A trailer and key visual for The Drops of God TV anime have been revealed, along with the show’s April 10 broadcast start date and two cours length.
These were accompanied by the announcement of HOKUTO‘s “hate you? love you?” as the opening theme song and Maaya Ueda‘s “Kami no Shizuku” as the ending song. Additionally, there are some new cast reveals:
• Yuko Kaida as Ryoko Kiryu
• Shinshu Fuji as Shiro Fujieda
• Misa Watanabe as Maki Saionji
• Yuya Uchida as Soichiro Mishima
• Jin Urayama as Roberu Doi
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The Drops of God (Kami no Shizuku) is based on the manga written by Tadashi Agi and drawn by Shu Okimoto. The anime’s synopsis reads:
World-renowned wine critic Yutaka Kanzaki has passed away, leaving behind a wine collection worth over 12 billion yen. His will states that his collection will be given to the one who can identify the origin and year of twelve wines he’s chosen, the “Twelve Apostles”, and one that’s superior even to them, “The Drops of God”.
Competing for the prize are Yutaka’s son, Shizuku, who received a world-class education in wine but rebelled against his father and has never drank a drop, and Issei Tomine, a young charismatic wine critic whom Yutaka had recently adopted as his son.
The manga began in 2004 in Kodansha’s seinen magazine Morning and released its 44th and final volume in 2014. Kodansha USA has the series in English.
There is a Hulu original live-action The Drops of God series, which is a French-Japanese production. A second season premiered on Apple TV+ in January.
Crunchyroll has licensed the anime.
Staff
• Director: Kenji Itoso (Aquarion: Myth of Emotions)
• Series composition and scriptwriter: Yu Mitsuru
• Character designer: Sodai Suwa (Demon Lord 2099)
• Animation production: SATELIGHT
• Animation production cooperation: YANCHESTER
Cast
• Kazuya Kamenashi as Shizuku Kanzaki
• Takuya Sato as Issei Tomine
• Maya Uchida as Miyabi Shinohara
• Banjo Ginga as Yutaka
Sources: The Drops of God official YouTube channel, The Drops of God anime website (1), (2)
