A new key image highlighting the five members of Shishitoren has been released for the ongoing Wind Breaker television anime series. Additionally, five more voice actors were added to the anime's cast.
New characters (also seen in the image below) and cast include:
• Kikunosuke Toya as Choji Tomiyama • Yuichiro Umehara as Jo Togame • Chiaki Kobayashi as Kota Sako • Masaaki Mizunaka as Yukinari Arima • Hiromu Mineta as Minoru Kanuma © S,K/WBP
They join the anime's main cast including:
• Yuuma Uchida as Haruka Sakura • Koki Uchiyama as Kyoutaro Sugishita • Nobunaga Shimazaki as Hayato Suo • Yuuichi Nakamura as Hajime Umemiya • Ryota Suzuki as Touma Hiragi • Shoya Chiba as Akihiko Nirei • Kengo Kawanishi as Taiga Tsugerua • Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Mitsuki Kiryu • Ikumi Hasegawa as Kotoha Tachibana
The anime premiered in Japan on April 5, 2024 and is expected to have a total of 13 episodes. Crunchyroll is streaming the series worldwide in select territories as it airs in Japan.
Toshifumi Akai (Fate/Grand Order – Excellent Demonic Front: Babylonia) is directing the anime, with Hiroshi Seko (Jujutsu Kaisen) as series writer, Taishi Kawakami (“White Snow,” Akebi-house Sailor Uniform supporting character designs) is the character designer, Ryo Takahashi is the composer, Yasunao Moriyasu (art director Bocchi the Rock!) is art director and designer, Asuka Yokota (Bocchi the Rock!) as color designer and Yukiko Nagase (UniteUp!) as composition director. CloverWorks is handling the animation production.
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The anime is based on the crime manga by Satoru Nii, which began serialization in Kodansha's Magazine Pocket on January 13, 2021 under the Kodansha Comics label. Sixteen tankobon volumes have been released as of March 2024, with the 17th volume due out on May 9, 2024.
Kodansha USA released this manga in English, with a brief description as follows:
Haruka Sakura wants nothing to do with the weak—he only cares about the strongest of the strong. He comes from Fuurin High School, a school for degenerate students about to drop out known only for their fighting prowess. And in a town known for its territorial disputes, Haruka has only one goal—to become the hero his town deserves.