The official website for the forthcoming figure skating-themed original TV anime Skate-Leading Stars announced today that it is newly set to premiere on Tokyo MX, BS11, and MBS in January 2021. The anime was originally set for July 2020, but has been postponed due to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.

The J.C.STAFF (A Certain Magical Index, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)-animated series is directed by Toshinori Fukushima (MAJOR), alongside the general director Goro Taniuchi (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion) and the original character designer Yana Toboso (Black Butler manga series). 

Also, the postponed release of the anime's OP theme song CD "Chase the core" by the ex-Fo'xTails singer Takao Sakuma is set for January 13, 2021. It is his solo singer debut single following Fo'xTails disband in August 2018. Lantis has released two-version jackets for the single.

Synopsis:

"You'll never beat me." Kensei Maeshima quit figure skating after the words from his rival Reo Shinozaki. A few years later, when Maeshima becomes a high school student, he makes use of his motor nerves to spent his days as a helper in various club activities without devoting himself to anything. One day, he watches a press conference in which his rival Shinozaki switches from a single skater to the skate-leading, an original figure skate team competition. Then, a boy named Hayato Sasugai appears in front of him. He also seems to know that Maeshima had previously performed as a single skater, and invites him to the world of the skate-leading, saying "I need you."

Main voice cast:

- Ionodai High School:

  Kensei Maeshima: Yuma Uchida 

  Hayato Sasugai: Makoto Furukawa 

  Tomoyuki Kubota: Gen Sato

  Izumi Himekawa: Yuichiro Umehara

  Akimitsu Mochizuki: Reo Tsuchida

  Souta Jyounouchi: Shoya Chiba

  Shyotaro Terauchi: Satoshi Hino

  Itsuki Kiriyama: Tomoaki Maeno

  Yukimitsu Mochizuki: Natsuki Hanae

- St.Clavis Gakuin High School

 Leo Shinozaki: Hiroshi Kamiya

 Toaranosuke Kurayoshi: KaitoTakeda

 Taiga Himura: Yuuki Ono

- Yokohama Super Global High School

 Noa Kuonji: Souma Saito

- Chutei University Kamimaezu High School

 Hajime Ishikawa: Yuji Nojima

 Susumu Ishikawa: Kenji Nojima

Source: TV anime "Skate-Leading Stars" official website / Twitter

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