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MAPPA Revealed Original TV Anime Re-Main

Studio MAPPA revealed a new original TV anime titled Re-Main today, March 5, 2021. The water polo anime is slated to premiere this year.

The new series will be produced with the collaboration of MAPPA and Bandai Namco Arts. It will be under the direction of Kiyoshi Matsuda. In addition, Tiger & Bunny head writer Masafumi Nishida will be lending a hand in the production!

Re-Main Key Visual

Cast & Production

Cast

Yūto Uemura as Minato Kiyomizu
Kōtarō Nishiyama as Eitarō Oka
Subaru Kimura as Jō Jōjima
Lynn as Chinu Kawakubo

Staff

Director: Kiyoshi Matsuda
Chief Director, Series Composition, Script, Sound Director: Masafumi Nishida
Character Design: Kaori Huto
Character Animation: Shiho Tanaka
Composer: Kana Utatane

Not to mention, director Matsuda was also the director of the anime series such as Kakegurui XX, Kuma Miko, and Uchi Tama?! Uchi no Tama Shirimasen ka?

Re-Main Character Visual

Synopsis

The story centers on Minato Kiyoumizu, a boy who quit playing water polo after an incident during the winter of his third year of junior high school.

After entering high school, he makes a promise and decides to try water polo again and join the school’s team with his friends. However, the new team will run into problems along the way…

Synopsis via MyAnimeList

So, did you also notice in the key visual that the volleyball was actually branded with MIKASA? Well, guess what, you were right!

MIKASA officially announced that they will be cooperating with the design of the water polo in this first full-fledged water polo anime.

https://twitter.com/mikasaindustry/status/1367673046060789760?s=20

Prior to this, the sports brand has partnered with various anime series such as Haikyu!!.

To sum up, MAPPA revealed a new original TV anime titled Re-Main. This will be a collaboration between MAPPA and Bandai Namco Arts.

Moreover, you can access all of our stories here!

Source: Re-Main Official Website and Official Twitter
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