Witness the "Final Heat! Welcome to the Ballroom" special event featuring Ayane Sakura, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Tomoyuki Morikawa, and more!

A special event for "Welcome to the Ballroom" will be held on Sunday, April 8, 2018.



Welcome to the Ballroom" is a TV anime based on the manga series by Tomo Takeuchi, serialized in "Monthly Shonen Magazine" (Kodansha). It is an "authentic dance anime" about an ordinary junior high school student, Tatara Fujita, who doesn't know what to do, but one event leads her to discover ballroom dancing, and she begins to develop her talent. Directed by Masanori Itazu, series composition and script by Kenichi Suemitsu, character design by Takahiro Kishida, music by Yuki Hayashi, and animation production by Production I.G.
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The "Welcome to the Ballroom" Special Event "Final Heat." - Dance & Recitation & Live" event will be held on Sunday, April 8, 2018, and will feature Kanba Tsuchiya as Tatara Fujita, Ayane Sakura as Shizuku Hanaoka, Nobuhiko Okamoto as Kiyoharu Hyodo Kentaro Tomita as Kaju Akagi, Chinatsu Akasaki as Chinatsu Hiyama, and Tomoyuki Morikawa as Kaname Sengoku. In addition, UNISON SQUARE GARDEN, who sang the OP theme song, will also perform, making this event the culmination of the work, as befits the title of the performance, "Final Heat.


In order to participate in this event, the "special event application lottery ticket" enclosed in the first volume of the Blu-ray&DVD to be released on November 29, 2017 (Wednesday) is required.


Buy the Blu-ray&DVD volume 1 to participate in the special event!


Event Information] (*Honorifics omitted)
Welcome to the Ballroom" Special Event "Final Heat.
Date: April 8, 2018 (Sun.) Doors open at 15:00 / Concert begins at 15:30
Place: Nakano ZERO Main Hall


<Performers

Kanba Tsuchiya
Ayane Sakura
Nobuhiko Okamoto
Kentaro Tomita
AKAZAKI Chinatsu
Tomoyuki Morikawa
UNISON SQUARE GARDEN, etc.


Blu-ray & DVD information
Welcome to the Ballroom" Volume 1
Release date: Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Price: 9,800 yen (excluding tax)
Number of episodes: 4
Number of episodes: 4 ・Sales agency: Pony Canyon


<Bonus contents of the first edition

A video of a competition dance lecture by a current dancer and the lead cast
Entry lottery ticket for special event
All-color booklet
Ticket to experience ballroom dancing (at JDSF member studios)
A special video of the TV animation "Welcome to the Ballroom" just before its broadcast.
Dance and interview videos of the 1st to 3rd place winners in the Standard Division of the Prince Mikasa Cup (3 pairs)
Welcome to the Ballroom" special offer for the purchase of all volumes
 Original postcard for the original short manga drawn by Tomo Takeuchi, the author of the original story.


<Release date after the second volume

Volume 2: Wednesday, December 27, 2017
Volume 3: January 24, 2018 (Wednesday)
Volume 4: Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Volume 5: Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Volume 6: Wednesday, April 25, 2018


<Bonus for purchasing all volumes

Original short manga drawn by the original author, Tomo Takeuchi


(C) Tomo Takeuchi, Kodansha / Ogasawara Dance Studio