Bushiroad has announced that the ZERO RISE cross-media project is getting a new TV anime series. The initial staff and main cast members of the ZERO RISE anime series were also revealed alongside two new promotional videos.
The cast members include:
- UNFIXX
- Hiroki Sasamori as Madoka Kurogare
- Fukui Tomoya as Hagane Amadate (Date)
- Kai Ōtomo as Tsukasa Marindo (Merlin)
- KINGS+HOOT
- Hiroki Ishibashi as Daiki Sugawara (Blink)
- Takamichi Satō as Kagetora Tamura (Miracle)
- Yūsei Hiraga as Haruhi Niwa (Sunshine)
- RumbleWing[s]
- Ren Tahara as Tsubasa Hirai (York)
- Takumi Mano as Yuichiro Jinnai (Ujin)
- Yo Maejima as Issa Jinnai (Sajin)
- BLACKSPOT
- Shota Kawakami as Takeshi Hari (Ballista)
- Shota Takiyama (suit actor) as UNKNOWN A
- Yūshi (suit actor) as UNKNOWN B
- Yūki Kimisawa as Hayato Jigen
The staff includes:
- Original Concept: Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidani
- Series Original Concept: Yoshiki Watabe
- Character Designs: From Tokyo
ZERO RISE will also get a stage play from May 2 to May 17 at the Hikōsen Theater in Tokyo. Nobuhiro Mōri is directing the stage play and Ichidai Matsuda (ILCA) is writing the script.
The story of ZERO RISE focuses on youths who were expelled or gave up on the basketball world. The setting’s world depicts a gap that continues to grow between the rich and the poor. With a battle for survival underway, youths will struggle for a chance to start anew in the underground street basketball league called “Zero Rise.”
