The October 2020 issue of Monthly Shounen Magazine announced an anime film and a television anime adaptation of Naoshi Arakawa's Sayonara Watashi no Cramer (Farewell, My Dear Cramer) manga on Friday, both scheduled for an April 2021 premiere. Kodansha opened an official website for the anime project, revealing the cast, staff, key visuals (pictured above), and a teaser promo.
The anime film, Eiga Sayonara Watashi no Cramer: First Touch (Farewell, My Dear Cramer the Movie: First Touch), is adapting the two-volume Sayonara Football prequel manga.
Synopsis (Sayonara Football)14-year-old Nozomi Onda has only one thing on her mind: playing beautiful soccer. There's just one problem: no matter how much she longs to participate in official matches, she'd have physically superior boys as opponents. But when a boy from her past confronts her on the street, she decides she can't wait any longer. (Source: Kodansha Comics)
Cast (Sayonara Football)
Nozomi Onda: Miyuri Shimabukuro (Hanebado!)
Sawa Echizen: Shion Wakayama (Sora no Aosa wo Shiru Hito yo)
Tetsuji Yamada: Kouki Uchiyama (Battery)
Kaoru Takei: Ryota Osaka (Diamond no Ace)
Yasuaki Tani: Shinba Tsuchiya (Ballroom e Youkoso)
Junpei Onda: Ryouko Shiraishi (Piano no Mori (TV))
Kouzou Samejima: Kouji Yusa (Mayonaka no Occult Koumuin)
The lead cast Miyuri Shimabukuro and Shion Wakayama will reprise as Nozomi Onda and Sawa Echizen in the television anime.
Synopsis (Sayonara Watashi no Cramer)
With no soccer accomplishments to speak of during the entirety of Sumire Suo's junior high school years, the young wing gets an odd offer. Suo's main rival, Midori Soshizaki, invites her to join up on the same team in high school, with a promise that she'll never let Suo "play alone." It's an earnest offer, but the question is whether Suo will take her up on it. Thus the curtain opens on a story that collects an enormous cast of individual soccer-playing personalities! (Source: Kodansha Comics)
Seiki Takuno (Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo (TV)) is directing both the anime film and television anime at LIDENFILMS. Natsuko Takahashi (Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari) is penning the script, and Eriko Itou (Koi to Uso) is designing the characters. Masaru Yokoyama (Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet) is composing the music. Toei is distributing the film.
The two-volume Sayonara Football prequel manga ran in Kodansha's Magazine E-no from June 2009 to August 2010. Following the conclusion of his Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (Your Lie in April) manga, Arakawa launched the Sayonara Watashi no Cramer sequel in May 2016. Kodansha published the 12th volume on June 17 (pictured right).
Kodansha Comics released the prequel manga volumes digitally in English in July 2016 and plans to publish them on September 15 and November 24. The company is simulpublishing the sequel manga with the Japanese release in English and published the 11th e-book volume on July 20. The first physical volume is scheduled for release on January 26, 2021.
Teaser PV
Official site: https://sayonara-cramer.com/
Official Twitter: @cramer_pr
Source: Comic Natalie
Sayonara Watashi no Cramer Movie: First Touch & Sayonara Watashi no Cramer on MAL
