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The official website of the television anime for Roots and Jūzō Kirisawa's Teekyū spinoff manga Usakame began streaming a commercial for the anime on Thursday. The video reveals the anime's April 11 premiere date.

The anime will premiere on April 11 on Tokyo MX at 25:05 (effectively 1:05 a.m. on April 12).

The members of the voice actress unit Earth Star Dream (who also performed the opening theme song for the sixth season of Teekyū ) will voice the main characters, as well as perform the anime's opening and ending theme songs. The opening song is titled "Hashire! Usakame Kōkō Tennis-bu," while the ending theme is titled "Promise you."

Niconico is streaming music videos for both theme songs.

The cast includes (clockwise from upper left):

Izumi Araida as Ayako Suzuki

Maria Tanijiri as Nishi Nishiaraidaishi

Hikaru Koide as Kurumi Satō

Yuki Nakashima as Kinako Tanaka



Other cast members include:

Kanon Takao as Tasuku Kodaira

Eri Sogabe as Miyako Baba

Arisa Aihara as Hoheto Irohani