is an original Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. Works, set in Takasaki, Maebashi and Numata, Gunma. The series is written and directed by Kōdai Kakimoto, featuring original character designs by Tomomi Takada which were adapted into anime designs by Kanami Sekiguchi, and a script written by Kakimoto, Yuniko Ayana, and Midori Gotō. It aired from July to September 2024.
Plot Kanata Misora, a high school girl living in Gunma Prefecture, was once part of a skilled cheerleading team, but retired following an accident, now being unable to jump. One day, she meets Suzuha Obunai, a high school girl skilled in parkour. When the two become friends, Kanata decides to return to cheerleading, forming with Suzuha a group called PoMPoMs with four other girls: Anna Aveiro, Nodoka Ōtani, Shion Tanizaki, and Megumi Kaionji.
Characters
She is a first-year student at Takanosaki High and is skilled in acrobatics. She loves natto and watching movies. She was a member of a championship-winning cheerleading team in junior high school, but quit following an incident.
First year student at Sakurajo Girls School. Skilled in parkour and bouldering.
First year student at Omaebashi High School. Skilled at capoeira and . Her father died when she was young. She is a frequent visitor of a local record store.
First year student at Omaebashi High School. Skilled in yoga.
First year student at Sakurajo Girls School. Skilled in rhythmic gymnastics.
A friend of Misora who uses a wheelchair but still is part of the cheerleading group.
Production and release In November 2023, DMM.com and P.A. Works announced they were producing an original anime television series titled Narenare: Cheer for You! It aired from July 7 to September 23, 2024, on TV Tokyo and its affiliates. An advance screening of the first three episodes was held on March 17, 2024 at Takasaki Denkikan, Takasaki. The opening theme song is "Cheer for You!", while the ending theme song is "With", both performed by PoMPoMs (Rika Nakagawa, Yuki Nakashima, Larissa Tago Takeda, Manaka Iwami, Moe Kahara, Miku Itō). Crunchyroll streamed the series worldwide outside of Asia.
Episodes
See also Katana Maidens: Toji No Miko, whose anime adaptation is also directed by Kōdai Kakimoto List of BanG Dream! episodes, starting from the second season, Kōdai Kakimoto became the director of the BanG Dream! anime series Komada: A Whisky Family, an anime film produced by P.A. Works with original character designs by Tomomi Takada
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