"Eikou Naki Tensai-tachi" Kara no Monogatari
“栄光なき天才たち”からの物語
Synopsis
An anime/documentary series about athletes present by NHK. The first episode adapts material from Tomoyoshi Itou and Shingo Morita's Weekly Young Jump biographical manga Eikou Naki Tensai-tachi (Geniuses Without Glory)—specifically the story about Hironoshin Furuhashi, the swimmer also known as "the flying fish of Fujiyama." The episode also includes interviews with Olympic swimmer Kousuke Kitajima and other Japanese swimmers about the how Furuhashi changed the Japanese competitive swimming world, as well as what sort of training is required to be an Olympic swimmer. (Source: ANN, edited)
Staff
Matsukura, Yuuji
Producer
Fukushima, Toshinori
Director
Gotou, Masahiro
Editing
Hashizume, Chikara
Key Animation
Hayashi, Hirotaka
Animation Director
Hayashi, Asuka
Animation Director
Iizuka, Youko
Key Animation
Ikeda, Tatsuya
Key Animation
Ikeya, Yoshiaki
Key Animation
Kakoi, Hirotsugu
Art Director
Kameyama, Tomoko
Key Animation
Kaneda, Hiroko
Key Animation
Kashikawa, Eiji
Background Art
Kikuchi, Kazuma
Key Animation
Kim, Jeong-nam
Animation Director
Kobayashi, Mari
Key Animation
Kurose, Daisuke
Key Animation
Matsumoto, Katsuji
Key Animation
Matsumoto, Hiroki
Background Art
Matsumura, Yasunori
Key Animation
Matsushita, Junko
Key Animation
Matsuura, Miho
Key Animation
Mizoe, Shiho
Color Design
Mizusawa, Tomoka
Animation Director
Mukai, Yoshihide
Special Effects