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Aniplus Asia Airs Simulcast of Flaming Dodgeball Girl Danko Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Aniplus Asia announced on Tuesday that it will air a simulcast of Flaming Dodgeball Girl Danko, the television anime of Tetsuhiro Koshita's Honō no Tōkyūjo: Dodge Danko manga, for the summer 2026 anime season.
The anime will debut in Japan on July 6.
While the original Honō no Tōkyūji Dodge Danpei dodgeball manga centered on Danpei, the Honō no Tōkyūjo: Dodge Danko sequel centers on Danpei's daughter Danko and her struggle to create the strongest dodgeball team in the Reiwa era.The anime stars:
- Manaka Nakayama as Danko Ichigeki
- Kaori Maeda as Chinko Kobotoke
- Akira Sekine as Mochiko Etai
- Yō Taichi as Susan Canon
- Yū Sasahara as Honey Otohana
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Danpei Ichigeki, Danko's father (as an adult)
- Tetsu Inada as Chinnen Kobotoke, Chinko's father
- Sumire Uesaka as Hako Mikasa
Noriko Hidaka, who voiced Danpei Ichigeki in the earlier Honō no Tōkyūji Dodge Danpei anime, is reprising the role of Danpei in the new anime's scenes set in the past, as well as narrating this sequel anime.
Hiroshi Ikehata (two Dark Gathering seasons, three Kiratto Pri☆Chan seasons, two TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You seasons) is directing the anime at CUE. Kazuho Hyōdō (365 Days to the Wedding, three Kiratto Pri☆Chan seasons, two TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You seasons) is in charge of series scripts, and Narihito Sekikawa (TsumaSho, Halo Legends OAV) is designing the characters and also serving as the chief animation director. Girl group Momoiro Clover Z performs the opening theme song "Kaishin no Ichigeki" (A Masterful Play), and voice acting idol unit i☆Ris performs the ending theme song "Welcome to Azatosa World."
