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Fanfare of Adolescence Anime Casts Masako Katsuki, Daisuke Namikawa

posted on by Egan Loo
Voices of Yū's former idol agency head & horse racing academy graduate in spring anime

The official website for Fanfare of Adolescence (Gunjō no Fanfare) announced on Sunday two more cast and an live-streamed special.

Masako Katsuki as Naoko Saionji, the head of Yü Arimura's agency when he was an idol. She all but raised him as a surrogate parent.

Daisuke Namikawa as Yoshihisa Kuji, a horse racing academy graduate who is now a jockey. He met Yū by chance when Yu visited the race track.

Aniplex's YouTube channel will host a live-streamed special on March 6 at 6:00 p.m. (4:00 a.m. EDT). The special will present more news on the anime and the newest promotional video featuring the theme songs.

The story takes place at a horse racing academy that trains boys to become jockeys. The three-year academy is very competitive, and those who wish to enter must not only an academic test but a physical and fitness test as well. Yū Arimura is a former popular idol who becomes enamored with horse racing after seeing it for the first time, and wants to the academy. Shun Kazanami was raised on an island, and only experienced horse races through radio broadcasts growing up. Amane comes from a high-class family in England, and his father is a former jockey. Amane has previously attended horse racing academies in various countries. The show follows these three 15-year-old boys and others at the academy.

The anime stars: (from left to right in above image)

Additional cast includes:

Tomokatsu Nagasaku is the chief animation director.

Boy band Outsiders."

The anime will premiere this spring and will air on MBS in Japan.

Sources: Fanfare of Adolescence anime's website, Comic Natalie


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