Hand Shakers

Hand Shakers

Promotional image.
ハンドシェイカー
Anime television series
Directed by Shingo Suzuki
Hiromichi Kanazawa
Written by Hiromichi Kanazawa
Music by Kadokawa
GOON TRAX
Studio GoHands
Network Tokyo MX, MBS, TVA, BS11
Original run January 11, 2017 – scheduled

Hand Shakers (ハンドシェイカー) is an upcoming Japanese anime television series produced by GoHands with collaboration of production company Frontier Works and publisher Kadokawa.[1][2] It is scheduled to premiere on January 11, 2017.[3]

Plot

"Hand Shakers" takes place in Osaka in "AD20XX". The story revolves around Tazuna, a high-school student with a knack for mechanics, accepts a certain repair request and visits a university research facility. There, he meets Koyori, a lone girl asleep on a bed. As though being led by something, Tazuna touches her fingertips - and a voice flows into him from a place unknown. Tazuna is left bewildered as a new world, Ziggurat, lays before him. Within an instant, Tazuna and Koyori are attacked by something. The many Hand Shakers who must confront god stand in the way of Tazuna and Koyori. Laying their own 'wishes' on the line, Hand Shakers are the people who come together joining hands, and bear weapons born from the depths of one's psyche called "Nimrod". Together they fight. In order to grant one’s wish, many Hand Shakers fight against each other in a competition of power to reach the pinnacle, where they can meet with "god" and defeat this so called "god".

Characters

Hand Shakers

Team Gear

Tazuna (タヅナ)/Tazuna Takatsuki (高槻 手綱 Takatsuki Tazuna)
Voiced by: Sōma Saitō[4]
A highschool student who is good at mechanics and is always running around doing repairs for people. He is more focused than the average person, but worries about the fact that this makes him unaware of his surroundings. He became a Hand Shaker after holding hands with Koyori while she was sleeping in a laboratory. Koyori, who will die if he lets go of her hand, reminds Tazuna of his younger sister who passed away.
Koyori (コヨリ)/Koyori Akutagawa (芥川小代理 Akutagawa Koyori)
Voiced by: Sumire Morohoshi[4]
A girl who was sleeping in a laboratory. After having her hand held by Tazuna she woke up and they became Hand Shaker partners. She is expressionless and doesn't speak. If she doesn't hold hands with Tazuna at all times, even when she's going to bed, she will lose her life force and die. Furthermore, for her losing a Hand Shaker fight means actual death.

Team Card

Riri (リリ)/Riri Hojo (北条璃々 Hōjō Riri)
Voiced by: Ai Kayano
An honor student who is gentle but firm. The student council president at Tazuna's school. Her special skill is tarot card reading and, using this skill, she often advises those around her. Masaru's older sister.
Masaru (マサル)/Masaru Hojo (北条 勝 Hōjō Masaru)
Voiced by: Ayumu Murase
A mature and calm intellectual even though he is just twelve years old. Although he's amazed by his sister's behavior, he's always doing his best to look after her. His special skill is card games and he's the number one player in the district.

Team Shadow

Chizuru (チヅル)/Chizuru Mitsudera (三津寺千鶴 Mitsudera Chizuru)
Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka
She may be extremely petite and often mistaken for a middle schooler, but she's actually a working adult. Despite her looks she's very capable at her job and she's a hard worker and a woman of character. She often makes witty comebacks to her subordinate, Hayate.
Hayate (ハヤテ)/Hayate Azuma (東 颯 Azuma Hayate)
Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa
Chizuru's subordinate and a new employee. An easygoing man. He's extremely tall and often gets mistaken for being Chizuru's boss - she gets mad at him whenever that happens. A hard worker who is good at backing up Chizuru.

Team Sword

Kodama (コタマ)/Kodama Awaza (阿波座こだま Awaza Kodama)
Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu
One of the strongest Hand Shakers. Fights alongside Hibiki. Cheerful and self-assured, she's a confident girl. She usually works as an idol. She stands out for her occasional use of proverbs and her pigtails.
Hibiki (ヒビキ)/Hibiki Moriyama (盛山　響 Moriyama Hibiki)
Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita
A Hand Shaker that fights alongside Kodama. He was a businessman until he left his job in order to support Kodama, and now works as her manager. He is always deeply moved by everything Kodama says or does and is quick to compliment her.

Team Chain

Break (ブレイク)
Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama
A Hand Shaker who fights alongside Bind to make their wish come true. He uses his power to control Bind.
Bind (バインド)
Voiced by: Yoko Hikasa
A Hand Shaker who fights alongside Bind to make their wish come true. Is dependent on Break.

Others

Makihara (マキハラ)
Voiced by: Showtaro Morikubo[4]
Musubu (ムスブ)/Musubu Takatsuki (高槻 結 Takatsuki Musubu)
Voiced by: Sora Amamiya
Tazuna's father (タヅナの父 Tazuna no chichi)
Voiced by: Shintaro Asanuma
Tazuna's mother (タヅナの母 Tazuna no haha)
Voiced by: Satomi Satō
Tomoki (トモキ)/Tomoki Tachibana (橘 友樹 Tachibana Tomoki)
Voiced by: Yūsuke Kobayashi
Voice of "god" (神の声 Kami no koe)
Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa
Other cast

Media

Anime

The project was announced in March 2016,[5] but the project site was relaunched in July 2016.[2]

Kadokawa and GOON TRAX will produce the music for the anime.[1] The opening theme song, titled "One Hand Message", will be performed by OxT, while the ending theme, titled "Yume Miru Ame", will be performed by Akino Arai.[3]

The anime is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Animate chain of anime character goods stores.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "GoHands' Hand Shakers Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals Cast, January Premiere". Anime News Network. July 16, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "First Look Offered Of GoHands × Frontier Works × KADOKAWA Original Anime "Hand Shaker"". Crunchyroll. July 16, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Hand Shakers TV Anime's Theme Song Artists, January 10 Premiere Revealed". Anime News Network. November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Hand Shakers TV Anime Reveals New Promo Video, Character Designs". Anime News Network. August 12, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Animate Shops Celebrate 30 Years with Original "Hand Shakers" Anime". Crunchyroll. March 20, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2016.

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