Love All Play
Movies
Alternate Title
ラブオールプレー
Synopsis
While in junior high, Ryo Mizushima made a spur of the moment decision and joined the badminton team. Despite a lack of proper coaching at his school, his physical strength allowed him to improve to the point where he participated in a prefectural tournament, where he was approached by Jin Ebihara, the famous coach of the badminton team at the prestigious Yokohama Minato High School, who invited him to join. Ryo, indecisive and timid, hesitates to go to Yokohama Minato High School, but his older sister, Rika, a third-year student at the school with top grades, gives him a strong push and he decides to go.
There, he meets the team’s colorful and unique players, including the invincible doubles team, the Higashiyama Twins; Koki Matsuda, a cool and handsome returnee from Shanghai; Shohei Sakaki, the team’s power player and mood-maker; and Kento Yusa, the team’s superstar player. So begins Ryo’s and the team’s journey to aim for the top and win the Inter-High Championship!
Background
Love All Play began as a Japanese novel series written by Asami Koseki that was published by Poplar Publishing under their Poplar Bunko Pureful imprint from May 2011 to March 2014 and was released in four volumes.
A manga adaptation illustrated by Dam Miyata will begin serialization on Shueisha’s seinen manga website Tonari no Young Jump in April 2022.
A TV anime adaptation was announced in August 2021. It is being jointly produced by Nippon Animation and OLM and features Hiroshi Takeuchi as director, with Tomoko Konparu handling series composition and penning the script together with Michiko Yokote, Miharu Hirami, and Shingo Irie, Riko Kaneda handling character designs, and Yuki Hayashi composing the music. The anime’s opening theme song is “Harutsubame” by Hey! Say! JUMP, and the ending theme song is "Lyra" by LONGMAN. The anime will premiere in Japan on April 2, 2022 on YTV, NTV, and their affiliates.
Characters
Ryo Mizushima (Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae)
Ryo has a passion deep in his heart but is unable to express it outwardly, and in junior high school he was unable to achieve the results he wanted. Then, he was recognized for a talent he didn’t realize he had and was invited to join the badminton team at Yokohama Minato High School. There, he meets Jin Ebihara and his teammates, and his passion for badminton grows.
Kento Yusa (Voiced by: ?)
Kento is one year Ryo’s senior. He is the strongest superstar player of his age group who stoically aims higher than anyone else. He is overwhelmingly strong and popular, but he also has a selfish side. He places a lot of trust in Yusuke, his doubles partner.
Shohei Sakaki (Voiced by: Yohei Azakami)
Shohei is one of Ryo’s classmates and his doubles partner. He is a passionate mood-maker with a powerful and straightforward playstyle. He is the eldest of four siblings, so he is very caring and considerate of others on the badminton team. His parents run a Western-style restaurant.
Koki Matsuda (Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa)
Koki is a singles player and one of Ryo’s classmates. He is a returnee to Japan who spent time abroad in China from the age of 8 until the spring of his third year in junior high. Although not well-known in Japan due to his time abroad, he is a very talented player. He is always cool and unemotional, and sees things rationally. He has a handsome face and has a fan club in his class.
Taichi Higashiyama (Voiced by: Kensho Ono)
Taichi is a doubles player and one of Ryo’s classmates. He is the older of the Higashiyama Twins. He and his younger brother Yoji play well together and have been nationally ranked players since junior high school. He is strongly aware of his role as the older brother, and when the time comes, he is the one who takes the lead. In elementary school, he and Yoji played baseball together as pitcher and catcher, with him playing catcher.
Yoji Higashiyama (Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara)
Yoji is a doubles player and one of Ryo’s classmates. He is the younger of the Higashiyama Twins. He and his older brother Taichi play well together and have been nationally ranked players since junior high school. He is a little weak mentally and unknowingly relies on Taichi. In elementary school, he and Taichi played baseball together as a pitcher and catcher, with him playing pitcher.
Akira Uchida (Voiced by: Yuki Kaji)
Akira is one of Ryo’s classmates and is a beginner who started playing badminton in high school. He is enrolled in the Special Preparatory Course as a scholarship student, and his grades are always at the top. He is the brains of the badminton team and is trusted by those around him as a healing presence. In fact, he knows more personal information about his teammates than their own parents and siblings.
Yusuke Yokokawa (Voiced by: ?)
Yusuke is one year Ryo's senior. He is very tough both physically and mentally, and he has outstanding stamina and muscle strength. He and Kento play doubles together, and he is the one and only person who is dedicated to supporting Kento both in club activities and in his private life. He is trusted by his juniors and is often consulted by them about anything.
Jin Ebihara (Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai)
Jin is the coach of the Yokohama Minato High School badminton team and a mathematics teacher. He was actually a soccer player in his school days. He started from zero experience and knowledge of badminton, but from there he has led the sluggish Yokohama Minato High School badminton team to become a nationally ranked team.
Rika Mizushima (Voiced by: Minako Kotobuki)
Rika is Ryo's older sister and a graduate of Yokohama Minato High School. She has both beauty and brains, and while attending Yokohama Minato High, she was the queen bee of the whole school. However, she has a rather eccentric personality, and her dream for the future is to become a renowned person who makes history. She grew up taking care of Ryo while her parents were busy working, and she still keeps a warm but strict eye on him.
Shizuo Nakano (Voiced by: Masaya Matsukaze)
Hiroto Kadota (Voiced by: Shimba Tsuchiya)
Music
- Opening Theme Song: “Harutsubame” by Hey! Say! JUMP
- Ending Theme Song: "Lyra" by LONGMAN
Official Info
Staff
- Original Creator: Asami Koseki
- Director: Hiroshi Takeuchi
- Series Composition: Tomoko Konparu
- Script: Michiko Yokote, Miharu Hirami, Shingo Irie, Tomoko Konparu
- Character Design: Riko Kaneda
- Chief Animation Director: Mai Kuwabara, Riko Kaneda, Shinobu Ookawa, Taka Sato, Yasukazu Shoji
- Art Director: Scott MacDonald
- Art Setting: Maho Takahashi
- Color Design: Hajime Komoritani
- Prop Design: Reeki Taki
- 3D Director: Ryota Itoh
- Director of Photography: Miyabi Amada
- Editing: Yuri Takahashi
- Sound Director: Hiroyuki Hayase
- Music: Yuki Hayashi
- Animation Production: Nippon Animation, OLM