Rising Impact
ライジングインパクト
- Sports
- School
- Episodes
- 12
- Duration
- 26 min per ep
- Aired
- Jun 22, 2024
- Status
- Finished Airing
Synopsis
In a serene mountain village, Gawain discovers his passion for golf, a sport that captivates him with the thrill of watching the ball soar through the air. His life takes a transformative turn when he meets a newcomer who introduces him to the world of golf, igniting a fire within him that he never knew existed. With his grandfather's encouragement, Gawain embarks on an exciting journey to Tokyo, eager to deepen his understanding of the game.
As he navigates the challenges of city life, Gawain encounters a diverse cast of characters, each with their own unique stories and insights into the sport. Through intense practice and valuable lessons, he learns that golf is not merely about technique, but also about perseverance and friendship. Gawain's adventure becomes a heartfelt exploration of growth, as he strives to master the art of swinging a club while forging lasting connections along the way.
Otaku Consensus
Rising Impact lands because Hitoshi Nanba’s brisk direction and Lay-duce’s compact 12-episode structure turn golf fundamentals into shounen escalation rather than a slow technical lecture. Viewers consistently praise its easy-to-follow sport education, cheerful cast dynamics, and Masaru Yokoyama’s sports-drama lift, while the loudest criticism is that its accelerated character growth and fantastical golf feats can feel too unbelievable for anyone wanting grounded competition.
Why You Should Watch
Watch Rising Impact if you want a sports anime that teaches the rules and sensations of its game without becoming a manual. It scratches the same itch as Haikyu!! in its enthusiasm for turning technique into emotional momentum, but its more exaggerated, almost Inazuma Eleven-like approach makes golf feel like a power-scaling battleground instead of a country-club pastime. The appeal is not strict realism; it is seeing drives, club choice, and shot control treated like shounen special moves while still giving newcomers enough terminology to follow the match logic. If you like school sports casts, tiny overpowered protagonists, fast progression, and sincere perseverance themes without a long tournament-anime time commitment, this 12-episode season is built for a focused binge.
Key Characters
- GGawain Nanaumi(VA: Misaki Kuno)
Gawain’s chibi-coded design and high-energy performance by Misaki Kuno are central to why many viewers describe him as adorable even when critics push back on how quickly his talent escalates.
- KKiria Nishino(VA: You Taichi)
Kiria functions as the series’ gateway into golf technique, giving the show a mentor figure who makes terminology and form approachable for viewers new to the sport.
- LLancelot Norman(VA: Yumiri Hanamori)
Lancelot’s name and presence push the cast toward a heightened shounen-rival atmosphere, matching the series’ preference for mythic sports energy over strict realism.
- YYumiko Koizumi(VA: Kaede Hondo)
Yumiko is part of the credited main ensemble that shifts the show from a solo prodigy story into a school-sports cast piece, with Kaede Hondo adding a recognizable contemporary anime voice to the lineup.
What Makes It Stand Out
- 1
Lay-duce produced the anime as a 12-episode finished season, which gives the adaptation a notably fast learning curve: viewers get golf concepts quickly, but several reviews also identify that speed as the source of its least believable jumps.
- 2
The series does not present golf as purely realistic competition; multiple viewer reactions specifically praise its mix of technical explanation with dramatic, fantastical sports exaggeration.
- 3
Masaru Yokoyama is credited for the music, a strong fit for a version of golf that relies on momentum, emotional swells, and shounen-style impact rather than quiet simulation.
- 4
Kiyotaka Oshiyama’s character design credit matters because the show leans into a compact, chibi-friendly visual identity, reflected in AniList’s Chibi tag and in fan discussion around Gawain’s instantly recognizable look.
- 5
Its reception profile is niche but solid: the show holds a 7.55 MAL score from 10,990 votes and a 76/100 AniList score, while its MAL popularity rank of #5295 shows it has not yet become a mainstream sports-anime default.
Fun Facts & Trivia
- Fun fact 1
- Original creator Nakaba Suzuki is also known by reviewers as the author of Nanatsu no Taizai, and some critics specifically connect Rising Impact’s character faces and low-brow comedy beats to that pedigree.
- Fun fact 2
- The production credits include an unusually detailed Indonesian dub pipeline: Andriyanto Sukirman as ADR editor, Novie Burhan on both ADR script and ADR direction, Charles Stephanus as ADR production supervisor, and Stefanus Yoseph as ADR engineer.
- Fun fact 3
- Saki Hamada is credited for in-between animation on episode 1, a small but concrete production detail from the show’s animation workflow.
- Fun fact 4
- AniList records only 168 favourites for the series alongside its 76/100 score, reinforcing its status as a well-liked but comparatively under-discovered sports title.
- Fun fact 5
- The four listed main Japanese voice roles pair Misaki Kuno with Gawain Nanaumi, You Taichi with Kiria Nishino, Yumiri Hanamori with Lancelot Norman, and Kaede Hondo with Yumiko Koizumi.
Studios
- Lay-duce
