Aoashi Soccer Anime Gets 2nd Season by TMS Entertainment in 2026
The official website for the television anime of Yūgo Kobayashi's Aoashi manga revealed on Tuesday with a visual that the anime will get a second season in 2026. TMS Entertainment will animate the second season instead of Production I.G.The first season of the anime premiered in April 2022. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.Akira Satō (Release the Spyce) directed the first season at Production I.G. Masahiro Yokotani (Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club, All Out!!, Tropical-Rouge! Precure) was in charge of the series scripts. Manabu Nakatake, Toshie Kawamura, Asuka Yamaguchi, and Saki Hasegawa were all credited for character design, with Natake and Yamaguchi also credited as chief animation directors. Naho Seike, Yukiko Watabe, Miho Daidouji, and Eisuke Shirai were credited as sub-character designers. Kenichi Takeshita, Jun Soga, and Kenji Iizuka were credited for soccer supervision. Masaru Yokoyama composed the music.Kobayashi launched the manga in Weekly Big Comic Spirits in January 2015. The manga is based on an original story concept by Naohiko Ueno. The official X/Twitter account for the franchise announced on April 11 that the manga will end with its 410th chapter. Kobayashi stated at the time that he was currently drawing the 406th chapter of the manga. The manga's 40th compiled book volume will be the final volume. The manga's 39th volume shipped on Wednesday.The manga won the Best General Manga at the 65th Shogakukan Manga Awards. The series has over 15 million copies in circulation.Source: Aoashi anime's X/Twitter account
