The MAPPA 15th Anniversary Lineup Reveal event saw the announcement of a new anime adaptation of Naoki Fujita’s Beat & Motion manga series. Produced by MAPPA, the Beat & Motion anime will premiere in 2027 on Netflix. A new trailer, teaser visual, staff, and cast members were also revealed.
The anime stars Shūichirō Umeda as Tatsuhiko and Aya Gomazuru as Nico.
The anime’s staff includes:
- Director: Yuki Komada
- Series Composition, Scripts: Misaki Morie
- Character Designer, Chief Animation Director: Kazunori Aoki
- Chief Animation Director: Mina Ōsawa
- Assistant Director: Izumi Takizawa
- Production Chief: Megumi Soga
- Art Director: Haruna Sakamoto
- Color Design: Minori Nishida
- CGI Producer: Yusuke Tannawa
- 3DCG Director: Sayaka Tsushima, Tamaki Ishida
- Director of Photography: Madoka Yagi
- Editing: Masato Yoshitake
- Script Supervisor: Concept Design: Tomoyuki Itamura
- Costume Stylist: Mari Ishibashi (dexi)
- Sound Director: Yasushi Nagura
- Sound Production: dugout
- Animation Producer: Takahiro Ogawa
- Production: MAPPA
Fujita launched the manga on Shonen Jump+ in February 2023. VIZ Media and MANGA Plus are releasing the manga in English.
VIZ Media describes the series as follows:
After that fateful night, Tatsuhiko posts a new animation on social media and soon finds that it’s gone viral! His favorite musician, Nico, reaches out and asks him to collaborate on a music video for one of her songs. At their first meeting, Tatsuhiko is shocked to discover that he recognizes Nico from the night that changed everything…
