The Linking Shot (2023)
Release date: 2023-01-05
Director: Takuya Yamamura
Novel: Kotoko Ayano
Trailers and Teasers
Episodes (13):
1. Summer Calls
The school prepares for the annual Sports Tournament and other students note Minato’s absence. However, a familiar sound tells his friends where they can find him.
Release date: 2023-01-05
2. All in the Mind
Each participant in the regionals has their own worries and hopes. They are all different, but the one thing that unites them all is kyudo.
Release date: 2023-01-12
3. Winds of a Brewing Storm
Kazemai’s performance earned them victory. However, another team is quickly making a name for themselves with their unorthodox yet effective kyudo techniques.
Release date: 2023-01-19
4. Broken Tempo
Exiled from the shooting range on Masaki’s orders, Minato finds himself forbidden from wielding his bow. Meanwhile, Kaito blames himself for the team’s poor performance.
Release date: 2023-01-26
5. Push and Pull
Minato endures Masaki’s deluge of instructions. Meanwhile, the rift between Nanao and Kaito deepens, casting a dark cloud over the entire kyudo club.
Release date: 2023-02-02
6. Taking Shape
It’s their turn this time; Seo, Hanazawa, and Shiragiku have signed up for a kyudo tournament and are bursting with excitement for their first team competition.
Release date: 2023-02-09
7. Unwavering Spirit
Now that they know what they need to do, Minato and the others try to find their own “ikiai.”
Release date: 2023-02-16
8. Trajectory
The Kazemai kyudo club heads to Kirisaki’s campus for a joint practice session.
Release date: 2023-02-23
9. Bending Will
Kazemai has a summer training camp and is ecstatic about getting a beach-side kyudo range all to themselves! Too bad the Tsujimine kyudo club beat them to the punch.
Release date: 2023-03-02
10. Draw of a New Dawn
How can Tsujimine be in sync when its members seem so different? Minato wants to know why, and Fuwa will tell him if Minato explains why Nikaido is obsessed with beating him.
Release date: 2023-03-09
11. Falling Into Place
Kazemai, Tsujimine, and Kirisaki compete in a national tournament that means something different to each team.
Release date: 2023-03-16
12. The Linking Shot
Minato had setbacks, but all of his hard work earned him a spot on the national stage. Now, as he steps onto the range, he faces Shu once more.
Release date: 2023-03-23
13. Resounding Release
The conclusion of the national tournament heralds the end of summer. As Minato reflects on kyudo, he and his friends help Masaki prepare for the Star Festival at Yata Shrine.
Release date: 2023-03-30
Cast
Yuto Uemura
as Minato Narumiya (voice)
Kensho Ono
as Shu Fujiwara (voice)
Shogo Yano
as Nanao Kisaragi (voice)
Kaito Ishikawa
as Kaito Onogi (voice)
Jun Fukuyama
as Eisuke Nikaido (voice)
Takayuki Kondo
as Koshiro Fuwa (voice)
Yuya Hirose
as Toma Higuchi (voice)
Yuuichirou Umehara
as Reiji Aragaki (voice)
Yohei Azakami
as Kenyu Otaguro (voice)
Crew - click here to expand
Yurika Ono - Opening/Ending Animation, Shigeru Saito - Music Producer, Seiya Kumano - Opening/Ending Animation, Midori Nonoue - Publicist, Ryo Taichi - Online Editor, Ryo Miyaki - Opening/Ending Animation, Taichi Ishidate - Opening/Ending Animation, Tomomi Sato - Opening/Ending Animation, Eri Matsuo - Assistant Editor, Masaru Yokoyama - Original Music Composer, Mutsuo Shinohara - 3D Artist, Yuka Sakurai - Executive Producer, Kazunari Okuma - Executive Producer, Shinichi Nakamura - Producer, Kazunari Yasui - Producer, Masayuki Nishide - Executive Producer, Yota Tsuruoka - Executive Producer, Sakiko Yamamoto - Producer, Yoko Hatta - Executive Producer, Tei - Theme Song Performance, Luck Life - Theme Song Performance, Michiko Yokote - Series Composition, Shigeru Saito - Producer, Kengo Shigemura - Editor, Megumi Suzuki - Producer, Yota Tsuruoka - Sound Director, Kohei Funamoto - Director of Photography, Naoki Kanazawa - Online Editor, Takuya Yamamura - Opening/Ending Animation, Nobuaki Maruki - Supervising Animation Director, Azumi Hata - Color Designer, Tatsuya Satou - Opening/Ending Animation, Shouko Ochiai - Art Direction, Hiromune Kurahashi - Sound Effects, Takuya Yamamura - Series Director, Hiroshi Karata - Prop Designer, Rina Miura - Special Effects, Kotoko Ayano - Novel, Miku Kadowaki - Opening/Ending Animation, Miku Kadowaki - Character Designer, Rin Yamamoto - 3D Director, Satoshi Yano - Sound Recordist