is an original Japanese

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television series produced by

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and

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. It aired from April to June 2022.

Characters

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Production and release

The anime project was revealed on August 28, 2021, during the "BS Eleven Keiba Chūkei" program in Japan, which was teased a week prior. The series is produced by

and

and directed by Makoto Katō, with Team Fanfare writing the series' scripts, Naohiro Fukushima serving as the main writer, Hiro Kanzaki designing the characters, and

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composing the music. It aired from April 2 to June 25, 2022, on

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, BS11, GTV, GYT,

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, and AT-X. The opening theme song is "Move The Soul" by

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, while the ending theme song is "Outsiders" by SawanoHiroyuki Zkwith JO1 members Junki Kono and Sho Yonashiro. The series will have 13 episodes.

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has licensed the series outside of Asia. Plus Media Networks Asia licensed the series in Southeast Asia and will release it on

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Episode list

Music

The series' soundtrack was composed by

, and released on June 8, 2022 via

. The soundtrack also features several vocal tracks featuring performances by Benjamin, mpi and Misaki Umase.

Track listing

Reception

Fanfare of Adolescense has received generally mixed to negative reviews from critics. Teddy Cambosa of ''Anime Corner'' criticized the show's lack of focus on the horse racing aspects of the show as well as the writing of the storytelling and characters, calling it "All Idols, No Horse-Racing." Nicholas Dupree of

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shared similar sentiments, with him naming the show as the worst of the season it aired, stating "there's nothing about it I could describe as “good” outside of some isolated visuals courtesy of its talented director." Natsuki Hanae's acting also received criticism, with Teddy Cambosa of ''Anime Corner'' calling it "overwhelming" and Gracie Qu of ''Anitrendz'' describing it as "unnatural" due to him acting a character that was supposed to be a bilingual.

Notes

References

External links

Official website

Official Twitter
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