An original “ossan x idol”-themed anime titled Eternal Boys has been announced with a Fall 2022 release window in Japan.
The anime’s premise involves six middle-aged men trying to overcome age and physical limits to become idols. A teaser trailer and visual previewing its cast of idols have been released.
Eternal Boys’s staff includes migmi (Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town?) as director, Kimiko Ueno (Uchitama?! Have You Seen My Tama?) as series composer, illustrator ma2 as original character designer, Seiko Asai (Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night co-action animation director) as character designer, and Yukari Hashimoto (Komi Can’t Communicate) as music composer. Liden Films is the animation production company, while Manpuku Geinou Production is credited with the original concept. King Records is handling the theme song.
Meanwhile, the cast includes Daisuke Hirakawa as Kentaro Sanada, Katsuyuki Konishi as Naoki Ishida, Jun Fukuyama as Haru Asai, Daisuke Namikawa as Tsuyoshi Imagawa, Toshiyuki Morikawa as Daisuke Yamanaka, and Nozomu Sasaki as Makoto Kakizaki.
A manga version of Eternal Boys by Sana chan is set to begin serialization in Monthly Comic Gene next month. A “spin-off novel game” by coly was also announced.
Source: @eternalboys
