The folks at Yostar Pictures previosuly revealed a new original golf anime project coming out under the name Sorairo Utility, aka Sky Blue Utility. It saw a December 31st, 2021 premiere and you can check out our review of the special. In February 2024, Yostar Pictures and Pony Canyon revealed that the interest in it did come together for a TV series that’s in production. Saito is returning to direct and the main trio are returning in their respective character roles.
With a January 3rd, 2025 premiere date, the production has now brought out the first promotional spot for the tenth episode due out on March 6th, 2024. HIDIVE is streaming the series this season.
The 2021 special saw Kengo Saito directing it and is back directing this and taking over the character designs. Yu Sato is handling the series composition for it.
The cast includes:
- Miyu Takagi as Minami
- Yurina Amami as Haruka
- Ayasa Goto as Ayaka
- Kazuhiko Inoue as Masao “Masa” Tadokoro
- Kenyuu Horiuchi as Chosuke “Cho” Tanabe
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Tetsuhiro “Tetsu” Tanaka
- Yumiri Hanamori as Izumi Akina
The series features the opening theme song from Msayoshi Oishi with “Be the hero! feat. Airi Suzuki.”
Yostar was a new production outfit that began in 2020 with Azur Lane: Slow Ahead! and How A Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom as its first projects.
Check out the Official Site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: “At this rate, I’ll just graduate as a plain background character A!”
Minami Aoba was troubled. She had no particular strengths or things she wanted to do. Is it okay for her high school life to end as such an ordinary supporting character!?
Leaving school behind, Minami searches for her own “special uniqueness.” She stumbles upon the nearby golf practice range by chance. Approached by part-time worker Haruka Akane, Minami grasps the golf club—the “utility.”
And thus, it was the encounter between Minami and golf.
Winning is not the only thing in golf! Everything related to golf is enjoyable!
Together with the genius golfer Haruka and Ayaka Hoshimi, who aspires to be an influencer, they seek the moment when they can become the “protagonist”! As a super beginner, Minami swings her club once again today.
Previous promos and visuals:
