You can rest assured that there will be some dance reference in the ending.
Earlier today, the official Welcome to the Ballroom (Ballroom e Yokoso) anime website updated with a new key visual. The image features Tatara Fujita in his stage clothes, engaged in a dance with an unseen female character.
The site also revealed that Mikako Komatsu will perform closing theme song Maybe The Next Waltz.
Welcome to the Ballroom will hit MBS on July 8 at 26:08 (7/9/2017 at 2:08AM). Tokyo MX, BS11, and Gunma TV will carry the show a day later, on July 9.
A global première event will be held at Anime Expo on July 1. Series director Kiyotaka Suzuki and actor Tomokazu Seki will host a Q&A session after the screening.
The series is based on Tomo Takeuchi’s manga of the same name. Yoshimi Itazu will direct the series at Production I.G., with Takahiro Kishida (Haikyu!!, Puella Magi Madoka Magica) providing character designs. Kenichi Suemitsu is in charge of series composition.
Yuuki Hayashi is scoring the show’s soundtrack.
The confirmed voice cast includes:
- Fujita Tatara: Nobuhiko Okamoto
- Hyodo Kiyoharu: Shinba Tsuchiya
- Shizuku Hanaoka: Ayane Sakura
- Sengoku Kaname: Toshiyuki Morikawa
- Gaju: Kentarou Tomita
- Mako Akagi: Sumire Morohoshi
Welcome to the Ballroom kicked off in the pages of Kodansha’s Monthly Shonen Magazine in December 2011. The series currently spans eight collected volumes, with the most recent hitting stores in October 2015. Kodansha Comics currently holds the North American rights to the title. They describe the series as:
Feckless high school student Tatara Fujita wants to be good at something – anything. Unfortunately, he’s about as average as a slouchy teen can be. The local bullies know this, and make it a habit to hit him up for cash, but all that changes when the debonair Kaname Sengoku sends them packing. Sengoku’s not the neighborhood watch, though. He’s a professional ballroom dancer. And once Tatara Fujita gets pulled into the world of the ballroom, his life will never be the same.
Several teaser trailers and character visuals have been released to promote the series. You can check these out below:
Promo Videos
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x56zwi4_ballroom-e-youkoso-welcome-to-the-ballroom-pv-teaser_tv
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5aolet_ballroom-e-youkoso-welcome-to-the-ballroom-pv2_tv
Character Visuals
Source: Twitter (ballroom_anime)
