The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Yūgo Kobayashi’s Aoashi manga announced Aoashi Season 2 is in the works at TMS Entertainment. Aoashi Season 2 will debut in 2026.
Akira Satō directed the first season at Prodution I.G. Masahiro Yokotani was in charge of the series scripts. Manabu Nakatake, Toshie Kawamura, Asuka Yamaguchi, and Saki Hasegawa were the character designers, and Nakatake and Yamaguchi were the chief animation directors. Naho Seike, Yukiko Watabe, Miho Daidouji, and Eisuke Shirai were the sub-character designers. Kenichi Takeshita, Jun Soga, and Kenji Iizuka were the staff’s soccer supervisors. Masaru Yokoyama composed the music.
Based on an original story concept by Naohiko Ueno, Kobayashi launched the Aoashi manga in Weekly Big Comic Spirits in January 2015. The manga is planned to end with its 410th chapter this year. The manga’s 40th compiled book volume will be the final volume.
Crunchyroll streamed the first season of the Aoashi anime series as it aired in Japan. The anime premiered in April 2022. Here’s an overview of the anime series, via Crunchyroll:
After a loss in his last junior high school soccer tourney, Ehime Prefecture’s ace player, Ashito Aoi, is devastated but in every loss there’s a victory. Tatsuya Fukuda, manager of an organization that trains students for one of the leading clubs in the J-League, sees Ashito’s raw talent and offers a tryout to his group. Together they’ll bring the youth club and Aoshi’s talents to new heights!
