The teaser visual and PV of the TV anime "Aoashi Season 2" based on the original work by Yugo Kobayashi have been released.
"Aoashi" is a soccer manga set in J Youth, a junior organization of the J League made up of high school students, and depicts the main character, Ashito Aoi, who strives to become a professional player. It was serialized in Weekly Big Comic Spirits (Shogakukan) from 2015 to 2025. The first season of the TV anime will be broadcast in 2022. It was announced that the second season of the TV anime will be produced in April 2025.
The teaser visual depicts Ashito, who has been promoted to the youth A team, standing strong on a soccer notebook, which is an image of "thinking soccer." In the second season, Ashito's next stage of competition will be the Premier League, the highest league for youth. The PV features Ashito and his friends looking determined, as well as the upperclassmen who belong to Team A.
Broadcast information has also arrived. It will be broadcast every Sunday on NHK E-Tele starting October 4th. The staff has also been released. Kazuki Yokoyama is the director, and Masahiro Yokotani is the series composer. Comments were also received from Koki Osuzu, who plays Ashito Aoi, director Yokoyama, and Kobayashi, the original author.
In addition, details of the "Aoashi" stage event to be held on March 29th at the ShoPro booth in "AnimeJapan 2026" to be held at Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, have been announced. In addition to Osuzu, Maki Kawase, who plays Hana Ichijo, and Chikahiro Kobayashi, who plays Tatsuya Fukuda, will be on stage. The ShoPro booth will also feature famous scenes from the first season selected by the cast, as well as a large display of the second season. Postcards featuring the teaser visual will also be distributed.
