Released:
2004-01-03

Overview:
Hikaru is given a phone call asking him to appear in the Japan/China/Korea Junior's Tournament but he finds out he will have to take part in a preliminary tournament to choose Japan's three contestants. Upon discussing this with Akira, he discovers that Akira has already been chosen for the tournament and will not be taking place in the preliminaries. Hikaru then decides not to visit Akira's Go Salon until he takes his place on the team with Akira. That may be tougher than originally planned...

Director:
Tetsuya Endo

Runtime:
1h 17min

Genre:
Drama, Adventure, Animation

• Cast:
• 
  Tomoko Kawakami
  as
  Hikaru Shindō (voice)
• 
  Sanae Kobayashi
  as
  Akira Toya (voice)
• 
  Keiji Fujiwara
  as
  Seiji Ogata (voice)
• 
  Yurika Hino
  as
  Hikaru's mother (voice)
• 
  Katashi Ishizuka
  as
  Kiyoharu Yashiro (voice)