Kodoani.com – Official website of the manga adaptation Orient of Shinobu Ohtaka announced on Thursday that the second season of the anime will premiere on TV Tokyo, BS TV, and AT-X in July. The website also revealed the additional cast and illustrations by Ohtaka to celebrate the second course.
The newly announced cast includes:
Tomoaki Maeno as Tatsuomi Uesugi
Natsuki Hanae as Naoe Kanetatsu
Yoshiki Nakajima as Masaki Amakasu
Kouki Uchiyama as Akihiro Shimazu
Gakuto Kajiwara as Amako Katsumi
The anime premiered in Japan on January 5. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime, and also began streaming the English dub on February 23. Episodes 11 and 12 of the anime aired on TV. Tokyo on Wednesday after an earthquake – delayed the broadcast of episode 11. .
Kodansha Comics is publishing the manga in English and it describes the story:
At the age of 10, best friends Musashi and Kojiro sit in excited silence as Kojiro’s father tells of evil demons that prey on innocent people and the warriors who defeated them. Practicing swordsmanship, the two vowed to become the strongest in the world. But as they grow older, Kojiro becomes skeptical, and Musashi realizes he can’t go back to 150 years of demonic domination on his own. He’s been called the prodigy with the pickaxe, and he’s almost ready for the working life. However, he cannot shake the feeling that he still has a responsibility to act… and, soon, the injustices of the world will force him to act…
Tetsuya Yanagisawa (Shattered Angels, High School DxD, Senran Kagura Shinovi Master) is directing the anime at ACGT. Mariko Kunisawa (Ascendance of a Bookworm, Magimoji Rurumo, Hatsukoi Limited) is in charge of series scripts. Takahiro Kishida describes the characters. Hideyuki Fukasawa composed the music. Da-iCE performed the opening song “Break Out” and Wataru Hatano performed the ending song “Naniiro.”
Ohtaka launched the manga in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in May 2018. The manga moved to Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in February 2021.
Via: Kodoani.com