Summer 2017 anime Welcome to the Ballroom (Ballroom e Youkoso) revealed a new key visual! It finally shows Tatara dancing with a partner, though we can’t see who he is dancing with.
From 25 June 2017 until 1 July 2017, a collaboration ad will be shown on the screens of Shibuya crossing. The collaboration is between the Japan DanceSport Federation (JDSF) and Welcome to the Ballroom. Sota Fujii (3rd year in high school) and Ami Toshikawa (1st year university student) will dance alongside the animation and reproduce the dance scene from the anime.
渋谷スクランブル交差点の街頭ビジョンにて、JDSF×TVアニメ「ボールルームへようこそ」のコラボCM映像が放映されております！CMにはアニメ映像と共に、JDSF強化選手の「藤井創太×吉川あみ」ペアが出演！渋谷にお越しの際は是非チェックして下さい！ #ballroom_anime pic.twitter.com/c4LYcV8cYs
— TVアニメ「ボールルームへようこそ」 (@ballroom_anime) June 26, 2017
There are also a bunch of other collaborations, for example with Attack on Titan, where Levi is drawn in an illustration as if he were dancing.
「進撃の巨人」×「ボールルームへようこそ」スペシャルコラボ！アニメ「進撃の巨人Season 2」最終回エンドカードで話題をさらったリヴァイ×多々良のイラストが特製ブックカバーに！6/19～全国書店で単行本購入者を対象にプレゼント!! https://t.co/XXL5EX06DD pic.twitter.com/BYetyT3pCK
— TVアニメ「ボールルームへようこそ」 (@ballroom_anime) June 17, 2017
At all Animate stores throughout Japan, as well as other participating bookstores, there will be a Welcome to the Ballroom anime celebration fair. Animate Shinjuku will have special collaboration illustration goods and an extra large advertisement.
On top of that, one week before the start of Welcome to the Ballroom there will be a special program broadcast on 2 July 2017 called Ballroom no Nekki – Dance Hyougen e no Chosen. It will show how the anime was produced and will include interviews with the director as well as Toshikawa and Fujii of the collaboration ad.
Welcome to the Ballroom will start broadcasting on 9 July 2017, 2:08
Official Website: ballroom-official.jp
Official Twitter: @ballroom_anime
The first season of the new year is just one month away from its finale. It was a great start with many amazing titles that made these past months worth the extra hours we put in front of our sets. Now, it is time for the cold wind to give way to the pink hues of the sakura tree and for the Winter 2018 season to give the anime baton to Spring 2018.
