“RE-MAIN”, a TV anime animated by MAPPA, and written by Masafumi Nishida, who is also the chief director, will be released in 2021.
As the latest information, additional characters and cast members, including Saitou Souma, Furukawa Makoto, Hatanaka Tasuku, and Hirose Daisuke, have been announced, and a teaser PV has also been revealed.
“RE-MAIN” is a TV anime featuring ‘water polo’, animated by an animation studio “Mappa” (“Yuri!!! on Ice”), and written by Nishida Masafumi (“Tiger & Bunny”), who is also responsible for a chief director, series composition, scenario writing of all the episodes, and sound.
The protagonist Shimizu Minami, who quit playing water polo at some point in the summer of her 3rd year at a junior high school, is enrolled in high school, and restart playing water polo with her friends to carry out some promise…
Saitou Souma will play Amihama Shugo, the brightest student who used to be a competitive swimmer in junior high school, Furukawa Makoto will play Ejiri Takekazu, a hot-blooded boy who used to belonged to a baseball club in junior high school, Hatanaka Tasuku will play Inomata Babayaro Yutaka, an easy-going boy who has a Nigerian father, and Hirose Daisuke will play Ushimado Yoshiharu, who is shy and rarely expresses his own thoughts.
Please look forward to a water polo-themed TV anime where Nishida as a chief director and Mappa worked together for the first time.
An original TV anime “RE-MAIN” will be released in 2021.
（C）RE-MAIN Project
