Almost
everything is ready for the premiere of the second season of "Grand
Blue"! As mentioned before , the anime will arrive in
Japan on July 7, and in that first update important details were revealed, such
as a new promotional visual and the confirmation of the opening theme
" Seishun Towa ", performed by the reggae
group Shonan no Kaze and produced by Atarashii Gakko! .
But now, we
have more! The official website recently released a new promotional
video that gives us our first look at the full version of the song
"Seishun Towa." The big comeback is almost here!
Some
special images were also included to celebrate this new release:
In the
meantime, if you're not familiar with this franchise, here are the details:
- The manga has been serialized
by Kenji Inoue in Kodansha 's Good! Afternoon magazine since
April 2014, with art by Kimitake Yoshioka . An anime
adaptation was developed by Zero-G , with twelve episodes
airing in Summer 2018 (July–September) , followed by a
live-action film in November 2019 in Japan.
- The voice cast consists
of Yuuma Uchida as Iori Kitahara, Ryohei Kimura as
Kohei Imamura, Hiroki Yasumoto as Shinji Tokita, Katsuyuki
Konishi as Ryuujiro Kotobuki, among others.
- The film is directed by Shinji
Takamatsu ( Gintama, Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou,
Sakamoto desu ga? ) at Zero-G Studios , in
conjunction with Liber Studios . He is also in
charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
- The character designs and
animation direction are in charge of Hideoki Kusama ( Fullmetal
Alchemist: Brotherhood, Toradora! ) and Youichi Ueda ( Trigun,
Gangsta, Sora no Otoshimono ).
- The soundtrack is composed
by Yukari Hashimoto ( Toradora!, Golden Time,
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun ).
- The story centers on Iori
Kitahara, who moves to the coastal city of Izu for his first year of
college and takes up residence at Grand Blue, his uncle's dive shop. While
dreaming of an ideal college experience, he finds himself caught up in the
wild parties at the Diving Club. Grand Blue follows Iori's
misadventures as he strives to achieve his college dream and learn to
dive, all amidst comical situations.
