Aoashi Season 2 is set to premiere October 4 on NHK Educational, with TMS Entertainment animating and Kazuki Yokoyama directing. The manga concluded in August 2025 with 40 volumes.
The Aoashi anime is returning for a second season with major staff changes. TMS Entertainment replaces Production I.G, which animated the first season in 2022. Kazuki Yokoyama is the new director, taking over from Akira Sato. Character designer Manabu Nakatake returns, joined by Asami Taguchi and Junko Yamanaka, while three previous designers are no longer credited. Script supervisor Masahiro Yokotani, sound director Shoji Hata, and composer Masaru Yokoyama all return.
The season will air in two cours, with the first covering 12 episodes. The opening theme for the first cour is "Fortress Defense" by 10-FEET, and the ending theme is "Triangle" by Ai Higuchi. The premiere date and theme songs were confirmed in a trailer released in September, after a June reveal of the main visual and an Anime Expo panel.
The anime continues after the manga's end. Yugo Kobayashi's Aoashi manga concluded in August 2025 with its 40th volume. The spinoff, Aoashi Brotherfoot, shifted to weekly serialization in July 2026, with Kobayashi stating he plans six compiled volumes total. A new manga by Kobayashi has been delayed again, pushed back six months. The production approach for the series was detailed by producer Junichi Katsutani, who explained that action scenes are planned with a top-down view tracking all players and the ball, then processed through motion capture and 3D CG.
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- The animators plan every play with the same total spatial awareness that Ashito Aoi learns to use on the pitch. · 2026-09-01
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6d ago
The staff of the television anime of Yugo Kobayashi's Aoashi manga revealed a new promotional video on Wednesday, previewing the theme songs for the second season and confirming an October 4 premiere on NHK Educational. Japanese rock band 10-FEET performs the opening theme song "Fortress Defense," while singer-songwriter Ai Higuchi performs the ending theme song "Triangle." The second season marks a change in animation studio, with TMS Entertainment taking over from Production I.G, which animated the first season in 2022. Kazuki Yokoyama is replacing Akira Sato as director. Asami Taguchi and Junko Yamanaka join returning character designer Manabu Nakatake, while previous character designers Asuka Yamaguchi, Saki Hasegawa, and Toshie Kawamura are no longer credited. Script supervisor Masahiro Yokotani, sound director Shoji Hata, and composer Masaru Yokoyama all return. The first cour will cover the opening 12 episodes of the season's planned 24-episode run. The manga, which began in January 2015 in Weekly Big Comic Spirits, ended with its 40th volume in August 2025.
Sep 1
At Anime NYC, Aoashi producer Junichi Katsutani explained how the soccer anime's action scenes are planned with the same bird's-eye view the protagonist uses. The team builds a top-down movie tracking all 22 players and the ball, uses it as the basis for motion capture broken into individual plays, then models the plays in 3D CG to reposition cameras and adjust timing. Foreground characters are animated traditionally.
Jul 16
Yūgo Kobayashi's planned new manga has been pushed back by six months due to unspecified circumstances, after earlier delays from spring to summer. Meanwhile, the Aoashi Brotherfoot spinoff manga changes from monthly to weekly serialization in Weekly Big Comic Spirits starting this month. Kobayashi stated he has material for four volumes and plans two more, totaling six compiled volumes.
Jul 6
Crunchyroll held its annual showcase at Anime Expo 2026 in Los Angeles on July 6, announcing a theatrical film continuation for Solo Leveling and the first character designs for the Ghost of Tsushima Legends anime. The Solo Leveling film, titled Solo Leveling: Beyond the System, will pick up after Season 2 and is produced by A-1 Pictures with Aniplex, Netmarble, D&C Media, Kakao Piccoma, and Crunchyroll. Ghost of Tsushima Legends is directed by Takanobu Mizuno with HAYATE Inc. overseeing production, scripts by Satoshi Maejima and Gen Urobuchi, character designs by Takashi Okazaki, and animation by KAMIKAZE DOUGA. In a surprise segment, Dave Grohl appeared via video message to announce that Nirvana's "Breed" will be the opening theme for The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy At All, which premieres in early 2027. Other reveals included the Kagurabachi anime's first character design sheet for Chihiro Rokuhira, a trailer for the Here U Are manhwa adaptation, the sci-fi series Fate Rewinder for April 2027, The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 5 for next year, Aoashi Season 2 for October 2026, and several other new series including Dengeki Daisy, Gacha Girls Corps, Magical Buffs, The Vermilion Mask, and Overgeared.
Jun 26
The staff of the Aoashi anime revealed a new main visual, the theme song artists, and an Anime Expo panel for the second season on June 26. The season will premiere on NHK Educational on October 4. Japanese rock band 10-FEET will perform the opening theme for the first half of the season (12 episodes), while singer-songwriter Ai Higuchi will perform the ending theme. The second season will be animated by TMS Entertainment, replacing Production I.G. Kazuki Yokoyama takes over as director from Akira Sato. Asami Taguchi and Junko Yamanaka join as character designers alongside returning Manabu Nakatake, with previous designers no longer credited. The series will have a panel at Anime Expo on July 3, featuring producer Junichi Katsutani, a world premiere preview of footage, and a discussion on realistic soccer animation. The manga by Yugo Kobayashi ended in August 2025 with 40 volumes.