Boy band THE JET BOY BANGERS perform the ending song “UNBREAKABLE”
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© Tsuyoshi Yasuda, KODANSHA/“Blue Miburo” Production Committee.
The stage presentation for the television anime of Tsuyoshi Yasuda's Blue Miburo (Ao no Miburo) manga at the Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair (KyoMAF) event on Sunday revealed the ending theme song “UNBREAKABLE” by THE JET BOY BANGERS (from EXILE TRIBE).
The film will premiere on October 19 and will air on Saturdays at 5:30 p.m. (4:30 a.m. EDT) on YTV and NTV, as well as their affiliate channels. YTV premiered the film at this year's Anime Expo event in July. The anime will also hold a pre-screening in Japan on October 9 at the Ikebukuro HUMAX Cinema in Tokyo.
Shūichirō Umeda plays the protagonist Nio. Yōhei Azakami plays Hijikata Toshizō, Kenshō Ono plays Okita Sōji, Chiaki Kobayashi plays Saitō Hajime, Shun Horie plays Tanaka Tarō, Ryōta Takeuchi plays Serizawa Kamo, and Tomokazu Sugita plays Kondō Isami.
Kumiko Habara (I'm Standing on 1,000,000 Lives., I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss, Surgeon Elise) is directing the anime at Maho Film. Kenta Ihara (Gamera-Rebirth-; I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss; Uncle From Another World) is in charge of the series scripts. Yūko Ōba (I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss; I'm Standing on 1,000,000 Lives.) and Miyako Nishida (My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1; If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat the Demon Lord) are designing the characters. Toshiki Kameyama is the sound director. Yuki Hayashi is composing the music. SPYAIR is performing the opening theme song “Ao” (Blue).
Publisher Kodansha USA has licensed the manga in English under the title The Blue Wolves of Mibu and describes the story:
Nio is an orphan who can't help but dream of a better world. In this action-packed manga, he meets two men who show him how much a few swords can change history.
This gripping samurai series from acclaimed creator DAYS shares a common setting with Rurouni Kenshin and chronicles the founding of the Shinsengumi by handsome and volatile men fighting for justice…and for themselves!
Yasuda launched the manga in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in October 2021. Kodansha published the 14th compiled book volume on July 17.
Yasuda's soccer manga DAYS also inspired a television anime in 2016 and five original video anime episodes from 2017 to 2018. Yasuda's cycling manga Over Drive inspired a television anime in 2007.
Source: Stage presentation live stream at KyoMAF
