It has been announced that "Honoo no Toukyuujo Dodge Danko," a TV anime based on the official sequel to Tetsuhiro Koshita's popular dodgeball manga "Honoo no Toukyuuji Dodge Danpei" from the 1990s, will begin airing in July on TOKYO MX, MBS, and BS11. It was also announced that Katsuyuki Konishi will voice the adult Ichigeki Danpei and Tetsu Inada will voice the adult Kobutsu Chinnen, and a teaser PV featuring the adult Ichigeki Danpei and Kobutsu Chinnen has been released. Hidaka Noriko will voice the young Noriko Hidaka, as she did in the past.
"Honoo no Toukyuu Onna Dodge Danko" is a manga series starring Ichigeki Danko, the daughter of Ichigeki Danpei, the protagonist of "Honoo no Toukyuuji Dodge Danpei." It began serialization in 2022 on "Weekly CoroCoro Comic," the manga website of "CoroCoro Comic" (Shogakukan). The story depicts Danko's struggles to create the strongest dodgeball team in the Reiwa era. The first episode's PV has surpassed 700,000 views, and it has gained popularity, frequently trending on X on the days new episodes are released. In the anime, Nakayama Manaka voices Ichigeki Danko, and Kaori Maeda voices Kobutsu Chinnen's daughter, Chinnko.
"Dodge Danpei" is a dodgeball manga that depicts the growth of elementary school student Danpei Ichigeki as he competes against rivals in Super Dodgeball. It was serialized in "CoroCoro Comic" from 1989 to 1995, and an anime adaptation aired from 1991 to 1992.
◇Staff (titles omitted)
Director: Hiroshi Ikehata; Series Composition: Ippo Hyodo; Character Design/Chief Animation Director: Naruhito Sekikawa; Animation Production: CUE
◇Cast (titles omitted)
Ichigeki Danko: Manaka Nakayama▽ Kobutsu Chinko: Kaori Maeda ▽ Ebukuro Mochiko: Akira Sekine ▽ Susan Cannon: Yo Daichi▽ Otohana Hanie: Yu Shinohara▽ Narration/Ichigeki Danpei (childhood): Noriko Hidaka ▽ Ichigeki Danpei: Katsuyuki Konishi▽ Katsuyuki Konishi Chinnen: Tetsu Inada
