Kadokawa announced an original fishing television anime titled Negative Positive Angler (NegaPoji Angler), and revealed the anime's main cast, staff and October premiere in its teaser promotional video on Tuesday.
The anime's story centers on Tsunehiro Sasaki, a university student with a large debt and is told by his doctor that he only has two years left to live. Living the rest of his days in depression, Tsunehiro one day gets chased by a debt collector and falls into the sea. He is rescued by Hana, a girl who loves fishing, and her fishing friends including Takaaki.
Hana urges Tsunehiro to experience fishing for the first time in his life and he starts to develop friendship with other fishing enthusiasts. Thing start looking up for Tsunehiro as he starts working at the convenience store where Hana and Takaaki work, and he slowly gets hooked into fishing.
The anime's main cast are:
Yutaka Uemura (Saga of Tanya the Evil, FLCL Alternative series and films) is directing the anime at NUT. Tomohiro Suzuki (One-Punch Man, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End) is supervising and writing the series scripts. Hiromi Taniguchi (2024 Ranma ½) is designing the characters and is also the chief animation director.
Other staff includes:
- Fish Painting: Yūsei Nagashima
- Prop Design: Fuminori Tsukida, Natsuki Yokoyama, Hiromi Taniguchi
- Art Director Kei Ichikura
- Art Setting: Tomoyasu Fujise
- Color Design: Yukiko Kakita
- CG Director: Tsukasa Saitō
- Compositing Director of Photography: Shinji Tonsho
- Editing: Yumi Jinguji
- Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
- Music: Tomoki Kikuya
- Music Production: Kadokawa
Source: Press release