CyberAgent and DMM GAMES reveals a new ice hockey-themed multimedia project “PRIDE OF ORANGE” (プラオレ！～PRIDE OF ORANGE～). The project includes a TV anime that will premiere October 2021 and a game that will release in 2021.
Craft Egg, known for their work “BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!” and “Project Sekai: Colorful Stage feat. Hatsune Miku,” works on the project’s character and costume design. The project is supervised by professional ice hockey team H.C. Tochigi Nikkō Ice Bucks. It centers on the youth story of the young hockey players, as well as promoting tourism for Tochigi.
The project also reveals a promotional video, the cast and staff for the TV anime, but the details of the game is not announced.
▍Teaser Video
▍Synopsis
Dream Monkeys is a girl’s ice hockey team based in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, and its members aim to reach the top of the world. Manaka Mizusawa, a junior high school student living in the city, her younger sister Ayaka, and her childhood friends Kaoruko and Mami come to the door of a trial class held by the team. After practice, everyone is completely fascinated by ice hockey. Eventually, they were invited by the coach, Youko, to become official members of the team. Through practice games and training camps, everyone grows and the team becomes one. With the slogan, “Connect the puck with the bond of heart!,” Dream Monkeys head into the tournament.
▍Staff and Production
Original Work: Praole! Media Mix Partners (CyberAgent／EXNOA)
Original Character & Costume Design: Craft Egg
Director: Takebumi Anzai (安齋剛文)
Series Composition: Touko Machida (待田堂子)
Character Design: Kii Tanaka (田中紀衣)
Sound Director: Akiko Fujita (藤田亜紀子)
Ice Hockey Setting Research: H.C. Tochigi Nikkō Ice Bucks
Music: MONACA, (木皿陽平) from StrayCats
Animation: C2C
▍Cast
■ Manaka Mizusawa (水沢 愛佳) – CV: Riku Masuda (増田里紅)
■ Yu Kiyose (清瀬 優) – CV: Satomi Hongo (本郷里実)
■ Ayaka Mizusawa (水沢 彩佳) – CV: Mayu Sagara (相良茉優)
■ Riko Saginuma (鷲沼 梨子) – CV: Saika Kitamori (北守さいか)
■ Naomi Takagi (高木 尚美) – CV: Asuka Shioiri (汐入あすか)
■ Kaoruko Yanagida (柳田 薫子) – CV: Yurika Moriyama (森山由梨佳)
■ Mami Ono (小野 真美) – CV: Yoshino Aoyama (青山吉能)
