“PuraOre! ~Pride of Orange~” Girls Ice Hockey TV Anime Releases New Key Art

Oct 6

The official website for “PuraOre! ~Pride of Orange~” released new key art today ahead of the upcoming TV anime’s premiere. The girls ice hockey series is set to premiere on October 6, 2021 and Funimation will simulcast the episodes as part of their Fall 2021 Anime Season.

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 will sing anime's opening theme song "Fire Fight!" under the new musical unit named "Smile Princess”. The season will run for 12 episodes based on the Blu-ray release.

“PuraOre! Pride of Orange” is a multimedia project by CyberAgent's CAAnimation label and DMM Games. A game called “PuraOre! Pride of Orange: Smile Princess” based on the anime is being developed and will be released sometime in 2021. Takebumi Anzai is directing the anime at C2C.

Sources: “PuraOre! Pride of Orange” Project website, Youtube and Twitter. Funimation website and Twitter.

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