Yostar Pictures and Pony Canyon revealed the third promotional video and January 3 premiere for the Sorairo Utility television anime series on Sunday. The video reveals and previews the opening theme song “Be the hero! feat. Airi Suzuki” by Masayoshi Ōishi. Oishi wrote the lyrics, composed, and arranged the opening song. Oishi invited Suzuki — whose parents are professional golfers — to perform the duet with him.
The anime will premiere on January 3 on the Tokyo MX channel at 25:00 JST (effectively, January 4 at 1:00 a.m. JST). The anime will then stream on ABEMA, Bandai Channel, d Anime Store, DMM TV, and other streaming services in Japan at 26:00 JST (2:00 a.m. JST). The anime will premiere on the TV Kanagawa, MBS, BS Asahi, and AT-X channels at a later date. The anime will also stream on HIDIVE, ADN, Aniverse, and other international streaming platforms.
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The anime series’ cast members, who are reprising their roles from the earlier anime special, are:
- Miyu Takagi as Minami Aoba
- Yurina Amami as Haruka Akane
- Ayasa Goto as Ayaka Hoshimi
New cast members include:
- Yumiri Hanamori as Izumi Akina
- Kazuhiko Inoue as Masao “Masa” Tadokoro
- Kenyuu Horiuchi as Chosuke “Cho” Tanabe
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Tetsuhiro “Tetsu” Tanaka
Kengo Saitō is returning to direct the anime series at Yostar Pictures and is also designing the characters. Yū Satō (The Legendary Hero is Dead!, Kotaro Lives Alone) is supervising the series scripts. Satō is also writing the scripts with Aya Satsuki (Too Cute Crisis) and Aki Mizuki. Kota Nozomi, who wrote the script for the Sorairo Utility special, is credited for collaborating on the original concept.
Additional staff includes:
- Color Key Artist: Hitoki Takeda
- Art Director: Yoshitaka Kudō
- Compositing Director of Photography: Wu Jiann-horng
- Editing: Kengo Shigemura, Ayaka Satō
- Music & Sound Director: Daisuke Horita
- Music Production: Yostar Pictures Sounds, ZENTA STUDIO
Singer-songwriter Moeka Yahagi is performing the ending theme song “Horizon.”
Pony Canyon describes the series:
“At this rate, I’ll just graduate as a plain background character A!”
Minami Aoba was troubled.
She had no particular strengths or things she wanted to do.
Is it okay for her high school life to end as such an ordinary supporting character!?Leaving school behind, Minami searches for her own “special uniqueness.”
She stumbles upon the nearby golf practice range by chance.
Approached by part-time worker Haruka Akane, Minami grasps the golf club—the “utility.”And thus, it was the encounter between Minami and golf.
Winning is not the only thing in golf!
Everything related to golf is enjoyable!Together with the genius golfer Haruka and Ayaka Hoshimi, who aspires to be an
influencer, they seek the moment when they can become the “protagonist”!
As a super beginner, Minami swings her club once again today.
The original anime special aired in December 2021. Crunchyroll streamed the anime.
Sources: Press release, Sorairo Utility anime’s website
