We haven’t had much to talk about with the AOKANA Four Rhythm Across The Blue property since about 2018, outside of our look at the recent game. With it now going into the tenth anniversary of the anime itself, an event is coming up at the end of June, and that has a new key visual released for the event from Keiya Nakano that you can see below.
Check out our review of the series.
Caitlin Glass directed it with Niki Shults handling the scripts. The English cast includes Jill Harris as Asuka, Adam Gibbs as Masaya, Anastasia Munoz as Misaki, Natalie Hoover as Mashiro, Christopher Wehkamp as Shion, Madeleine Morris as Madoka, Felecia Angelle as Minori, Rachel Robinson as Aoi, Shawn Gann as Kazunari, Cristina Vee as Rika, Tia Ballard as Reiko, Alexis Tipton as Irina, Amanda Lee as Saki, Oscar Contreras as Hayato, Mikaela Krantz as Minamo, Marissa Lenti as Botan, Alex Moore as Arika, and Amber Lee Connors as Mayu.
The series was directed by Fumitoshi Oizaki based on sthe eries composition by Reiko Yoshida. It was animated by Gonzo with Mami Kawada singing the opening theme song, Contrail ~Kiseki~, while Ray performed the ending theme a-gain.
The cast includes Misato Fukuen as Asuka Kurashina, Azumi Asakura as Misaki Tobisawa, Nozomi Yamamoto as Mashiro Arisaka, Madoka Yonezawa as Rika Ichinose, Naomi Wakabayashi as Madoka Aoyagi, Kondou Takayuki as Shion Aoyagi, Risa Taneda as Reiko Satouin, Kazuyuki Okitsu as Kazunari Shindou, Ryota Osaka as Masaya Hinata, Yuko Gibu as Minori Hosaka and Megumi Ogata as Aoi Kagami.
The sprite/fairys side has had one anime adaptation before of note with Love, Election and Chocolate, which was licensed and released in North America by Sentai Filmworks.
Plot concept: The invention of Grav-Shoes, footwear that function as antigravity devices, drastically changes the world, as they give people the ability to freely soar the skies. Asuka Kurashina transfers into Kunahama High school, where she meets Masaya Hinata and Misaki Tobisawa, finds out about the aerial sport that’s rapidly gaining popularity—Flying Circus—and immediately joins the school’s FC Club. She and her teammates sometimes clash, but they also support one another in the pursuit of their respective goals as they take on formidable rivals and look to triumph in the summer FC tournament.
