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Backflip!! The Movie (2023)
Ever since coming across the world of boy’s rhythmic gymnastics during the last summer of junior-high, Shotaro Futaba has become fascinated with the sport. So when he enters Soshokuan Private High School, known as Ao High for short, he heads to the boy’s rhythmic gymnastics club, where he meets unique seniors and the ace of the team, Ryoya Misato. The members of the club each have their own passions, but they’ve put it all on the line with a single goal in mind. Now the next stage in their journey has arrived: the inter-high competition!
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Ever since coming across the world of boy’s rhythmic gymnastics during the last summer of junior-high, Shotaro Futaba has become fascinated with the sport. So when he enters Soshokuan Private High School, known as Ao High for short, he heads to the boy’s rhythmic gymnastics club, where he meets unique seniors and the ace of the team, Ryoya Misato. The members of the club each have their own passions, but they’ve put it all on the line with a single goal in mind. Now the next stage in their journey has arrived: the inter-high competition!
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Genre:Animation, Drama, Comedy
Written By:Toshizo Nemoto
In Theaters:5/11/2023
Box Office:
Runtime:90 minutes
Studio:ZEXCS, dentsu, Fuji Television Network, Aeon Entertainment, movic, Aniplex, Animax Broadcast Japan, BS Fuji
Cast
Toshimasa Kuroyanagi
Director
Shimba Tsuchiya
Shotaro Futaba (voice)
Kaito Ishikawa
Ryoya Misato (voice)
Daisuke Ono
Masamune Shichigahama (voice)
Takashi Kondo
Keisuke Tsukidate (voice)
Hiro Shimono
Nagayoshi Onagawa (voice)
Hiroshi Kamiya
Kotaro Watari (voice)
Ayumu Murase
Mashiro Tsukiyuki (voice)
Katsuyuki Konishi
Toru Takase (voice)
Kenichi Suzumura
Yojiro Mutsu (voice)
Tomokazu Sugita
Hideo Ominato (voice)
Soma Saito
Kyoichi Ryugamori (voice)
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