Be an Egoist! TV Anime "Blue Rock" to be broadcast on TV Asahi from October! 10 characters played by Hiroshi Kamiya and others, and the first PV is released!

The key visual, the first PV, visuals of 10 additional characters, and the cast including Hiroshi Kamiya have been revealed from the TV anime "Blue Rock.

Blue Rock" (original story by Muneyuki Kaneshiro, manga by Yusuke Nomura), serialized in "Weekly Shonen Magazine," is a popular manga that won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the Juvenile Division. The story depicts high school students fighting for survival in the "Blue Rock" (Blue Prison) project by the Japan Football Union, where only the world's most egoistic striker can become the world's best.

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The TV anime will be broadcast from October 2022 on TV Asahi's "NUMAnimation" network with 24 stations nationwide. The key visual released today shows Seiichi Kiyoshi, Maki Hachiraku, Rensuke Kokugami, Ryouma Chigiri, and Jinshin Eshin, who holds full authority over the "Blue Rock (Blue Prison)" project, with the "Blue Rock" dormitory with 300 high school students in the background. The "Blue Rock" project depicts Jinpachi Ego, who is in full control of the project.

The expressions on the faces of the ghoulish Kiyoshi and his teammates show their determination as they race across the pitch to score goals as strikers. It will be interesting to see what challenges Eshin, who has a different atmosphere as a leader, will put them through.

First PV

In the first PV, the character voices of Team Z members including Wataru Kudo, Jinpachi Eshin, and Henri Teikyo are shown for the first time.
The "egoistic" appearance of Jie and his teammates, who are also rivals in the struggle for survival, ...... shows Eshin's belief in breaking out of the norm and creating the world's best striker in the world of Japanese soccer. The contents of this video will make you look forward to their success even more.

First PV

Hiroshi Kamiya plays Jinpachi Eshin! Additional cast and character visuals revealed

Additional cast members have also been determined. On the Blue Rock management side, Jinpachi Eshin will be played by Hiroshi Kamiya and Henri Teikyo will be played by Eri Yukimura. The high school students will be played by Masatomo Nakazawa as Wataru Kudo, Sadaojo Matsuoka as Jingo Raiichi, Shoya Chiba as Yudai Imamura, Sogo Nakamura as Gin Gagamaru, Hirotsugu Kajita as Masahito Narita, Ryunosuke Watanuki as Sento Iemon, Aoi Ichikawa as Kuriyume Igarashi, and Kenichi Suzumura as Ryosuke Kira.
For more detailed character information, check the official anime website.

Eshin Jinpachi: Hiroshi Kamiya

Teikyo Henri: Eri Yukimura

Wataru Kudo: Masatomo Nakazawa

Raiichi Jingo: Matsuoka Teijo

Yudai Imamura: Shoya Chiba

Gagamaru Gin: Sogo Nakamura

Asahi Naruhaya: Hirotsugu Kajita

Iemon Sentojin: Ryunosuke Watanuki

Kurimu Igarashi: Aoi Ichikawa

Ryosuke Kira: Kenichi Suzumura

New information has been released and the TV anime "Blue Rock" is getting more and more exciting. Please look forward to more information in the future.

TV animation "Blue Rock
Broadcasting from October 2022 on "NUMAnimation", a nationwide network of 24 TV stations in Asahi, Japan.

＜Staff＞ Original story by Muneyuki Kaneshiro Manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro
Original story: Muneyuki Kaneshiro Manga: Yusuke Nomura (Kodansha's "Weekly Shonen Magazine" serialization)
Director : Tetsuaki Watanabe
Assistant Director : Shunsuke Ishikawa
Series Composition/Screenplay : Taku Kishimoto
Story Supervisor: Muneyuki Kaneshiro
Concept Advisor: Yasushi Kamimura
Main Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Yu Shindo
Character Design and Chief Animation Director：Kenji Tanabe, Kento Toya
Chief Action Director：Hisashi Higashijima
Action Director: Hiromi Sakamoto
Prop Design: Hisashi Higashijima, Yuri Nakajima, Kaori Okitsu
Animation Special Effects: Akane
Color Design: Sakura Komatsu
Art Setup Designer: Shinji Sugiyama
Art Director: Sawako Takagi
Backgrounds: Studio YS
Director of Photography : Yasuhiro Asagi
Cinematography: Chiptune
3DCG Director: Norimitsu Hirosawa
3DCG: Aura Studio
Visual Concept: Toshiyuki Yamashita (Hyperball)
Special Effects Processing: Toshiyuki Yamashita, Rina Misumi
2DCG Monitor Graphics: Keiichi Asano (emitai)
Editing: Mai Hasegawa (edits)
Sound Director: Hiroki Gohbun
Sound Production: Bit Groove Promotion
Music: Murayama☆Jun
Animation Producer: Tsuyoshi Hirano
Animation Production: Eight Bit

＜Cast
Seiichi Kiyoshi: Kazuki Ura
Maki Hachiraku:Tsubasa Kaiwatari
Kokugami Rensuke:Tomoki Ono
Chigiri Ryoma: Saito Souma
Wataru Kudo: Masatomo Nakazawa
Raiichi Jingo: Matsuoka Teijo
Yudai Imamura: Shoya Chiba
Gagamaru Gin: Sogo Nakamura
Asahi Naruhaya: Hirotsugu Kajita
Iemon Sentojin: Ryunosuke Watanuki
Kurimu Igarashi: Aoi Ichikawa
Kira Ryosuke: Kenichi Suzumura
Eshin Jinpachi: Hiroshi Kamiya
Teikyo Henri: Eri Yukimura

<Introduction
You cannot be the world's best striker without being the world's best egoist.
In order to nurture the striker who will lead Japan to the World Cup championship, the Japan Football Union has launched a plan.
It is called the "Blue Rock" project.
Three hundred high school students were gathered. And they are all forwards.
What kind of striker will revolutionize Japanese soccer?
The hottest and craziest soccer anime in history is about to begin.

Read the original story!
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©︎ Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura, Kodansha / "Blue Rock" Production Committee