Backflip!! The Movie

Backflip!! The Movie

2022 · 90 min · ★ 7.2 · Animation, Drama, Comedy

Ever since coming across the world of boy’s rhythmic gymnastics during the last summer of junior-high, Shotaro Futaba has become fascinated with the sport. So when he enters Soshokuan Private High School, known as Ao High for short, he heads to the boy’s rhythmic gymnastics club, where he meets unique seniors and the ace of the team, Ryoya Misato. The members of the club each have their own passions, but they’ve put it all on the line with a single goal in mind. Now the next stage in their journey has arrived: the inter-high competition!

Directed by Toshimasa Kuroyanagi · Written by Toshizo Nemoto

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