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Backflip!! (バクテン!!, "Bakuten!!") is an original Japanese anime television series produced by Zexcs, directed by Seishirō Nagaya and Toshimasa Kuroyanagi and written by Toshizo Nemoto. The series aired from April to June 2021. A manga adaptation by Kei Sakuraba was serialized in Kodansha's Dessert manga magazine from January 22 to September 24, 2021.[2][3] An anime film premiered on July 2, 2022.
| Backflip!! | |
Anime key visual | |
| バクテン!! | |
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| Genre | Sports (rhythmic gymnastics)[1] |
| Manga | |
| Illustrated by | Kei Sakuraba |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Dessert |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | January 22, 2021 – September 24, 2021 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Seishirō Nagaya Toshimasa Kuroyanagi |
| Written by | Toshizou Nemoto |
| Music by | Yuki Hayashi |
| Studio | Zexcs |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | Fuji TV (Noitamina) |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 9, 2021 – June 25, 2021 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Anime film | |
| Directed by | Toshimasa Kuroyanagi |
| Written by | Toshizou Nemoto |
| Music by | Yuki Hayashi |
| Studio | Zexcs |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Released | July 2, 2022 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
Shotaro Futaba loved sports, but was never good enough. But watching a group of gymnasts in the park and seeing them in a gymnastics tournament, he decides to join their school and become part of the gymnastic team. With new members, Shotaro and Ryoya Misato, the team aims for the upcoming Inter-High tournament.
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Also known as Ao High School. Their men's rhythmic gymnastics team is attempting to perform at the Inter-High for the first time.
Shōtarō Futaba (双葉翔太郎, Futaba Shōtarō)
Ryōya Misato (美里良夜, Misato Ryōya)
Masamune Shichigahama (七ヶ浜政宗, Shichigahama Masamune)
Keisuke Tsukidate (築館敬助, Tsukidate Keisuke)
Nagayoshi Onagawa (女川ながよし, Onagawa Nagayoshi)
Kōtarō Watari (亘理光太郎, Watari Kōtarō)
Shūsaku Shida (志田周作, Shida Shūsaku)
Asawo Kurikoma (栗駒あさを, Kurikoma Asawo)
Mashiro Tsukiyuki (月雪ましろ, Tsukiyuki Mashiro)
Tōru Takase (高瀬亨, Takase Tōru)
Yōjirō Mutsu (陸奥洋二郎, Mutsu Yōjirō)
Hideo Ōminato (大湊秀夫, Ōminato Hideo)
Kyōichi Ryūgamori (竜ヶ森恭一, Ryūgamori Kyōichi)
Shunsuke Azuma (吾妻俊介, Azuma Shunsuke)
Shūji Mabuchi (馬淵修司, Mabuchi Shūji)
Ayumi Futaba (双葉亜由美, Futaba Ayumi)
On November 4, 2020, Fuji TV announced the original anime television series, which is part of the "Zutto Ōen Project 2011 + 10...", commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[1] The series is animated by Zexcs, directed by Seishirō Nagaya and Toshimasa Kuroyanagi and written by Toshizo Nemoto. Original character designs are provided by Robico, the author of My Little Monster, while Yūki Shibata adapts the designs for animation. Yuki Hayashi is composing the series' music. It aired in Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block from April 9 to June 25, 2021.[2] Centimillimental performed the series' opening theme song "Seishun no Enbu", while wacci performed the series' ending theme song "Anata ga Iru".[2][6] Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia.[9]
After the conclusion of the anime series, an anime film was announced.[10] It premiered in Japan on July 2, 2022, with returning staff and cast.[11][12] Crunchyroll streamed the film outside of Japan, premiering May 11, 2023.[13]
| No. | Title [14][15] | Directed by [lower-alpha 1] | Storyboarded by [lower-alpha 1] | Original air date [16] | |
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| 1 | "I Want to Backflip!" Transliteration: "Bakuten Shitai!" (Japanese: バク転したい！) | Toshimasa Kuroyanagi | Toshimasa Kuroyanagi | April 9, 2021[lower-alpha 2] | |
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A middle schooler in baseball club, Shōtarō Futaba chances upon a group of boys holding a headstand. Following them into a gym, he encounters Men's Rhythmic Gymnastic club for the first time at a tournament and becomes a fan of the backflips performed by the athletes from Sōshūkan High School. He later decides to join the school. Though initially nervous since the genius Ryōya Misato announces that he will join the club, he later announces that he wants to join the club himself after performing the first backflip of his life. The other members are ecstatic to have a full team of six members. | |||||
| 2 | "I Want to Soar With You" Transliteration: "Issho ni Tobitai!" (Japanese: 一緒に跳びたい！) | Seishirō Nagaya | Seishirō Nagaya | April 16, 2021 | |
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The coach suggests the first-years move to the dorm along with the rest of the teammates, but Misato refuses saying he needs to go home every evening. The next day, the boys jog over to Sekiou University gym to use the mat there. The coach suggests that they do the routine with all six members this year, but only if Shōtarō can backflip the entire length of the mat, giving him a week to practice. He assigns Misato to coach him. Misato shows him his own backflip after realizing that Shōtarō learns best by watching others perform. The last night of the 'practice' week, Misato returns to the dorm to coach Shōtarō more, where the seniors have made a makeshift mat for Shōtarō to practice on. The seniors all admit to having started Rhythmic Gymnastics since they were impressed by backflips. The next day, Shōtarō performs his backflip and gets approval from the coach to practice. After introducing themselves, Hakumei High shows off their performance to Sōshūkan High members, who are left totally speechless. | |||||
| 3 | "I want to camp!" Transliteration: "Gasshuku Shitai!" (Japanese: 合宿したい！) | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | April 23, 2021 | |
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Being new to the 6-people routine, the team is making a lot of mistakes. The coach decides that having a joint practice would be inspiring for the team and schedules one with the Hakumei High School. Shōtarō is still struggling with headstands. The rest of the team (minus Shōtarō, who is practicing his headstands and Misato, who is home) decides to go shopping to welcome the guests, where they chance upon Misato and end up meeting the captain and the vice-captain of their rival team. As Shōtarō continues his practice in the park, he gets interrupted by Mashiro, who is separated from his team and is playing tag with a bunch of kids. While initially mentioning that his headstand sucks, Mashiro makes Shōtarō join the game, and later shows him his own handstand. This inspired Shōtarō to improve his own performance. He later guides Mashiro to his school, where he discovers that Mashiro is a part of Hakumei High school, and the rest of his team is shocked by Mashiro calling Misato 'Misa-pon'. | |||||
| 4 | "We're All Rivals!" Transliteration: "Raibaru nan da!" (Japanese: ライバルなんだ！) | Miwa Sasaki | Miwa Sasaki | April 30, 2021 | |
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While Mashiro is completely impressed by the sasa kamaboko, Takase shows off his team's discipline in the dorm. As both the coaches oversee the teams' practice, Kurikoma shows the Sōshūkan members that their coach Shida used to be a former top-class athlete in Rhythmic Gymnastic. After another round of performance, the Sōshūkan acknowledge their inferior performance. Shichigahama apologizes to Shida for wasting the opportunity, but after a pep talk from their coach later realizes that each member was focusing too much on syncing, whereas they should be more worried about their individual performances. Meanwhile, Takase and Mutsu convince the other members that Sōshūkan is a worthy team. They return and both teams gather for a welcoming first-year's party. All of the boys bond over hobbies and get to know each other. The next day, Sōshūkan performs again, which turns out to be far better than their previous one, making the team more confident. | |||||
| 5 | "I Want to Hide!" Transliteration: "Kakuretai!" (Japanese: かくれたい！) | Hayato Sakai | Seishirō Nagaya | May 7, 2021[lower-alpha 3] | |
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With time remaining after concluding practice, Mashiro suggests that the teams compete in game of Hide and Seek in the school late at night. The two captains end up being the seekers, with everyone else, including the coaches, hiding in the school. While the captains are unable to find even a single person, the members of the two teams end up bonding over their common interests, eventually arguing over them. Shōtarō is joined by Misato and later Mashiro, who happily reminisces over how he joined Men's Rhythmic Gymnastic club after being impressed looking at Misato perform. Meanwhile, Mabuchi, who is hiding with Shida and Kurikoma, laments Shida's injury which caused him to stop playing the sport. Throughout the game, the rest of the team gets captured by a shadowy figure. Finally,the captains, too, end up being captured by the security guard and brought to the guard room, where the boys are all already gathered, claiming they were brought there by the second security guard. However, the old guard who brought the captains there claims that he is the only guard present, which spooks everyone. | |||||
| 6 | "Enjoy!" Transliteration: "Tanoshinde!" (Japanese: 楽しんで！) | Tetsuya Endō Seishirō Nagaya | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara Toshimasa Kuroyanagi | May 14, 2021 | |
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The Ao High School team is set to perform at the prefecture tournament. They need to place 1st or 2nd to go through to regionals. Shotaro has doubts and feels he is not good enough to perform with the team, especially as he struggles to maintain form with his handstand. Coach Shida recognizes that Shotaro has no difficulty performing the handstand when practicing solo. The Ao High School team is last to perform, feeling uncertain about being able to reach a qualifying score with two teams placing high scores. As each team member leaves the warm-up area to enter the stage, Coach Shida tells them to enjoy themselves. He recognizes that Shotaro looks uncertain and encourages him that he has a gift, and that his earnestness alone is a gift. He tells Shotaro to enjoy being nervous. As they perform, Shotaro is able to hold his handstand. Onagawa makes a mistake that causes deductions, but the team's score earns them second place, securing advancement to the regional tournament. | |||||
| 7 | "We'll Make a Promise!" Transliteration: "Yakusoku Shimasu!" (Japanese: 約束します！) | Ryōji Masuyama | Ryōji Masuyama | May 21, 2021 | |
| 8 | "I'll Look After You!" Transliteration: "Osewa Shimasu!" (Japanese: お世話します！) | Kuniyasu Nishina | Susumu Mitsunaka | May 28, 2021[lower-alpha 4] | |
| 9 | "Be Needy!" Transliteration: "Amaete yo!" (Japanese: 甘えてよ！) | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | June 4, 2021 | |
| 10 | "I Can't Stand It!" Transliteration: "Gaman Dekinai!" (Japanese: 我慢出来ない！) | Miwa Sasaki | Shinsaku Sasaki | June 11, 2021[lower-alpha 4] | |
| 11 | "Give It Your All, Fight Hard" Transliteration: "Zenryoku de, Omoikiri!" (Japanese: 全力で、思い切り！) | Seishirō Nagaya | Seishirō Nagaya | June 18, 2021 | |
| 12 | "Tomorrow, Too!" Transliteration: "Ashita mo!" (Japanese: 明日も！) | Kuniyasu Nishina Toshimasa Kuroyanagi | Toshimasa Kuroyanagi | June 25, 2021 | |
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