2019-01-16 • 23 min
The Kansei University track team runs into Tokyo Sport University at Lake Shirakaba, where they’re holding their training camp. Sakaki insistently provokes Kakeru over his past actions. Pushes to his limit, Kakeru grabs ahold of him, but his friends come between them before anything can happen. Later they begin their grueling practice, but Kakeru can’t stop recalling heavy memories from his high school days: a cruel past that pushed a group of elite runners to their breaking point. Recalling how he chose his own destruction, Kakeru agonizes over his past. That night, the sky is full of stars. Haiji appears next to Kakeru as he’s hanging around by himself…
Ichiro Tatsuta
Background Designer
Takahiro Chiba
Animation Director
Kouki Hasegawa
Background Designer
Suzuna Yamazaki
Background Designer
Haruna Tanaka
Background Designer
Aya Harisaki
Background Designer
Kohei Kiyasu
Writer
Satoshi Nagura
Animation Director
Yasuyuki Yuzawa
Background Designer
Akemi Yamakaji
Key Animation
Reina Tsukakoshi
Key Animation
Hisako Shimozuma
Animation Director
Ikumi Oka
Key Animation
Yoko Naeki
Key Animation
Nanako Ninomiya
Key Animation
Miki Kurihara
Key Animation
Ryo Kiyohara
Key Animation
Shunsuke Suzuki
Background Designer
Ema Suzuki
Animation Director
Ai Watanabe
Animation Director
Kazumasa Orii
Animation Director
Yoko Kanamori
Storyboard Artist
Yoko Kanamori
Director
Shino Kuzuhara
Key Animation
Miki Sakaibara
Key Animation
Hideyoshi Furihata
Key Animation
Ayumi Nishihata
Key Animation
Eri Ariki
Key Animation
Takanori Suzuki
Key Animation
Yukiko Tsukahara
Production Assistant