genius-level prowess, playing every kind of shot with just one golf club, a 3-iron. Igarashi is amazed at Tonbo’s talent, even as he harbors doubts about her only using a 3-iron. Yet, hidden deep in Tonbo’s heart lies a painful, sad past ….
Previous promos and visuals:
[Source; WTK]
