“PuraOre! -PRIDE OF ORANGE-” TV Anime Set To Premiere October 6
The official website for ”PuraOre! - PRIDE OF ORANGE -” project announced the premiere date for the upcoming new TV anime. The girls ice hockey series is set to premiere on October 6, 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 seven main voice cast members sing the anime's opening theme song "Fire Fight!" under the group name "Team PuraOre!". Artist May'n will sing the anime's ending theme song "Orange".
“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 and will be released sometime in 2021. Takebumi Anzai is directing the anime at C2C. No US distributor for the anime has been announced as of yet.