'Highspeed Étoile' Reveals Main Staff, Additional Cast, Second Promo

by Hyperion_PS
Mar 8, 2024 12:10 PM | 10 Comments

The official website of the Highspeed Étoile television anime revealed two additional cast members, the main staff, a second promo, and the key visual (pictured above) on Friday. The television anime is set to air on April 6 at 1:53 a.m. on TBS, MBS, BS-TBS, and other stations.

Marina Inoue (Senyoku no Sigrdrifa) and Tsuyoshi Koyama (Sword Art Online) are joining the cast as Chitose Kagura and Genjirou Hinata, respectively.

Staff
Director: Keitarou Motonaga (Date A Live)
Series Composition: Takamitsu Kouno (Kikansha no Mahou wa Tokubetsu desu)
Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina (Jujutsu Kaisen 2nd Season)
Music: First Call Music
Studio: Studio A-CAT

Nana Mizuki (Senki Zesshou Symphogear) is performing the opening theme "ADRENALIZED," and SCANDAL (Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto) is in charge of the ending theme "Fanfare." Both theme songs are previewed in the promotional video below.

Highspeed Étoile is an original racing anime produced in collaboration with the Japanese racing series Super Formula, featuring original character design by Takuya Fujima (ViVid Strike!, Senyoku no Sigrdrifa).

PV 2

Source: Comic Natalie

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Looking forward to it.

Mar 23, 2024 11:53 PM by MegamiRem

@Omarumba

Fair enough. I do wish them all the best all the same. Maybe eventually they can grow into a really nice studio.

Mar 9, 2024 2:29 PM by Calal-Chan

Cast looks pretty huge. Which isnt necessarily a good thing.

It's an original too, and I dunno. It'll greatly depend on how the first ep goes, and even then.

Mar 9, 2024 6:26 AM by CocoaGalaxy

Honestly this looks like fun I don't really mind CGI unless it's berserk 2016 and exarm level heck one of my favorite series growing up was max steel

Mar 9, 2024 3:39 AM by yamiyugi101

@Calal-Chan If even a small fraction of people buy something from the studio, it will more or less pay for itself. The show may be forgotten about immediately, but the profit will cover the cost of that awful CGI. In general, this is a common phenomenon for low-budget studios, which employs no more than 50 people, and here it is still an independent project.

Mar 8, 2024 9:30 PM by Omarumba

@Omarumba

Yeah it is much cheaper, but like at what cost. A show no one is going to care about? They will probably lose money on this.

Mar 8, 2024 9:20 PM by Calal-Chan

@Calal-Chan Well, this level of CGI graphics is a poor attempt by A-CAT to save money. It's much cheaper to use these models than to draw every frame in detail.

But it's certainly beyond ridiculous. It's like I just watched the trailer of some Formula Race game from the 2000s lol. I don't know if Keitarou Motonaga's work will help this outrage somehow, but I highly doubt it. I'd rather read the manga that recently started its release.

Mar 8, 2024 7:40 PM by Omarumba

One day we will get a racing anime without terribly animated cgi cars. This is not today sadly. (yes I know Redline exists but it took like 7 years to make. It is also a movie and not a tv show.)

Mar 8, 2024 4:51 PM by Calal-Chan

Well, I might give this one an episode but the style of the CG has already irked me in the first PV. In terms of CG, Girls Band Cry seems to be the superior upcoming anime.

Mar 8, 2024 3:57 PM by YourAverageHater

looking good this will fill the void for a racing show until mf ghost returns

Mar 8, 2024 2:08 PM by deg