Banjō no alpha: Yakusoku no shōgi

Newspaper journalist Shunsuke Akiba is transferred to the cultural desk and put in charge of shogi. He meets Nobushige Sanada, a 33-year-old aiming to be a professional shogi player by achieving the rank of 4-dan or more. Sanada is over the age limit as he could not achieve 4-dan by the age of 26, and is now trying to take an exam for admission to 3-dan. Akiba supports Sanada's attempt to become a professional shogi player and becomes interested in the game.

• Junpei YamaokaWriter
• Yuki HayashiOriginal Music Composer

• Hiroshi TamakiAkiba Shunsuke
• Yusuke KamijiSanada Nobushige
• Manami HigaSaito Keiko [Akiba's girlfriend]
• Sumika NonoCast
• Junpei YasuiCast
• NatsukoCast
• Yasuhito HidaCast
• Arata HoriiCast
• Ryo KatoCast
• Renji IshibashiCast
• Masaomi KondoCast