Aoashi TV Anime Continues With New Key Visual And More

Aoashi, a currently airing television anime based on Yugo Kobayashi’s soccer manga, continues with a second courtyard, and now a new key visual (below), new cast members, and new info on the themes of opening/ending of the series have all been revealed. New cast members include:

Takuya Eguchi as Akinori Kaneda.

Koutaro Nishiyama as Junosuke Nakano.

Yūki Ono as Chiaki Muto.

Tomoaki Maeno as Koji Satake.

And Kei Shindō like Miyako Tachibana.

The new opening theme, titled “Presence”, is performed by Superfly. The new ending theme, titled “Calla Lily no Koibumi” (“A Calla Lily’s Love Letter”), is performed by KAMI WA SAIKORO WO FURANAI.

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the original Aoashi manga is serialized by Shogakukan in their Weekly Comedy Great Minds seinen manga magazine, and a English language version is also available from Shogakukan Asia. Crunchyroll describes the story of Aoashi as following:

“I will take you into the world.” Ashito Aoi is a middle schooler who lives in Ehime and the ace of an unremarkable soccer club. The day they lost the last college tournament, Ashito ran along the ocean in frustration, only to come across a man who had been watching his match. This man is Tatsuya Fukuda, the coach of the high school youth team of a top J-League team, “Tokyo City Esperion FC”. After sensing immense potential in Ashito’s still unrefined skills, he describes his ambition. “I want to build a team and use it to conquer the world. Our club will not be a milestone for players who conquer the world. Our club will be the world. And for that to happen, I’m going to need “ace” to practice.” After hearing Fukuda’s offer, Ashito decides to go to Tokyo and try out for his team ── Aoashi is considered the vanguard of football manga, and now he’s finally getting a TV anime adaptation ! Loss, growth and friendship: it’s all about youth!

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The Aoashi The television anime is directed by Akira Sato and features animation production by Production IG. The series is currently airing in Japan and is also available to stream on Crunchyroll as part of the Spring 2022 anime simulcast schedule.

Source: comedic Natalie