It has been announced that the original golf-themed TV anime "Sorairo Utility" will be broadcast on TOKYO MX, TV Kanagawa, MBS, and BS Asahi from January 2025. The second promotional video has also been released, depicting Aoba Minami, who is searching for her own "special something," meeting Akane Haruka, a genius golfer, and Hoshimi Ayaka, an aspiring influencer, through golf.
The promotional video features Yamaha's INPRES DRIVESTAR utility and Mizuno's JPX923 irons, and the companies cooperating with the work were also announced. Victoria, Dunlop Sports Marketing, Mizuno, and Yamaha are among the cooperating companies.
It was also announced that singer-songwriter Yahagi Moeka will be in charge of the ending theme "Horizon." Yahagi commented, "It was my first time writing a new song, so I was a little nervous, but I hope that the warmth of the work will be conveyed through this song. Please love it lots!"
The series is an original TV anime produced by Yostar Pictures, an animation production company of the game company Yostar. The story is about Aoba Minami, a girl searching for her own "special something," who encounters golf and aims to become the "hero" of the game with her friends. ◇Staff (titles omitted)
Director and character design: Saito Kengo▽Series composition: Sato Yutaka▽Screenplay: Sato Yutaka, Satsuki Aya, Suigetsu Aki▽Concept collaboration: Nozomi Kota▽Color design: Takeda Hitoki▽Art director: Kudo Yoshitaka▽Director of photography: Wu Takehiro▽Editing: Shigemura Kengo, Sato Ayaka▽Music and sound director: daisuke horita▽Music production: Yostar Pictures Sounds, ZENTA STUDIO▽Animation production: Yostar Pictures▽Ending theme song: "Horizon" by Yahagi Moeka
◇Cast (titles omitted)
Aoba Minami: Takagi Miyu▽Akane Haruka: Amami Yurina▽Hoshimi Ayaka: Goto Ayasa▽Akina Izumi: Hanamori Yumiri▽Tadokoro Masao (Masa): Inoue Kazuhiko▽Tanabe Chosuke (Chou): Horiuchi Kenyu▽Tanaka Tetsuhiro (Tetsu): Morikawa Toshiyuki
