Taiso Samurai

Taiso Samurai (体操ザムライ, Taisō Zamurai) is upcoming original TV anime directed by Hisatoshi Shimizu at studio MAPPA.

The anime is set to premier on TV Asahi "NUMAnimation" block on October 10, 2020, at 25:30 o'clock (effectively October 11, 2020, 1:30AM).

Plot
The story is set in the year 2002 in the once powerful Japanese men's gymnastics team. Jotaro Aragaki, the former Japanese team member who devoted his life to gymnastics, is no longer able to compete to his expectations. Despite still training strenuously day after day, he is advised to retire by his coach Amakusa. However, a certain encounter alters Aragaki's fate.

Music

 * Opening Theme: "Shanghai Honey" (上海ハニー) by Jotaro Aragaki (CV: Daisuke Namikawa), Leonardo (CV: Kensho Ono), Tetsuo Minamino (CV: Yuki Kaji)
 * Ending Theme: "Yume ja Nai" (夢?（ゆめじゃない）) by Hatena (はてな)

Staff

 * Original Work: Snack Mary
 * Direction: Hisatoshi Shimizu
 * Series Composition: Shigeru Murakoshi
 * Character Design: Kasumi Fukagawa
 * Chief Animation Direction: Fumihide Sai
 * Music: Masaru Yokoyama
 * Editing: Keisuke Yanagi
 * Art Direction: Masatoshi Kai
 * Colour Design: Azusa Sasaki
 * Animation Work: MAPPA

Japanese

 * Daisuke Namikawa as Jotaro Aragaki
 * Kensho Ono as Leonardo
 * Rina Honnizumi as Rei Aragaki
 * Yūki Kaji as Tetsuo Minamino
 * Kenyu Horiuchi as Noriyuki Amakusa

English

 * Christopher Wehkamp as Jotaro Aragaki
 * Brandon McInnis as Leonardo
 * Jill Harris as Rei Aragaki
 * Austin Tindle as Tetsuo Minamino