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Tank Chair Anime Sets October 4 Premiere, Adds Yurina Amami and Gen Sato

The announcement confirms the full production package for the fall season, pairing Polygon Pictures' CG animation with SiM and Daoko's theme songs, while the manga's cumulative circulation has surpassed one million copies.

Key Facts

  • Tank Chair anime premieres October 4 on Tokyo MX at 11:00 p.m. JST, with later airings on BS11, CBC, and MBS.
  • Yurina Amami voices Dr. Radio and Gen Sato voices Uzu in the Tank Chair anime.
  • SiM performs the opening theme "DALALA" and Daoko performs the ending theme "SYNC" for the Tank Chair anime.
  • Polygon Pictures produces the Tank Chair anime, with Tadahiro "Tady" Yoshihira and Hiroaki Ando directing.
  • The Tank Chair manga by Manabu Yashiro has surpassed one million copies in cumulative circulation.

Reporting from 4 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner, Anime Anime, AnimationXpress Anime.

Tank Chair Anime Sets October 4 Premiere, Adds Yurina Amami and Gen Sato

The television anime adaptation of Manabu Yashiro's Tank Chair manga will premiere on October 4. Bandai Namco Filmworks revealed the main promotional video, key visual, additional cast and staff, and theme song artists on Wednesday. Yurina Amami joins the cast as Dr. Radio, a genius scientist hiding in an abandoned radio tower, and Gen Sato plays Uzu, a mysterious newcomer to the Academy's Class A. The opening theme is "DALALA" by reggae-punk band SiM, and Daoko performs the ending theme "SYNC." The anime airs on Tokyo MX at 11:00 p.m. JST on October 4, followed by BS11, CBC on October 5, and MBS on October 6. Tadahiro "Tady" Yoshihira and Hiroaki Ando direct and write scripts at Polygon Pictures, with Yuki Moriyama designing characters and Masaru Yokoyama composing music. The cast includes Koki Uchiyama as Nagi Taira, Minori Fujidera as Shizuka Taira, Gakuto Kajiwara as Naozumi Kurosaka, and Saori Hayami as Touko Kurosaka. The manga began on Magazine Pocket in November 2022 and moved to Monthly Shonen Sirius in November 2024.

The main promotional video showcases action sequences set to SiM's opening theme, with dialogue recorded through pre-scoring, a method that records voice actors before animation is finalized. The key visual places Nagi and Shizuka in the foreground, with Naozumi and Touko behind them and Uzu and Sensei further back. The voice actor for Sensei, described as an absolute ruler and founder of the Academy, has not been announced yet.

Additional staff credits include Kosuke Kawamura as CG supervisor, Daiki Seo as modeling supervisor, and Tsubasa Hirata as environment supervisor. The production team also includes art director Yoshikatsu Matsumoto, color key artist Hironori Nochi, and sound director Masanori Tsuchiya. The official fan community on Discord has been renewed with a rank system that rewards activity with experience points and limited perks, including a temporary double experience campaign.

Kodansha USA has licensed the manga in English, and the series is also available on Kodansha's K MANGA service. The manga's 10th compiled volume was published on March 26.

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 4 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

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