Drive is one of three production companies on the original TV anime Kaze wo Tsugu Mono, alongside Aniplex and Live2D. The series, directed by Tomohiro Kawamura, has filled out its Shinsengumi speaking roster with five newly announced cast members ahead of its Kyomafu stage event and ticket pre-sales on September 19 and 20.
Drive's current active credit is the original TV anime Kaze wo Tsugu Mono, produced with Aniplex and Live2D. The series is directed by Tomohiro Kawamura, with scripts by Yutaka Nari and music by Shigeru Kishida. The show's cast rollout has moved in stages: six leads were already announced, and on September 12 a second cast reveal PV added five more voices: Ryohei Kimura as Shinshichi Nagakura, Ayumu Murase as Heisuke Todo, Shinba Tsuchiya as Sanosuke Harada, Takeo Otsuka as Keisuke Yamanami, and Yasuyuki Kase as Kamo Serizawa. That completes the Shinsengumi ensemble's speaking roster.
With the cast set, the rollout turns to events. A Kyomafu stage event is scheduled, and ticket pre-sales run September 19 and 20. That is the shape of Drive's public schedule as the most recent stories describe it.
The rest of the coverage the name Drive surfaces in is not about the studio. It is a mix of titles that happen to carry the word in their names: Bandai Namco's BeamNG.drive, the BOOM BOOM SATELLITES song "Brand New Drive," the "Over Drive!" live for the NIJISANJI unit MECHATU-A, the SEGA FAVE arcade game Uki Uki DRIVE, JAF's DRIVE CARD GAME, and the OmniDrive disc-ripping firmware. None of these are Drive projects.
What the stories establish about Drive is narrow and current: one anime in production, with Aniplex and Live2D, and a cast and event schedule that are now public.
Written with AI from the cited Yomimono stories below, each itself sourced.
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Sep 12
The second cast reveal PV for the original TV anime Kaze wo Tsugu Mono has been released, debuting character voices for five newly announced cast members: Ryohei Kimura as Shinshichi Nagakura, Ayumu Murase as Heisuke Todo, Shinba Tsuchiya as Sanosuke Harada, Takeo Otsuka as Keisuke Yamanami, and Yasuyuki Kase as Kamo Serizawa. The series, directed by Tomohiro Kawamura with scripts by Yutaka Nari and music by Shigeru Kishida, is produced by Aniplex, Live2D, and Drive.