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Aniplus Asia Streams English-Subtitled Video for Tsurune Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Tsurune: Kazemai Kōkō Kyūdō-bu (Tsurune: Kazemai High School's Archery Club) novel on Wednesday.
Aniplus-Asia will air a simulcast of the anime that will premiere on October 22 at 2:00 a.m. GMT +8.
The anime will now premiere on the NHK-General channel on October 21 at 24:10 (effectively Monday, October 22 at 12:10 a.m.), after being delayed one week from October 14.
Pony Canyon USA describes the show's story:
The story opens with Minato Narumiya beginning his freshman year at the local Kazemai High School.
Mr. Tommy, advisor to the Japanese archery Club, is keen to recruit Minato, as well as his childhood friends Seiya Takehaya and Ryohei Yamanouchi. Ryohei convinces the reluctant Minato to attend the Club's orientation, where he also meets Kaito Onogi and Nanao Kisaragi.
Singling Minato out, Mr. Tommy introduces him as a rare Japanese archery talent and asks him to demonstrate in front of everyone. However, Minato's arrow fails to hit the mark because he is afflicted by a serious condition…
Minato, Seiya, Ryohei, Nanao and Kaito.
Japanese archery brings them together. What will they attain as they struggle through their beautiful, yet “bitter” youth?
The show stars:
- Yūto Uemura as Minato Narumiya
- Aoi Ichikawa as Seiya Takehaya
- Ryōta Suzuki as Ryōhei Yamanouchi
- Shōgo Yano as Nanao Kisaragi
- Kaito Ishikawa as Kaito Onogi
- Shintarō Asanuma as Masaki Takagawa
- Kenshō Ono as Shū Fujimura
Lantis is credited for music production.
ChouCho will perform the ending theme song Orange-iro" (The Color Orange).
The first novel received a Special Judge Award in the novel category at the 7th Kyoto Animation Awards in 2016. Kyoto Animation then published the book under its KA Bunko imprint in December 2016 with illustrations by Chinatsu Morimoto. KA Bunko released the second novel on February 9.
