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Keijo!!!!!!!! TV Anime to Have 12 Episodes
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
The wraparound jacket band on the 12th compiled volume of AT-X on October 6.
The anime will star (clockwise from bottom):
- Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle's Liesharte Atismata) as Nozomi Kaminashi
- Kazane Aoba
- Mikagura School Suite's Seisa Mikagura) as Non Toyoguchi
- And you thought there is never a girl online?'s Kyō Goshōin) as Sayaka Miyata
The cast for Nozomi's elite class rivals are:
- Momokuri's Rio Sakaki) as Hanabi Kawai, who ranked #1 in the entrance exam
- Kiznaiver's Noriko Sonozaki) as Mio Kusakai, who ranked #2 in the entrance exam
- Alderamin on the Sky's Nanaku Daru) as Rin Rokudō
The anime's official website previously streamed a promotional video for the anime last month.
AiRI is performing the opening theme song "DREAMxSCRAMBLE!" Lynn, M.A.O, Kaede Hondo, and Saori Ōnishi are performing the ending theme song "Fantas/HIP Girlfriends!"
The manga takes place in an alternate Japan where a sport called "Keijo" by law in 2003 became a sport alongside horse racing, boat racing, and cycling that allows for gambling. In the sport, contestants stand on platforms floating on the water and must use their butts and chests to fight against each other to push each other off the platform. Nozomi Kaminashi, a high school student, aims to the sport after she graduates. Nozomi was raised in a poor family and hopes to make lots of money by playing Keijo. She grew up training in gymnastics, and she has good balance and flexibility. After high school, Nozomi s a training boarding school and enters the world of Keijo. The manga's first chapter is available online for free.
Sorayomi launched the manga in Shogakukan published the 11th compiled volume on June 17.
