Moving up
in youth football is not just a matter of technique, it is a mental reality
check. The production committee behind the second season of the Aoashi
anime shared a new trailer and promotional poster of what's to come
for the franchise. With this preview it was confirmed that the series will
return to television on October 4.
In the
video you can feel the tension that Ashito will face now that he is part of the
A-Team. The environment is much heavier and veteran players don't seem willing
to give it anything. In addition, the promotional image shows the protagonist
concentrated on a notebook, making it clear that "thinking football"
will continue to be the soul of the story.
Aoashi
Anime Season Two Season Details
This stage
marks a strong change in production. The animation baton passes to the
corridors of the TMS Entertainment studio, who take over from
Production I.G. In the director's chair is Kazuki Yokoyama (replacing
Akira Sato), while character designs fall to Asami Taguchi and Junko
Yamanaka, working alongside Manabu Nakatake.
The task of
supervising the scripts remains in the hands of Masahiro Yokotani.
For his part, veteran Shoji Hata returns as sound director
and Masaru Yokoyama repeats as the original soundtrack
manager. The announcement also assured that the entire cast of seiyuus from
the last installment will return for this new arc.
What is
the story about?
The plot
introduces us to Ashito Aoi, a high school student in Ehime who has a huge
talent for soccer but prefers not to show it. Because he is so direct, he ends
up causing a problem in a match and his career seems to be stopped in its
tracks. Everything changes when he meets Tatsuya Fukuya, a former professional
player and current coach of the Tokyo City Esperion youth team.
Fukuya
realizes that Ashito has an incredible ability to read what is happening on the
court. Seeing that potential, he invites him to do the tryouts in Tokyo,
putting the boy in a professional environment where physical effort is useless
if you don't know how to use your head.
About
the original work
Mangaka Yugo
Kobayashi began publishing this story in the pages of Weekly
Big Comic Spirits magazine in early 2015. To make football feel real,
he enlisted the help of Naohiko Ueno in sports research up to
volume 17. The series has been a total success, winning major awards and
surpassing 15 million copies sold.
The manga finished publishing in August 2025, closing its path with a total of 40 compilation volumes printed in Japan.
