HIGHSPEED Etoile, a futuristic racing anime venture created in partnership with Super Formula, will start its tv broadcast in 2024. The venture additionally revealed on Friday a teaser visible and the voice forged for eight of the principle characters, with Fuka Izumi portraying protagonist Rin Rindoh.
The present shall be Izumi’s first in a lead function, with lots of her earlier appearances being as background and supporting characters. Earlier castings embody extras in Healer Lady, Teasing Grasp Takagi-san, and Z/X: Code Reunion.
Yoko Hikasa will voice Kanata Asakawa. Hikasa is a family identify within the anime business, having starred in a number of outstanding collection since her profession breakthrough with Okay-On!. She has additionally voiced main roles in New Recreation!, Excessive Faculty DxD, The Satan is a Half-Timer!, and the BanG Dream! franchise.
Likewise, Yui Horie arrives on the venture as Sophia Tokitō with a embellished music and voice appearing profession in exhibits like Fairy Tail, Fruits Basket, and Toradora!. Horie isn’t any stranger to motorsport anime both, having portrayed a personality within the 2005 mecha racing present Immortal Grand Prix.
Nana Mizuki will play Alice Summerwood. A longtime singer and voice actress, Mizuki has been concerned with acclaimed exhibits similar to each iterations of Fullmetal Alchemist and Naruto, whereas additionally offering Japanese dubbing for varied Western movies.
After notably engaged on The Asterisk Battle and Made in Abyss, Shiori Izawa is forged as Eien Komachi. Ayaka Suwa, who labored alongside Horie on KonoSuba and has appeared in quite a few video video games like Fireplace Emblem, will painting Ryu Yuzen.
Among the many male voice actors confirmed to have roles are Kenichiro Matsuda and Kōsuke Toriumi, who will respectively painting Richard Parker and Lorenzo M. Salvatore. Matsuda sometimes supplies narration for collection like Spy×Household and Vinland Saga but in addition voices characters in stated exhibits together with Ghost within the Shell: Come up, amongst others. Toriumi’s portfolio consists of Naruto, JoJo’s Weird Journey: Golden Wind, and Genshin Influence.
HIGHSPEED Etoile was created by King Amusement Artistic and ties have been established with Tremendous System’s overseer Japan Race Promotion shortly after the venture’s reveal in July. Tremendous System, the highest open-wheel championship in Japan, gave HSE its blessing as a part of the NEXT 50 Mission, a celebration of SF’s fifty-year anniversary by means of selling the collection in leisure and environmental initiatives. The HSE employees intently adopted Tremendous System races through the 2022 season, and has additionally expressed curiosity in having real-life firms seem as sponsors within the anime regardless of its futuristic setting.
Takuya Fujima serves as character designer.
Different particulars similar to a studio and animation employees weren’t instantly introduced. Nevertheless, Yostar Photos, behind anime diversifications of the video games Azur Lane and Arknights, stays one of many events concerned within the venture; a lot of the confirmed forged has voiced characters for stated video games and their diversifications, with Horie and Suwa having accomplished each.
HSE will not be the one upcoming anime to group up with a racing collection as Overtake!, introduced in January, will comply with a fictionalised F4 Japanese Championship.
