24 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestNatsusa Yuzuki entered university expecting to be the rugby club's ace, but he can no longer play rugby due to certain circumstances. Ibuki Ueoka is a senior who also quit playing rugby. There is also Yasunari Tsuru, Natsusa's junior who finds him disagreeable. On the other hand, another junior, Yuu Mashiro looks up to Natsusa and follows in his footsteps. Last, there is Seiichirou Shingyouji, Natsusa's childhood best friend. This is an original rugby anime of former teammates who fight together in matches of Kansai's university rugby league.
Acting
Ryota Suzuki's Seiichirou carries unresolved tension in every sigh.
Direction
Kimiya frames rugby as emotional combat, not just physical.
Ryota Suzuki
Seiichirō Jingyōji (voice)
Shohei Komatsu
Yasunari Tsuru (voice)
Takuya Kodama
Fūga Saitō (voice)
Masamu Ono
Sunao Konoe (voice)
Shinnosuke Murashima
Tsūgen Sasaki (voice)
Mizuki Chiba
Ren Tamashiro (voice)
Atsushi Taniguchi
Sōsuke Yamada (voice)
Yuki Ishikari
Atomu Gotō (voice)
Junichi Yanagita
Ibuki Ueoka (voice)
Soma Saito
Madoka Hongō (voice)
Kaito Ishikawa
Kazutaka Hongō (voice)
Makoto Furukawa
Taisei Uchinashi (voice)
Hinata Tadokoro
Gakuto Zaitsu (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Created by movic and Frontier Works, number24 was explicitly developed to showcase voice actors attached to rugby culture promotions in Japan.
University rugby holds unique prestige in Japan's Kansai region; the anime mirrors real league structures and rivalries, making it oddly specific sports tourism content.
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