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Sk8 the Infinity Anime's TV Ad Reveals, Previews Opening Theme by Rude-α
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The staff for director Hiroko Utsumi (Banana Fish, Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club, Free! Eternal Summer) and animation studio BONES' (Eureka Seven, My Hero Academia) original anime project Sk8 the Infinity revealed on Saturday that rapper Rude-α (Dr. Stone ending theme) will perform the show's opening theme song "Paradise." The show's Twitter account is also streaming a commercial for the anime, featuring the song.
【OP入りCM解禁】
— TVアニメ「SK∞ エスケーエイト」 (@sk8_project) November 21, 2020
Rude-αさんの「Paradise」を使用した新CMを、Web限定の30秒尺でお届け!
作品にぴったりのかっこ良い楽曲で、どんなOP映像になるのか放送を楽しみにお待ちください!
TVアニメ「SK∞ エスケーエイト」は来年1月9日(土)より『ANiMAZiNG!!!』枠にて放送開始!#sk_8 #Rude_α #ルード pic.twitter.com/S7AvMnFejr
The anime will premiere on ABC TV and TV Asahi's "Animazing!!!" programming block starting on January 9. The show will air at 2:00 a.m. on Saturdays.
The show stars:
- Tasuku Hatanaka as Reki
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Langa
- Takuma Nagatsuka as Miya
- Kenta Miyake as Shadow
- Hikaru Midorikawa as Cherry Blossom
- Yasunori Matsumoto as Joe
- Takehito Koyasu as Adam
- Kenshō Ono as Tadashi Kikuchi
Ichiro Okouchi (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress) is writing and overseeing the series scripts, and Michinori Chiba (Basilisk, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans) is designing the characters. Ryō Takahashi (ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., Argonavis from BanG Dream!) is composing the music.
Additional staff includes:
- Chief Animation Director: Michinori Chiba, Hiroki Kanno
- Skateboard Design: Studio No Border
- Color Design: Yukari Goto
- Art Director: Yumiko Kondou
- 3DCG Director: Yōta Andō
- Director of Photography: Masataka Ikegami
- Editing: Honami Yamagishi
- Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
- Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi, Sachiko Nishi
The anime centers on Reki, a second-year high school student who loves skateboarding, and gets caught up in "S," an underground and dangerous skateboard race at an abandoned mine with no rules. Langa, who has returned to Japan from Canada and has never skateboarded before, also gets wrapped up in S along with Reki. Dirty racers, AI racers, and other unique individuals compete in the "youth skateboard race battle."
Images © BONES, Hiroko Utsumi / Project SK∞
Sources: Press release, Sk8 the Infinity anime's Twitter account
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