Shogakukan opened an official website for the television anime adapting Yuugo Kobayashi's Ao Ashi (Aoashi) manga on Friday, revealing the cast, production staff, a teaser promo, and teaser visual (pictured). The sports anime series is scheduled to air on NHK-E in April 2022.

Cast
Ashito Aoi: Kouki Osuzu
Eisaku Ootomo: Tatsumaru Tachibana (The God of High School)
Soichirou Tachibana: Seiichirou Yamashita (Horimiya)
Keiji Togashi: Taku Yashiro (Ahiru no Sora)
Kanpei Kuroda: Shun Horie (Akudama Drive)
Asari Marchis Jun: Wataru Katou (Id:Invaded)
Yuuma Motoki: Junya Enoki (2.43: Seiin Koukou Danshi Volley-bu)
Ryuuichi Takeshima: Kentarou Kumagai (Hinomaruzumou)
Tatsuya Fukuda: Chikahiro Kobayashi (Beastars)
Hana Ichijou: Maki Kawase (Zombieland Saga)

Staff
Director: Akira Satou (Release the Spyce)
Series Composition: Masahiro Yokotani (Free!)
Soccer Supervision: Kenichi Takeshita (Aria the Natural assistant director), Jun Soga (Pandora to Akubi director), Kenji Iizuka (Ao Ashi soccer supervision)
Character Design: Manabu Nakatake (Sket Dance), Toshie Kawamura (Lord of Vermilion: Guren no Ou), Asuka Yamaguchi (The God of High School sub-character design), Saki Hasegawa (Shin Chuuka Ichiban!)
Sub-character Design: Naho Kiyoike (Kabukichou Sherlock prop design), Yukiko Watabe (Cider no You ni Kotoba ga Wakiagaru animation director), Miho Daidouji (Kuroko no Basket animation director), Eisuke Shirai (Classroom☆Crisis assistant animation director)
Chief Animation Director: Manabu Nakatake, Asuka Yamaguchi
Prop Design: Arisa Itou (Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Case.2 - First Guardian key animation), Mio Tsusaka (B: The Beginning)
Color Design: Emiko Ueno (Genshiken Nidaime)
Art Director: Tsukasa Kakizakai (Shirobako), Yuusuke Takeda (Great Pretender)
Art Setting: Kazushige Kanehira (Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song), Osamu Ii (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Crystal)
2D Works: Akiko Hamanaka (Kaizoku Oujo)
Pre-visualization: Atsunori Maeshima (Rolling☆Girls homepage production)
3D: Shiguma Morimoto (Noblesse CG director)
Director of Photography: Maiko Imazeki (Hashiri Tsuzukete Yokattatte.)
Editing: Yoshinori Murakami (Psycho-Pass)
Sound Director: Shouji Hata (Sonny Boy)
Music: Masaru Yokoyama (Taisou Zamurai)
Studio: Production I.G

Kobayashi began the soccer manga based on Naohiko Ueno's original draft in Big Comic Spirits in January 2015. Shogakukan published the 25th volume on August 30. The manga has a cumulative 9 million copies of its volumes in circulation.

Teaser PV


Official Site: https://aoashi-pr.com/
Official Twitter: @aoashi_pr

Source: Comic Natalie