In the upcoming TV anime Run for the Money: The Great Mission, which is based on the variety show of the same name that airs on Fuji TV, humanity has relocated to the moon, but Shibuya continues to serve as their playground. In this alternate reality, humanity continues to use Shibuya as their playground.
Tsuyoshi Okano, the original character designer, designed an intimidating vision of the hunters approaching close to the runners in order to make people more excited for the future series!
Check out the newly released visual for the series!
The opening theme song will be "Runaway World" by fhána and the ending theme will be "Fly Away" by AB6IX.
Check out the promo trailer for the opening theme song by fhana below!
Main Staff for the series:
- Original Story: "Tosochu" (Fuji TV)
- Original Character Design: Tsuyoshi Okano
- Series composition: Tomohiro Nakayama
- Series director: Yukio Kaizawa and Kohei Kureta (Kirakira☆PreCure a la Mode)
- Character designer: Youichi Onishi
- Art Director: Ayaka Jin, Kentaro Akiyama
- Art Setting: Kenji Fukuda
- 3D Stage Design: Shohei Tamura
- Music: Kotaro Nakagawa
- Production: Fuji Television Network, Yomiuri Advertising, Toei Animation
You can check out two of the announced characters and voice actors for the series below!
Satoshi Tsukimura voiced by Daisuke Namikawa (Hisoka in Hunter x Hunter):
Harvest voiced by Yu Shimamura (Annie Leonhart in Attack on Titan):
Not familiar with Run for the Money: The Great Mission? Here's a little summary for you:
The time is a future where humans have moved their residence to the moon.... In the lunar colony, a game has become very popular. The name of the game is "Run for the Money." It is an entertainment survival game in which fugitives are released into a limited area, and if they can escape from the pursuing android "hunters" until the time limit counts down to zero, they can win a large prize. Some dream of getting rich, while others challenge themselves to test their strength in "Run for the Money."
Run for the Money: The Great Mission will be directed by Yukio Kaizawa and Kohei Kureta (KirakiraPreCure a la Mode), Tomohiro Nakayama will write the series composition, and Youichi Onishi will design the animation characters.
Run for the Money: The Great Mission is set for an April 2 premiere in Japan.
Let us know your thoughts about the opening theme song trailer in the comments!