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Futsal Boys!!!!! Multimedia Project Gets Animated Promotional Video

The official website for Bandai Namco Arts, Bandai Namco Entertainment, and diomedéa's Futsal Boys!!!!! multimedia project began streaming an animated promotional video to advertise the project on Monday.

The project includes a planned anime, smartphone game app, and actual futsal matches between the cast members, with the results of the matches affecting the story of the anime and game app. Futsal is a variant of football similar to soccer, but played indoors.

The franchise's story is set in a world over a decade after futsal has skyrocketed in global popularity. Protagonist Haru Yamato watches the championship of the U-18 world cup and is inspired by a Japanese player named Tokinari Tennōji. He joins the Koyo Academy High School's futsal team with the goal of becoming a player like Tennōji. There, he finds friends, and together they face their rivals.

The cast of the project includes:

• Ryōta Takara as Haru Yamato
• Shūto Ishimori as Seiichiro Sakaki
• Kohei Yoshiwara as Toi Tsukioka
• Ryōtarō Yamaguchi as Tsubaki Yukinaga
• Kazuki Furuta as Ryu Nagumo
• Yasunao Sakai as Taiga Amakado
• Hiromu Mineta as Louis Kashiragi
• Yūya Arai as Shin Yuki
• Satoru Murakami as Takumi Kuga
• Junpei Baba as Kaito Kazanin
• Naoya Miyase as Sei Kyogoku
• Tomoya Yamamoto as Tomoe Futaba

Mao Marita is credited with the original work. The project features original character design artwork from illustrators Mizuki Kawashita (Koyo Academy), Utako Yukihiro (Adalbert Academy), Tanaka Marumero (Momomi High School), Ruka Urumiya/Sata/Shirano (Amanogawa Academy), and Lily Hoshino (Okazan Academy) for each of the high school teams. Tomomi Ishikawa (PERSONA 5 the Animation) is adapting those artwork into the final character designs. Shoji Yonemura (script for Fairy Tail, Pokémon, Digimon Fusion) is credited for "story construction." R.O.N (FLCL Alternative, FLCL Progressive) is composing the music.

Sources: Futsal Boys!!!!! project's website, MoCa News