Sorairo Utility

Sorairo Utility (空色ユーティリティ) is a Japanese original anime television short film about golf produced by Yostar Pictures and directed by Kengo Saitō. It premiered on Tokyo MX in December 2021. An anime television series also produced by Yostar Pictures is set to premiere in January 2025.

Characters

 * Minami Aoba (青羽 美波)


 * Haruka Akane (茜 遥)


 * Ayaka Hoshimi (星見 彩花)


 * Izumi Akina (秋名 泉美)


 * Masao Tadokoro (田所 昌夫) / Masa (マサ)


 * Chosuke Tanabe (田辺 長介) / Cho (チョウ)


 * Tetsuhiro Tanaka (田中 哲弘) / Tetsu (テツ)

Production and release
On October 25, 2021, the original anime produced by Yostar Pictures was announced. It was later revealed to be a television short film, with Kengo Saitō directing the film, Li Hengda producing the film, Kota Nozomi writing the screenplay, Akira Amemiya in charge of the storyboard, and Horita Daisuke composing the music, and directing the sound. The 14-minute short film premiered on Tokyo MX on December 31, 2021. The film's theme song is "Gunjō Love theory" by the HAM unit (Miyu Takagi, Yurina Amami, and Ayasa Goto). Crunchyroll and Funimation are both streaming the film outside of Asia.

An anime television series, also produced by Yostar Pictures, was announced on February 8, 2024. The cast and director are reprising their roles from the film, with Yū Satō handling series composition, as well as writing scripts alongside Aya Satsuki and Aki Mizuki, and Kota Nozomi returning from the film for original concept cooperation. The series is set to premiere in January 2025.