The official website for the Ao Ashi television anime series unveiled additional staff, and the first promotional video on Tuesday. The anime sequel adapting Yuugo Kobayashi's sports manga is scheduled to premiere on October 4 at 5:00 p.m. on NHK-E.

Staff
Chief Animation Director: Manabu Nakatake (Ao Ashi), Asami Taguchi (Lupin Zero), Junko Yamanaka (Kono Oto Tomare!)
Action Animation Director: Tadayoshi Okimura (Blue Lock vs. U-20 Japan), Satoshi Kubo (Ao Ashi)
Art Design: Yuuki Shigekawa (Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu. 2nd Season)
Art Director: Niki Higaki (Sanda)
Color Design: Hiromi Miyawaki (Baki)
CG Director: Kaito Iwata (Sylvanian Families: Freya no Piece of Secret)
Director of Photography: Jirou Tazawa (Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life: Isekai ni Tsukurou Drugstore)
Editing: Masato Yoshitake (Dungeon Meshi)

Rock band 10-FEET (The First Slam Dunk, Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray Part 2) is performing the opening theme "Fortress Defense" and singer-songwriter Ai Higuchi (Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season Part 2, Snowball Earth) performs the ending theme "Triangle." Both theme songs are previewed in the promotional video below.

Kazuki Yokoyama (Blue Lock episode director) directs the new season at TMS Entertainment and Masahiro Yokotani (Make Heroine ga Oosugiru!) is handling the series composition. Manabu Nakatake, Asami Taguchi, and Junko Yamanaka are designing the characters. Masaru Yokoyama (Mashle) is composing the music.

Kobayashi began drawing the manga based on Naohiko Ueno's original draft in Big Comic Spirits in January 2015 and ended its serialization in June 2025. Shogakukan published the 40th and final volume in August 2025.

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Source: Comic Natalie