A new PV trailer has been revealed for the ongoing Tosochu: The Great Mission TV anime series, which previews the series’ final story arc “Moon World Colony Championship.” The long-running anime first premiered in Japan on April 2, 2023 and has run for several cours.
KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode‘s Yukio Kaizawa and Kohei Kureta are directing the anime series, with Tomohiro Nakayama (One Piece scriptwriter) as screenwriter, Takeshi Okano (AT Lady! manga artist) as original character designer, and Yoichi Onishi (Kanon 2002) as character designer. Toei Animation is the animation production company.
Other staff include Kentaro Akiyama (Shojo☆Kageki Revue Starlight Movie co-art director) as co-art director, Shohei Tamura (Looking for Magical Doremi monitor designer) as 3D stage designer, and Kotaro Nakagawa (Code Geass co-composer) as music composer.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main cast includes:
- • Showtaro Morikubo as Soya Tomura
- • Marina Inoue as Runa Nishitoin
- • Yumiko Kobayashi as Haru Tomoya
- • Ryotaro Okiayu as Maurice Shoemaker
The anime is inspired by the Japanese game show Run for the Money, which aired in 2004 as a Fuji TV special program. A Netflix reboot was released in 2022. It was also turned into a short-lived 2008 U.S. show titled Cha$e and in China as a variety show called Run for Time.
Toei Animation Europe describes the main synopsis of Tosochu: The Great Mission as:
In the future, where mankind has moved to the moon… Chronos Inc.’s big survival game show, “Run For Money” (also known as “TOSOCHU” in Japan) is entertaining the residents of the Moon World Colony!
In the game, those who complete the difficult missions as runners and escape from Tracking Android Hunters win huge bounties and enormous popularity, becoming the admiration of boys and girls. Sawyer Tomura, a boy with outstanding physical abilities, enters the world of “Run For Money” like he has always longed to do.
Sawyer is transported to an unprecedented and spectacular stage along with other fellow runners. As he faces the threat of the Hunters and the toughest missions, he begins to run to successfully escape!
