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RE-MAIN

RE-MAIN

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Overview

Minato is a boy who stopped playing water polo due to a certain incident in the winter of his third middle school year. He picks the sport back up again with a new team when he starts in high school, but the fledgling team runs into many problems.

Created by Masafumi Nishida
Written by Masafumi Nishida
Produced by Chinatsu Matsui, Makoto Kimura, Yumi Murakami
Networkstv asahiABC TVNagoya TVHTB

Top Cast

Yuto Uemura

Yuto Uemura

Minato Kiyomizu (voice)

Koutaro Nishiyama

Koutaro Nishiyama

Eitaro Oka (voice)

Subaru Kimura

Subaru Kimura

Jo Jojima (voice)

Lynn

Lynn

Chinu Kawakubo (voice)

Soma Saito

Soma Saito

Shugo Amihama (voice)

Makoto Furukawa

Makoto Furukawa

Takekazu Ejiri (voice)

Tasuku Hatanaka

Tasuku Hatanaka

Yutaka Bayaro Inomata (voice)

Daisuke Hirose

Daisuke Hirose

Yoshiharu Ushimado (voice)

Themes & Keywords

competitionslice of lifeschoolanimeschool clubwater polojapanese high schoolbukatsu

About RE-MAIN

RE-MAIN is a animation, comedy, drama series that first aired in 2021 exploring themes of competition, slice of life, school, anime, school club, water polo. Created by Masafumi Nishida, it stars Yuto Uemura, Koutaro Nishiyama, Subaru Kimura. Minato is a boy who stopped playing water polo due to a certain incident in the winter of his third middle school year. He picks the sport back up again with a new team when he starts in high school, but the fledgling team runs into many problems.

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