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New Game!! Anime Premieres on July 11
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website for the television anime of Shōtarō Tokunō's New Game! manga revealed the July 11 premiere on AT-X, Tokyo MX, MBS, and TV Aichi of the anime's second season (titled New Game!!, with an additional exclamation mark) on Friday. The anime will also premiere on BS11 on July 12.
In the workplace manga, the main character Aoba Suzukaze graduates from high school and joins a game company. The person who made the game that Aoba loved as a grade-schooler just happens to be Aoba's senior at the company. The story follows girls who work and aspire at the Eaglejump company.
The cast from the first season will return for the second season. Arisa Suzuki, Hitomi Ohwada, Manaka Iwami, and Kaori Nazuka will join the cast.
For the second season, most of the main staff are returning. Sumie Kinoshita is now a chief animation director, while Yūichi Oka is no longer listed as one. Yuka Itō joins Kei Ishiguro as a color key artist.
The group fourfolium, composed of the four main voice actresses Yūki Takada, Ayumi Takeo, Megumi Toda, and Megumi Yamaguchi as their respective characters, will once again perform both the opening and ending theme songs. The opening theme song is titled "STEP by STEP UP↑↑↑↑," while the ending theme song is titled, "JUMPin' JUMP UP!!!!".
Source: MoCa News
