Backflip Anime Film Unveils Teaser

The official website for the upcoming Backflip!! (Bakuten!!) anime film, based on the original television anime, revealed the film’s new teaser video and key visual. It was also announced that in July 2022, the movie will be available in Japanese cinemas, but the international release date is still unknown.

The teaser confirms the film’s story premise and most of the returning cast and staff. Studio Zexcs is animating the movie. The movie was announced in June 2020, along with a teaser trailer.

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　『映画バクテン!!』

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この日々を忘れない。
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公開は2022年7月に決定！
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— 『バクテン!!』TVアニメ公式 (@bakuten_pr) January 22, 2022

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RETURNING CAST & STAFF

Returning cast members include:

Shimba Tsuchiya as Shōtarō Futaba
Kaito Ishikawa as Ryōya Misato
Daisuke Ono as Masamune Shichigahama
Takashi Kondo as Keisuke Tsukidate
Hiro Shimono as Nagayoshi Onagawa
Hiroshi Kamiya as Kōtarō Watari
Ayumu Murase as Mashiro Tsukiyuki
Katsuyuki Konishi as Tōru Takase
Kenichi Suzumura as Yōjirō Mutsu
Tomokazu Sugita as Hideo Ōminato
Sōma Saitō as Kyōichi Ryūgamori
Daiki Yamashita as Shunsuke Azuma
Ayane Sakura as Asawo Kurikoma
Takahiro Sakurai as Shūsaku Shida
Reina Ueda as Ayumi Futaba
Kenichirō Matsuda as Shūji Mabuchi

Returning staff are as follows –

Original Creator: Yotsugi Enpitsu
Director: Toshimasa Kuroyanagi
Rhythmic Gymnastics Practice Director: Fumiaki Kouta
Script: Toshizo Nemoto
Original Character Design: Robico
Character Design/Chief Animation Director: Yuka Shibata
Prop Design/Chief Animation Director: Aya Nakanishi
Color Key Artist: Emi Chiba
Art Setting: Mamio Ogawa
Art Director: Yuka Hirama, Hiromasa Ogura
3D CG: Buemon
CGI Director: Shūji Shinoda
Director of Photography: Takahiro Hondai, Ryō Itō
Editing: Daisuke Hiraki
Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
Music: Yuki Hayashi
Rhythmic Gymnastics Uniform Design: Sasaki Sports
Supervision: Aomori Yamada High School Boys Rhythmic Gymnastics Team
Animation Production: ZEXCS
Chief Producer: Yukiko Takase
Producer: Akitoshi Mori, Noriko Iwasaki, Kiyoshi Shintaku

ANIME – BACKGROUND

The movie is part of the Backflip (known as Bakuten) franchise. Backflip is an original work made into TV anime, manga, and a light novel series. The TV anime finished its 12-episode run on June 25th, 2021. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan. Kei Sakuraba drew a manga adaptation, which premiered in Kodansha‘s Dessert magazine in January 2021. The manga ended on September 24.