"Dive!!" Anime Adds Cast And Showcases Theme Song

After last summer's adaptation of Atsuko Asano's Battery, studio Zero-G and Fuji TV Noitamina are again teaming up for a sports novel adaptation in summer 2017. This time, it's Dive, from Eto Mori, the acclaimed novelist who won the Sankei Juvenile Literature Cultural Prize for Colorful, basis for Keiichi Hara's 2010 anime movie. Along with four new cast members, debuting band Qyoto have been introduced as the performers of theme on "Taiyou mo Hitoribocchi."

 

 

Cast additions include

Kiyotaka Matsuno: Kensho Ono

Toshihiko Tsuji: Shouta Aoi

Jiro Hirayama : Kengo Kawanishi

Hiroya Sakai: Ryohei Kimura

 

【新情報おさらい❶】
他県のライバルキャラクターほか、追加キャストが解禁！
松野清孝：小野賢章(@ono_kensho)
辻 利彦：蒼井翔太(@shouta0811aoi)
平山二郎：河西健吾(@Kengokawanishi)
坂井弘也：木村良平(@Ryouhey_Drunk) pic.twitter.com/dO5jzcO2ck

— アニメ 「DIVE!!」7/6(木)放送 (@dive_anime) June 15, 2017

 

 

【オープニング・テーマ決定！】
Qyotoデビュー曲「太陽もひとりぼっち」に決定！熱い青春を感じさせるサマーチューンを明るく爽やかに歌い上げます。#dive_animehttps://t.co/UHJVcIUC2L pic.twitter.com/wYLDKiVacW

— アニメ 「DIVE!!」7/6(木)放送 (@dive_anime) June 15, 2017

 

The TV anime adaptation directed by Kaoru Suzuki (Pupipo!) is set to premiere on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block at 24:55 on July 6. It will be exclusively streamed on Amazon Prime in Japan and abroad. Only its first episode will be streamed one day earlier than Fuji TV, then the subsequent episodes will be available two hours after the broadcast on Fuji TV in Japan.

 

 

Main Voice Cast:

 Tomoki Sakai: Yuuki Kaji

 Yoichi Fujitani: Takahiro Sakurai

 Shibuki Okitsu: Yuuichi Nakamura

 Kayoko Asaki: Kaori Nazuka

 Ryo Daikou: Ryota Ohsaka

 Reiji Maruyama: Kouki Uchiyama

 Sachiya Yoshida: Yusuke Kobayashi

 Atsuhiko Yamada: Tomokazu Sugita

 

 

Main Staff:

 

 Director: Kaoru Suzuki (Pupipo!)

 Series composition: Touko Machida (Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor)

 Original Character Design: Suzuhito Yasuda (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)

 Anime Production: ZERO-G (Tsugumomo)

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.