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Extreme Baseball Anime Tribe Nine's Music Video Introduces Adachi Tribe's Cast
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The official website for Akatsuki and Too Kyo Games' new Tribe Nine project began streaming a music video for "Fire," Nawabari's theme song for the story's Adachi Tribe, on Saturday. The video announces the cast members for the biker gang's three leaders.
The newly announced cast members are:
Toshiki Masuda as Rankichi Umeda, one of Adachi Tribe's deputy leaders
Shunsuke Takeuchi as Tatsuto Tatsunuma, one of Adachi Tribe's deputy leaders
The previously announced cast members include:
- Shun Horie as Haru Shirogane
- Akira Ishida as Shun Kamiya
- Chiharu Sawashiro as Taiga
- Mai Fuchigami as Saori Arisugawa
- Mutsumi Tamura as Santarō Mita
- Fukushi Ochiai as Manami Daimon
- Shōya Chiba as Kazuki Aoyama
- Hiroshi Naka as Tenshin Ōtori
- Junichi Suwabe as Ōjirō Ōtori
- Mikako Komatsu as Yuī Kamiki
Funimation announced that it is co-producing the anime and that Yū Aoki is directing the anime at LIDEN FILMS. Michiko Yokote is supervising the series scripts, and Yosuke Yabumoto is adapting Rui Komatsuzaki (Danganronpa franchise) and Simadoriru's original character designs for animation. Masafumi Takada (Danganronpa franchise) is composing the music, and Lantis is producing the music. Kazutaka Kodaka (Danganronpa franchise) is credited with the original story concept, and Akatsuki's Shūhei Yamaguchi is serving as chief producer.
Akatsuki and Too Kyo Games describe the project set in "20XX in the country of Neo Too Kyo," where young people form tribes after the collapse of society:
This title is set in a fictional location that is similar to the 23 Wards of Tokyo, with outlaw gangs of each ward battling for prestige via extreme baseball.
The anime will begin airing and streaming next January.
The project also features a Webtoon and a smartphone 3D action role-playing game:
Akatsuki and Too Kyo Games announced the project in February 2020 with several project team members from the Danganronpa franchise.