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The 2nd PV for TV anime Ahiru no Sora has been released and features the passionate plays of a freakishly tall basketball club member. Broadcasting information was also released at the same time.The series will be aired on TV Tokyo’s channel 6 starting on October 2nd.

Ahiru no Sora was written by Takeshi Hinata and published in Weekly Shounen Magazine (Kodansha) and has more than 24 million copies in print. The protagonist, Sora Kurumatani, is not very tall, but he has passion for basketball and a positive personality. The story shows how he overcomes hardships with the other members of Kuzuryuu High School’s newly revived basketball club.

The images that have been released feature Sora Kurumatani along with other basketball club members.
Viewers will be able to experience the passion the cast and staff felt while making the anime in the play scenes, which fans of the original work will know are extremely fast-paced! The ED song, “Tsubasa,” by saji matches the world of the series perfectly and allows listeners to feel like they can spread their wings and move forward even in adversity.

According to the latest information, the series will start airing on October 2nd on TV Tokyo’s channel 6. The anime will have 4 seasons to fully cover the details of the basketball club’s growth.

Ahiru no Sora will air on TV Tokyo’s channel 6 starting on October 2nd.

■Series Details
Ahiru no Sora
Airing October 2nd
・TV Tokyo Channel 6: Every Wednesday starting at 6:25 P.M.
(Channel 6: TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TV Setouchi, TV Hokkaido, TVQ Kyushu)
・BS TV Tokyo: Every Wednesday starting at 12:30 A.M.
・AT-X: Every Wednesday starting at 9:00 P.M.
(Re-runs: Every week at 1:00 P.M. on Fridays and 5:00 A.M. on Tuesdays)
Other

○Staff
Original series: Takeshi Hinata (published in Kodansha’s Weekly Shounen Magazine)

Chief Director: Keizo Kusakawa
Director: Shingo Tamaki
Series Composition: Gou Zappa
Character Design: Yoshino Honda
Prop Design: Hideki Fukushima and Michiko Makita
Art Director: Maho Takahashi
Color Design: Miyuki Sunako
Cinematographer: Yoko Ohtake
Editor: Toshihiko Kojima
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Music: Hiroaki Tsutsumi
Music Production: King Records
Animation Production: diomedéa
Production: The Ahiru no Sora Production Committee

○Cast
Sora Kurumatani: Yuuki Kaji
Momoharu Hanazono: Yuma Uchida
Chiaki Hanazono: Katsuyuki Konishi
Kenji Natsume: Kisho Taniyama
Kaname Shigeyoshi: Mamoru Miyano
Shinichi Yasuhara: Taku Yashiro
Ryuhei Nabeshima: Chado Horii
Masahiro Saki: KENN
Madoka Yabuchi: Sayaka Senbongi
Nao Nanao: Yuna Taniguchi
Yuka Kurumatani: Aya Endo
Shinichi Chiba: Kazuya Nakai
Tokitaka Tokiwa: Soma Saito
Taro Kabachi: Jun Fukuyama
Shingo Katori: Makoto Furukawa
Katsumi Takahashi: Daisuke Namikawa
Yukinari Kojima: Hiroyuki Yoshino
Sei Shirai: Takahiro Sakura
Shigenobu Yakuma: Yuichiro Umehara
Hyou Fuwa: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Yozan Kamiki: Yuto Uemura

（C）Takeshi Hinata, Kodansha / Ahiru no Sora Production Committee, TV Tokyo