Nintendo Switch game Fitness Boxing is getting an anime adaptation in Japan this October.
As reported by Comic Natalie, per Funimation, the new Fitness Boxing anime will consist of 12 five-minute comedy shorts, airing weekly in Japan from October 1. The episodes will reportedly chronicle the daily lives of the virtual coaches, with the game's original voice cast returning to reprise their popular instructor roles for the upcoming anime series.
The voice cast for the series, which is apparently titled Kimi to Fit Boxing, includes Akari Kitō as Karen, Akira Ishida as Hiro, Rie Kugimiya as Janice, Saori Hayami as Lin, Yūichi Nakamura as Evan, Sumire Uesaka as Martina, Ami Koshimizu as Sophie, Atsuko Tanaka as Laura, and Akio Ohtsuka as Bernardo.
The series is being helmed by Junpei Morita, otherwise known by the penname Morita to Jumpei, who directed the musical fantasy anime series Lost Song that Netflix started streaming back in 2018. Yūsuke Shirato is composing the music for the episodes, which will initially be broadcast on TOKYO MX.
A sequel to the original Fitness Boxing game, developed by Imagineer, was released for Nintendo Switch in December of last year. The game encourages players to pick up their Joy-Con controllers, select music and courses, and get into a variety of boxing exercises while listening to instrumental versions of popular pop songs.
An international release for the Fitness Boxing anime has not been announced at this time, though that could change as anime has become an increasingly hot genre for major streaming services like Netflix and Hulu. It also has dedicated streaming platforms like Crunchyroll and Funimation, which have recently merged into one.
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