Ani-One Asia announced that it will stream the second cour of Orient, which it refers to as Orient S2, on YouTube for Ani-One Asia ULTRA subscribers. The show will debut on July 12 at 12:30 AM (UTC+8) with new episodes every Tuesday.
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam will have access to the show.
Ani-One Asia describes Orient‘s second cour as:
Musashi’s group encountered Uesugui Samurai and their leader Tatsuomi Uesugui in Harima. People had gathered to slay the Yamata no Orochi which threatened the island. Musashi Samurai and Takeda Samurai decided to join the battle, along with some other samurai groups. Now, the fiercest battle of all begins!
The first cour of Orient aired during the Winter 2022 anime season. The anime is based on the Kodansha-published manga by Magi creator Shinobu Ohtaka.
The returning staff from the first cour includes Tetsuya Yanagisawa as director, Mariko Kunisawa as series composer, Takahiro Kishida as character designer, Fumio Matsumoto and Sayuri Sakimoto as chief animation directors, Suga Shigeyuki as action supervisor, Hirofumi Sakagami as art director, Hidenori Manaka as photography director, and Hideyuki Fukasawa as music composer. New credits include Mika Funabashi (Blue Reflection Ray) as color designer and Matsumoto as co-character designer. A.C.G.T. is the animation production company.
Meanwhile, the cast includes Yuuma Uchida as Musashi, Souma Saitou as Kojirou Kanemaki, Rie Takahashi as Tsugumi Hattori, and Satoshi Hino as Naotora Takeda. Joining in the second cour are Tomaki Maeno as Tatsuomi Uesugi, Natsuki Hanae as Kanetatsu Naoe, Yoshiki Nakajima as Masayuki Amakasu, Kouki Uchiyama as Akihiro Shimazu, Gakuto Kajiwara as Katsumi Amako, and Youko Hikasa as Kuroko Usami.
The Orient manga began serialization in 2018 in Kodansha’s Weekly Shounen Magazine, before moving to Bessatsu Shounen Magazine in 2021. 15 tankoubon volumes have been published under the Kodansha Comics label as of March 2022.
Source: Ani-One Asia Facebook page
