The Gymnastics Samurai

Synopsis

In the year 2002, the formerly powerful Japanese men's gymnastics team member Jotaro Aragaki is no longer able to compete. Even though he trained strenuously daily, he is asked about retiring by his coach Amakusa. However, a certain encounter alters Aragaki's fate.

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Cast

Daisuke Namikawa

Jotaro Aragaki (voice)

Rina Honnizumi

Rei Aragaki (voice)

Kensho Ono

Leonardo (voice)

Kenyu Horiuchi

Noriyuki Amakusa (voice)

Yuki Kaji

Tetsuo Minamino (voice)

Atsuko Tanaka

Mari Aragaki (voice)

Kappei Yamaguchi

Bigbird Aragaki (voice)

Crew

Art

• Masatoshi Kai Art Direction
• Hirofumi Morikawa Art Direction

Camera

• Mitsuhiro Sato Director of Photography

Crew

• Chieko Tokuda Special Effects

Directing

• Hisatoshi Shimizu Series Director

Editing

• Keisuke Yanagi Editor
• Taichi Wakamatsu Online Editor
• Ayuka Suzuki Online Editor

Production

• Masanori Miyake Executive Producer
• Yumiko Miwa Executive Producer
• Atsushi Higashiyama Executive Producer
• Kozue Kananiwa Producer
• Hiroshi Yanai Producer
• Narumi Odagiri Producer
• Ruriko Kikuchi Producer
• Atsuhiro Iwakami Executive Producer
• Chihiro Inoue Producer
• Manabu Otsuka Executive Producer
• Makoto Kimura Producer
• Shingo Kunieda Executive Producer

Sound

• Masaru Yokoyama Original Music Composer
• Yuki Kaji Theme Song Performance
• Kensho Ono Theme Song Performance
• Daisuke Namikawa Theme Song Performance
• Hatena Theme Song Performance
• Koji Sato Music Producer

Visual Effects

• Azusa Sasaki Color Designer
• Kasumi Fukagawa Character Designer
• Nao Otsu Opening/Ending Animation

Writing

• Shigeru Murakoshi Series Composition
• Snack Mary Original Story

Seasons & episodes