Spring Anime "Battle Athletes Undokai ReSTART!" Announces Akari Kito, Saori Hayami, and Hikaru Nanjo as Additional Cast Members!

Battle Athletes ReSTART!" has been attracting a great deal of attention since the announcement of a completely new anime for TV broadcasting. Its second PV and additional cast information have been released.

The legendary " Battle Athletes Undo ReSTART!" is an anime in which young girls engage in heated battles in various sports to become the number one cosmo beauty in the solar system. The TV anime was broadcast from 1997 to 1998, and various media mixes such as OVAs and computer games were developed. In April 2021, a completely new TV anime "Battle Asleites Dai Undo ReSTART!

⇒ The cast interviews of Sumire Moroboshi, Yui Ishikawa, and Mimyu Tomita have arrived!

⇒Click here for the list of 2021 Spring Anime!

The additional cast of "Battle Athletes Great Undo ReSTART!" has now been announced.

Akari Kito, known for her role as Nezuko Kamakado in "Demon Slayer," will play Lydia Gartland, who was born and raised as the daughter of an abominable death merchant and called the "devil's child" but aims to become a cosmo-beauty with her strong will and pride.

Jana Christofa, a refugee who dreams of peace in her homeland, will be played by Saori Hayami, one of the best voice actresses in the series, and Hikaru Nanjo, a promising newcomer, will portray Paria Respighi, a girl genius who threw herself into the Great Athletic Meet of the gods for the sake of medicine.

Broadcasting station information was also announced. The program will start at 1:30 a.m. on April 10 (Sat) on TV Asahi's 24-nation network NUMAnimation slot, and will also be broadcast on BS Fuji and CS Teleasa Channel 1. The program will also be broadcast on BS Fuji and CS Teresa Channel 1.

In addition, "Love Live! Sunshine! The second PV of the OP theme "Cobalt no Kodo" (CD single to be released on April 21), sung by Nanaka Suwa Suwa, known for her role as Kanan Matsuura in "Love Live!
The official Twitter follow & RT campaign for weekly winners of the cast's autographs will also start today.

Additional character and cast information

Lydia Gartland
CV: Akari Kito
The "hated child of the devil.
Representative of Mars. She is the daughter of the general manager of the Gartland Group, a giant corporation that is abhorred as a merchant of death. Because of her origins, she is constantly shunned by those around her, and has developed a proud and violent temperament. Despite her small size, she aims for the top with her strong mentality.

Jana Christofa
CV: Saori Hayami
Refugee Hope
A representative of the moon. She is from the Beginners, a religious people who live under the precepts. On the moon, a boggy civil war is going on, and although she is a refugee herself, she aims to become a space pusher in order to end the conflict. During the qualifying round on the moon, he fought to the end with his best friend, who had survived the war together. He has a space kangaroo that he picked up in the battlefield.

■Paria Respighi
CV: Hikaru Nanjo
A genius girl who is also a doctor.
Representative of Pluto. She is a genius who is also a doctor. In order to develop Pluto's medical technology, she has become a Space Natsuko candidate and throws herself into the Great Athletic Meet. She is always smiling and friendly, but she also has a calculating side and does not reveal her true intentions.

Second PV with OP theme

The OP theme is by "Love Live! Sunshine! The CD single containing the theme is scheduled to be released in April. The CD single containing the song will be released on April 21 (Wed.).

Second PV of "Battle Athletes Undokai ReSTART!

Release information
■Nanaka Suwa 1st single "Cobalt Heartbeat
Release date: April 21, 2021 (Wed.)
Limited First Edition CD + DVD: COZC-1739-40 / 1,900 yen (excluding tax)
Normal CD Only: COCC-17869 / 1,300 yen (excluding tax)

<CD Contents
1. "Cobalt's Heartbeat
　Opening theme for the TV anime "Battle Athletes Undokai ReSTART!
　Lyrics, music, arrangement by OSTER project
2. gust sparkle
　Lyrics, music and arrangement by Tatsuya Kikuchi, micco
3. cobalt heartbeat (Instrumental)
4. gust sparkle (Instrumental)

＜DVD includes
Cobalt no Kodo" Music Video / Making of the video

Reina Kondo 1st single "On a night when cherry blossoms dance in the air
Release: April 14, 2021 (Wed.)
Limited First Edition CD + DVD: COZC-1730-1 / 1,900 yen (excluding tax)
Normal CD Only: COCC-17861/1,300 yen (excluding tax)

<CD contents
Cherry Blossoms Dancing in the Night
　Ending theme song for TV animation "Battle Asleites Daiundokai ReSTART!
　Lyrics/Composition: Makoto Asai Arrangement: Seiki Sato
Listen~Midnight Rainbow
　Lyrics: Yohei Onishi, music composed and arranged by Kei Haneoka
On a Cherry Blossom Dancing Night (Instrumental)
Listen~Midnight Rainbow(Instrumental)

＜DVD includes
Cherry Blossoms Dancing in the Night" music video + making of the music video

Autographs of the main cast members will be given away on a weekly basis. The official Twitter follow & retweet campaign for "Battle Athletes ReSTART!
Details: #

Work Information
TV anime "Battle Asleeps ReSTART!

＜Broadcast Information
NUMAnimation slot on TV Asahi's 24-nation network: April 10 (Sat.) from 1:30 a.m.
Also scheduled to air on BS Fuji and CS Teresa Channel 1.

<Distribution information
The program will be available on Amazon Prime Video immediately after it airs on TV Asahi.

<STORY
After defeating the space invaders, the Neriri aliens, mankind has expanded its habitat to the entire solar system and is enjoying its prosperity.

One hundred years later...

Humanity is enthusiastic about the Great Athletic Meet of the Gods!
Girls from all over the solar system gather at a space colony called a university satellite. The girls from all over the solar system gather at a space colony called a university satellite to compete in fierce battles in a variety of sports for the title of best in the universe.
The final winner is called Cosmo Beauty and will be crowned queen of the solar system.

Akehoshi Kanata, a young girl from Earth, aspires to become a cosmo-beauty in order to fulfill a promise she made as a child.
After successfully winning the qualifying round at the Antarctic Training School, Kanata arrives at the university satellite.
There, she is reunited with the girl with whom she once made a promise.
The girls' passionate sports battle, in which they put their courage, hope, and pride on the line, begins!

＜Main Staff

Original Story : Hiroki Hayashi
Director : Tekka Sasaki
Series composition：Hohei Kashii
Character design：Kazunori Haruyama
Art Director：Hidetoshi Nakahara
Color Designer: Naoto Kondo
Director of Photography: Kazuto Horikawa
Sound Director: Nakano Toru
Music: Hisakuni, Yasuhiro Gasa, Shingo Yamazaki, Takuma Soki
Yuko Takahashi, Tomita Kazuki, Kenta Yokochi
Soundtrack Production: SUPA LOVE
Production: Animation Studio Seven

Opening Theme: "Cobalt's Heartbeat" by Nanaka Suwa
Ending theme: "Cherry Blossoms Dancing in the Night" by Reina Kondo

<Cast

Kanata Akoboshi: Sumire Moroboshi
Eva Gallenstein: Yui Ishikawa
Sherii Wong: Miu Tomita
Lydia Gartland: Akari Kito
Jana Christofa: Saori Hayami
Paria Respighi: Hikaru Nanjo


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