“Your Lie in April” creator Naoshi Arakawa’s youth story “Farewell, My Dear Cramer” (さよなら私のクラマー) is confirmed to inspire an anime film and TV anime series for April 2021.
The series centers on Nozomi Onda, a girl who discovers passion in soccer. The movie titled “Sayonara Watashi no Cramer First Touch” (さよなら私のクラマー ファーストタッチ) will adapt Arakawa’s previous two-volume “Sayonara, Football”manga, which followed Nozomi in junior high school.
The TV series will follow Nozomi in her first year of high school as she joins the school’s women’s soccer team aiming for the top. Seiki Takuno is directing the anime project at LIDEN FILMS, and Natsuko Takahashi is writing the script.
▍Teaser Video
▍Characters and cast
■ Nozomi Onda (恩田 希) – CV: (島袋美由利)
■ Sawa Echizen (越前佐和) – CV: Shion Wakayama (若山詩音)
■ Tetsuji Yamada (山田鉄二) – CV: Kouki Uchiyama (内山昂輝)
■ Kaoru Takei (竹井 薫) – CV: Ryota Ohsaka (逢坂良太)
■ Yasuaki Tani (谷 安昭) – CV: Shimba Tsuchiya (土屋神葉)
■ Junpei Onda (恩田順平) – CV: Ryoko Shiraishi (白石涼子)
■ Kōzō Sameji (鮫島幸造) – CV: Koji Yusa (遊佐浩二)
▍Staff
Original Work: Naoshi Arakawa (新川直司)
[Sayonara, Football/ Kodansha Comics]
[Farewell, My Dear Cramer/ Serializing in Monthly Shōnen Magazine ]
Director: Seiki Takuno (宅野誠起)
Script: Natsuko Takahashi (高橋ナツコ)
Character Design: Eriko Ito (伊藤依織子)
Music: Masaru Yokoyama (横山 克)
Animation: LIDEN FILMS