The official YouTube channel for Netflix Anime has started streaming a main trailer for the season 1 of the upcoming anime Rising Impact. The clip features the anime’s theme song “gifted” performed by four-piece Japanese rock band BLUE ENCOUNT.
BLUE ENCOUNT was formed in 2004, and has provided theme songs for Gintama, Mobile Suit GUNDAM Iron Blooded Orphans, My Hero Academia, and MIX MEISEI STORY.The band’s vocalist/guitarist Shunichi Tanabe says, “Rising Impact unleashed after 25 years. The great honor of singing the theme song, we were able to take on the challenge with as much passion as Gawain’s straightforwardness. In this day and age when we ask ourselves daily about our ‘individuality,’ what kind of ‘gift=talent’ do we as human beings have? With ‘gifted,’ I feel we were able to write our own answer. I hope this song will be food for your soul.”
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The first season of the anime adaptation of Rising Impact, based on The Seven Deadly Sins author Nakaba Suzuki’s Shonen Jump golf-themed manga series, is set to stream on Netflix worldwide on June 22, with the second season following on August 6. Hitoshi Nanba (Golden Kamuy) directs the anime adaptation with Michihiro Tsuchiya (Bakuman) as the screenwriter. Character design is led by Kiyotaka Oshiyama (Chainsaw Man) and the music is composed by Masaru Yokoyama (Yowamushi Pedal, Chihayafuru). Lay-duce will handle the animation production.
The voice cast includes:
Gawain Nanaumi voiced by Misaki Kuno
Lancelot Norman voiced by Yumiri Hanamori
Kiria Nishino voiced by You Taichi
Kurumi Nishino voiced by Atsumi Tanezaki
Yumiko Koizumi voiced by Kaede Hondo
Liebel Ringvald voiced by Yuto Uemura
Platalissa Bonaire voiced by Yumi Uchiyama
Wanglian Li voiced by Eiji Takemoto
Riser Hopkins voiced by Shunsuke Takeuchi
Kai Todoin voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi
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Nakaba Suzuki’s original Rising Impact manga ran in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump from 1998 to 2002, then compiled into 17 tankobon volumes. Shueisha’s official website describes the story:
Gawain, an energetic elementary school student living with his grandfather, dreams of becoming the world’s best golfer! After meeting Kiria Nishino, a professional female golfer, and discovering the joy of golf, Gawain moves to Tokyo to become the world’s best professional golfer and stays at Kiria’s house…
Source: Netflix Anime official YouTube channel
