The official website of the new Captain Tsubasa television anime revealed eight supporting cast and a key visual (pictured) for the second season on Friday. The new season, subtitled Junior Youth-hen (Jr. Youth Arc), will begin airing on TV Tokyo and its six affiliated networks in October 2023.

Cast
Hermann Kaltz: Kenta Miyake (Boku no Hero Academia)
Franz Schester: Junya Enoki (Tokyo Revengers)
Zino Hernandez: Kazuyuki Okitsu (Fruits Basket)
Elle Sid Pierre: Kengo Kawanishi (Kubo-san wa Mob wo Yurusanai)
Louis Napoleon: Yuuki Ono (Blue Lock)
Juan Diaz: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Sasaki to Miyano)
Alan Pascal: Daiki Yamashita (Horimiya)
Ramon Victorino: Seiichirou Yamashita (Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!)

Katsumi Ono (Senki Zesshou Symphogear XV) is directing the second season at Studio Kai, replacing Toshiyuki Kato at David Production. Noriko Ogura (Cheer Danshi!!) is joining the staff as the sub-character designer, replacing Nagisa Nakajima.

Atsuhiro Tomioka (Inazuma Eleven) is returning as the series composer, as well as character designer and chief animation director Hajime Watanabe (Ginga e Kickoff!!).

The first season of the new anime series aired in 52 episodes from Spring 2018 to Spring 2019. VIZ Media licensed the anime series in North America and Latin America.

Captain Tsubasa adapts Yoichi Takahashi's soccer manga, which ran in Weekly Shounen Jump from 1981 to 1988. Takahashi serialized five sequels since 1994, with the sixth and latest one, Rising Sun, debuting in Grand Jump in December 2013. Shueisha published the 18th volume on April 4. The manga series, including spin-offs, has a cumulative 90 million copies in circulation worldwide.

Source: animate Times