Web Manga 'Iwa Kakeru!: Climbing Girls' Gets TV Anime

An official website opened for a television anime adaptation of Ryudai Ishizaka's Iwa Kakeru!: Climbing Girls (Hang On! Climbing Girls) web manga on Friday. The anime series will air under the title Iwa Kakeru!: Sport Climbing Girls.

Synopsis
Konomi Kasahara, a junior high school girl, has made a big name after winning numerous competitive puzzle game tournaments. The story begins when she finds a sports climbing club in her high school. Using special skills other than that of puzzle games, Kasahara becomes fascinated with climbing.

Staff
Director: Tetsurou Amino (Nijiiro Days, Break Blade)
Series Composition: Touko Machida (Harukana Receive, Runway de Waratte)
Character Design: Yoshihiro Watanabe (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, Sora no Otoshimono)
Music: Tsubasa Itou (Egao no Daika, Princess Connect! Re:Dive)
Studio: Blade

Cast
Konomi Kasahara: Sumire Uesaka (Musaigen no Phantom World)
Jun Uehara: Yui Ishikawa (Qualidea Code)
Sayo Yotsuba: Aina Suzuki (Mahou Shoujo Site)
Nonoka Sugiura: Miyu Tomita (Bokutachi wa Benkyou ga Dekinai)

Ishizaka began drawing the sports manga on the Cycomics website in December 2017 and ended it in May 2019. A sequel manga, Iwa Kakeru!!: Try a New Climbing, launched the following month. Kodansha published the first two volumes of the original manga in 2018. Shogakukan will re-release all four volumes on April 30. The company released first volume of the sequel manga digitally on February 28.

Official site: http://iwakakeru-anime.com/
Official Twitter: @iwakakeru_anime

Source: Comic Natalie

Iwa Kakeru!: Sport Climbing Girls on MAL