“PuraOre! - PRIDE OF ORANGE -” Hockey Anime Reveals Additional Characters
The official website for the “PuraOre! Pride of Orange” project revealed additional characters and cast for the upcoming ice hockey TV anime. The series is set to premiere October 2021 in Japan.
Set in Nikko City in Toshigi Prefecture, “PuraOre! ~PRIDE OF ORANGE~” follows the athletic adventures of Manaka Mizusawa, a middle school student who becomes infatuated with ice hockey, along with her little sister Ayaka and her childhood friends Naomi and Kaoruko, after witnessing the Nikko Dream Monkeys practice. The girls officially join the team and experience the trials and tribulations of ice hockey together.
Promoted as "the first girls' ice hockey anime ever", the main cast includes: Riku Masuda as “Manaka Mizusawa”, Satomi Hongo as “Yu Kiyose”, Mayu Sagara as “Ayaka Mizusawa”, Saika Kitamori as “Riko Saginuma”, Asuka Shiori as “Naomi Takagi”, Yurika Moriyama as “Kaoruko Yanagida”, and Yoshino Aoyama as “Mami Ono”.
The new cast and characters announced include: Ruriko Aoki as “Juri Kikuchi”,
Hisako Tojo as “China Yokeyama”,
Eriko Matsui as “Runa Hirano”,
Shizuku Hoshinoya as “Minato Shishiuchi”,
Aina Suzuki as “Shino Ukita”,
Kurumi Takase as “Mona Fujishiro”,
Eri Ozeki as “Rio Teruya”,
Miku Itō as “Yuka Iihara”,
Sora Tokui as “Ema Yoshiike”,
Aina Aiba as “Seiko Kuga”,
Ayasa Goto as “Sachie Kaibara”,
and Suzuko Mimori as “Eri Yamanaka”.
“PuraOre! Pride of Orange” is a multimedia project by CyberAgent's CAAnimation label and DMM Games. A game based on the anime is being developed. Takebumi Anzai is directing the anime at C2C. The seven main voice cast members will sing the anime's opening theme song "Fire Fight!" under the group name "Team PuraOre!". No US distributor has been announced as of yet.
Sources: “PuraOre! Pride of Orange” Project website, Youtube and Twitter.