Tsurune


Tsurune is a Japanese light novel series written by Kotoko Ayano, with illustrations by Chinatsu Morimoto. The first novel won a Special Judge Award in the Kyoto Animation Award competition in 2016, and Kyoto Animation later published it in December of that year. An anime television series adaptation, produced by Kyoto Animation, premiered from October 22, 2018 to January 21, 2019.

Plot

Minato Narumiya used to be in his middle school's kyūdō club until a certain incident in his last tournament caused him to resolve to quit archery for good. When he attends high school, his childhood friends Seiya Takehaya and Ryōhei Yamanouchi try to rope him into joining the high school's kyūdō club again, but he refuses. However, an encounter with a mysterious man at an archery range in a forest inspires Minato to take up archery once more. Minato joins the Kazemai High School Kyūdō Club and along with his old friends and new teammates, Nanao Kisaragi and Kaito Onogi, they aim for winning the prefectural tournament.

Characters

Kazemai High School Archery Club

;Minato Narumiya
;Seiya Takehaya
;Ryōhei Yamanouchi
;Nanao Kisaragi
;Kaito Onogi
;Rika Seo
;Noa Shiragiku
;Yūna Hanazawa
;Tomio Morioka
;Masaki Takigawa

Kirisaki High School Archery Club

;Shū Fujiwara
;Daigo Sase
;Senichi Sugawara
;Manji Sugawara
;Hiroki Motomura

Media

Light novels

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was originally scheduled to premiere on October 15, but due to organizational issues, the series premiered from October 22, 2018 to January 21, 2019 on NHK. The series was produced by Kyoto Animation and was directed by Takuya Yamamura, with Michiko Yokote handling the series' scripts, and Miku Kadowaki designing the characters. Harumi Fūki composed the series' music. The opening theme song is "Naru" by Luck Life, and the ending theme is "Orange-iro" by ChouCho. The series is simulcast by Crunchyroll. Sentai Filmworks has acquired the series for distribution in North America, Australasia, South America, and other territories. An unaired 14th episode was screened at an event on March 3, 2019 and released with the first Blu-ray/DVD on May 1, 2019, with Crunchyroll releasing the May 1 release in English.
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