The official website for MOVIC 's number24 original rugby television anime revealed additional cast members for the anime on Friday. The new cast members include:

Takuya Kodama as Fūga Saitō, a beloved rightside prop who is somewhat of a team mascot



Aoi Ichikawa as Yayoi Tsuzura, a laid back freshman reserve player who is also a foodie



Masamu Ono as Sunao Konoe, a right center who hails from Kyoto, and who is sadistic like Natsusa



Shinnosuke Murashima as Tsūgen Sasaki, a rightside flanker who gets along with Seiichirō, and who is resolved to do a good deed each day



Yūki Inoue as Li Hongbin, a rightside back exchange student who rationally thinks of ways to win at any cost



Kentarō Kumagai as Makoto Someya, a stand-off fighting for the same position as the prodigy Ibuki, his senior in high school



Mizuki Chiba as Ren Tamashiro, a muscle-loving and self-loving rightside lock who tends to dampen the mood of everyone around him, but is not hated





The previously announced cast includes:

Kengo Kawanishi as Natsusa Yuzuki, a sadistic and sharp-tongued left wing who loves rugby



Ryōta Suzuki as Seiichirō Jingyōji, a taciturn fullback who is always by his childhood friend Natsusa's side



Junichi Yanagita as Ibuki Ueoka, a former prodigy player and stand-off who could not measure up to Natsusa



Shōhei Komatsu as Yasunari Tsuru, a bright-eyed left wing who has a complicated relationship with Natsusa



Ayumu Murase as Yū Mashiro, an earnest scrum-half who admires Natsusa



Hinata Tadokoro as Gakuto Zaitsu, a reliable captain and hooker, feared by friend and foe alike



Shinnosuke Tachibana as Ikuto Yufu, the sickly vice-captain and left centre who always has Gakuto's back



Makoto Furukawa as Taisei Uchinashi, a strong-willed blindside-flanker who disagrees with Ibuki



Kazuyuki Okitsu as Ethan Taylor, a carefree number eight, cheerful inside and outside the game



Sōma Saitō as Madoka Hongō, a fullback and "Creator of the Backs," who comes from the same high school as Natsusa



Kaito Ishikawa as Kazutaka Hongō, Madoka's arrogant young brother, a number eight, and "Destroyer of the Forwards," who has a connection with Ibuki





The anime will premiere in January on Tokyo MX .

The anime's college rugby story centers on Natsusa Yuzuki, who expects to be an ace on the rugby team when he enrolls in college. However, he is no longer able to play rugby due to certain circumstances. Ibuki Ueoka is an older fellow student who quit rugby. Yasunari Tsuru is a younger student who finds Natsusa disagreeable. Yū Mashiro is a younger student who admires and follows Natsusa. Seiichirō Shingyō is Natsusa's close childhood friend. Together, they compete in the Kansai university rugby league.

Shigeru Kimiya ( Gift - eternal rainbow , One Off , efficus ) is directing the anime at PRA . Kei Mori (Verrocchio Agency) is credited for the original work, and MOVIC is credited with the story concept. Rika Nakase ( Fushigiboshi no Futago Hime , Rocket Girls , Kanamemo ) is in charge of series composition and scripts. YukiKana is drawing the original character designs, and Saori Sakaguchi (animation director for Yuri!!! on Ice , Himouto! Umaruchan ) is designing the characters for animation, and is also the chief animation director. Tsukasa Ohira is credited for art setting, while Scott MacDonald is the art director. Atsushi Kanō is the director of photography. Shinobu Nakagawa is credited for animation production supervision. Yoshiki Sakamoto is credited as animation producer.