The anime adaptation of Yukako Kabei’s “2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Club” (2.43 清陰高校男子バレー部) light novel series reveals a new visual and character PV. The anime is scheduled to premiere in January 2021.
The new visual is named as a “Connect” visual, which will be a series of work that depicts the bondings of the characters. A special story with voice drama is now revealed on the official site for the first visual, “Addict”.
▍Character PV
▍Synopsis
The story centers on Kimichika Haijima, who got into some serious trouble on his middle school volleyball team, and as a result transferred from Tokyo to Fukui prefecture, where he again met with his childhood friend, Yuni Kuroba.
Yuni has overwhelming talent at volleyball but is weak to pressure, but together with Kimichika they become the ace combo of their team. But the two have a fight at the final prefecture tournament in middle school.
Now in high school at Seiin High School, Kimichika and Yuni have severed their relationship, but both join the volleyball club. Along with the second-year and third-year students in the club, they work to make Seiin High School’s volleyball club a rising star in Fukui prefecture.
▍Staff and Production
Original Work: Yukako Kabei (壁井ユカコ) 【Serialized in Shueisha WEB Bungei RENZABURO】
Director: Yasuhiro Kimura (木村泰大)
Series Composition: Yousuke Kuroda (黒田洋介)
Original Character Design: Aiji Yamakawa (山川あいじ)
Animation Character Design & Animation Director: Yūichi Takahashi ( 高橋裕一)
Art Director: Kentaro Akiyama (秋山健太郎)
Color Design: Yuko Tsumori (津守裕子)
3D Director: Yukie Yamamoto (山本祐希江)
Photography Director: Ryō Kujirai (鯨井 亮)
Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose (廣瀬清志)
Sound Director: Masanori Tsuchiya (土屋雅紀)
Music: Yūgo Kanno (菅野祐悟)
Animation Production: david production
▍ Cast
■ Yuni Kuroba (黒羽祐仁) – CV: Junya Enoki (榎木淳弥)
■ Kimichika Haijim (灰島公誓) – CV: Kensho Ono (小野賢章)
■ Misao Aoki (青木操) – CV: Yuichiro Umehara (梅原裕一郎)
■ Shinichiro Oda (小田伸一郎) – CV: Kent Itō (伊東健人)
■ Akito Kanno (棺野秋人) – CV: Shouta Aoi (蒼井翔太)
■ Yusuke Okuma (大隈優介) – CV: Subaru Kimura (木村昴)