The upcoming Bakuten (Backflip) movie revealed a new trailer that outlines the July 2 premiere in Japan. Studio Zexcs is animating the movie.
The cast includes:
- Takashi Kondo as Keisuke Tsukidate
- Hiro Shimono as Nagayhoshi Onagawa
- Shinba Tsuchiya as Shotaro Futaba
- Kaito Ishikawa as Ryoya Misato
- Daisuke Ono as Masamune Shichigahama
- Hiroshi Kamiya as Kotaro Watari
- Reina Ueda as Ayumi Futaba
- Daiki Yamashita as Shunsuke Azuma
- Ayake Sakura as Asao Kurikoma
- Kenichi Suzumura as Yojiro Mutsu
- Soma Saito as Kyoitsu Ryugamori
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Toru Takase
- Ayumu Murase as Mashiro Tsukiyuki
- Takahiro Sakurai as Shusaku Shida
- Tomokazu Sugita as Hideo Ohata
- Kenichiro Matsuda as Shuji Mabuchi
- Reina Ueda as Ayumi Futaba
The movie was announced in June 2020, along with a teaser trailer. Toshimasa Kuroyanagi (The Great Passage) is directing, with Yuka Shibata as character designer. Yuka Hirama and Ogura Hiromasa are art directors for the work, while Yuuki Hayashi is composing the music.
The movie is part of the Bakuten franchise. The story is an original work, made into TV anime, manga, and a light novel series. The TV anime finished its 12-episode run on June 25th, 2021, while the light novel had 2 chapters in the same year. The manga adaptation by Kei Sakuraba is currently ongoing. It was licensed in English as Backflip!!.
Crunchyroll licensed the anime and describes the plot as:
The final summer of middle school, Shotaro Futaba discovers boys gymnastics and is completely enamored by it. Shotaro ends up going to Soshukan Private High School (aka Ao High) and decides to visit the boys gymnastics club. He’s greeted by very unique senpais and a star gymnast named Misato Ryoya. Dedicating your life to something you love during your fiery days of youth… Of course, there is frustration, and fights, but see how these boys work together as a team towards a similar goal in this drama about sports and youth.
Source: Official Website
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