YouTube channel for the upcoming Hi-DRIVERS anime racing has released the animated music video for the event’s theme song, “Hi-DRIVERS!.”
The video has an idol anime vibe, with anime characters performing songs while showing off some dance moves.
“Hi-DRIVERS!” music video credits included Naoya Andou (Kenomo’s Friend season 2 assistant director, Love live! Sunlight!! Film School Idol: Over the Rainbow direct part of the co-director) as director and storyboarder, Tomoyuki Fujii (Llife! Sunlight!! Season 2 co-main animator) as character animation director, and Tomohiro Kawahara (Symphogear XV co-mechanical designer) as director of mechanical animation and effects.
Andou and Fujii were previously announced as directors and character designers respectively for Hi-DRIVERS showing himself, with illustrator pako as the original character designer and Sunrise as an animation production company.
More staff details for the series were also revealed, including Studio Jack’s Minoru Akiba as art director, Kawahara as mechanical designer and director of animation mechanics and effects, Suzuki lens (Mobile Suit Gundam: Witch of Mercury co-chief mechanical animator) as mechanical designer, ASAHI PRODUCTION’s Come on Gomyo (Dream Festival!) as a photography designer, Rie Kato (Love live! superstars!!) as color designer, and Boundary’s Katsuaki Miyaji (Bocchi the Rock!) as CG director.
Hi-Driver Set in God Tenbar, a city located at the foot of Mount Fuji that has many districts, each with its own unique culture and appearance. Teams from these districts compete in a monthly racing competition called Saturday Night Million Victory generating a steady stream of people and money to the winning team’s district, while constant defeats cause “everything is lost.” The show’s main characters are part of Night Break, a rising team suddenly created by a legendary racer.
The cast includes:
night rest
Yuri Ise as Akatsuki Kamishiro, Junichi Suwabe as Tobari Shiranui, Makoto Furukawa as Yuhi Kurebayashi, and Yuuki Sakakihara as Shu Mikoshiba.
Nanairo Monster
Ivan Shibata as Raiu Shakado, Kousuke Toriumi as Kasumi Todo, and Jun Fukuyama as Cloud Hibiki.
fate of sin
Hayato Dojima as Kyo Toritani, Masaya Fukunishi as Kei Ryugasaki, Ayumu Murase as Rin Saotome, and Subaru Kimura as Manto Kamenashi.
DUNGARIA
Takuya Eguchi as Jin Oji, Hiroyuki Yoshino as Makoto Itagaki, and Daisuke Hirakawa as Chu Higuchi.
Source: Hi-DRIVERS Official channel