Give It All (Ganbatte Ikimasshoi), the upcoming CG anime film from director Yuhei Sakuragi (The Relative Worlds), has just revealed a fresh group of cast members.
Joining the cast are Takuya Eguchi, Ayana Taketatsu, Suzuko Mimori and Aya Uchida.
Eguchi plays the head and only male member of the rowing club to which protagonist Etsuko Murakami belongs. Meanwhile, Taketatsu, Mimori and Uchida play members of a rival rowing club.
Previously announced cast members include:
Sora Amamiya as Etsuko Murakami
Akari Kitō as Taeko Hyōdō
Ikumi Hasegawa as Mayumi Imoto
Miku Itō as Hime Saeki
Rie Takahashi as Riina Takahashi
The film, about a high school girl who thought trying hard was uncool until becoming passionate about her school’s rowing club, is based on a novel from 1995. It was previously adapted into a 1998 film and 2005 live-action TV series.
The anime film is co-written by director Sakuragi and Keiichiro Ochi (Aikatsu!). Designs are by Asako Nishida (Land of the Lustrous). Animation production is by Studio Moe and REIRS.
Source: Natalie