The production team for the second season of Tsurune have revealed the artists who will be performing the opening and ending theme songs. It has also been announced that the first two episodes of the anime will be pre-screened in Japan on December 25, 2022, ahead of its January 2023 premiere.
Japanese pop rock band Luck Life will be singing the second season’s opening theme “℃” (pronounced “Do-Si”). Meanwhile, Tei will be performing the ending theme song “Hitominaka.”
The returning voice cast for Tsurune’s second season includes Yuuto Uemura as Minato Narumiya, Kenshou Ono as Shuu Fujiwara, and Jun Fukuyama as Eisuke Nikaidou.
Takuya Yamamura is returning to direct the anime series after working on the first season and film. Michiko Yokote (The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody) is working as the series screenwriter, Miku Kadowaki (Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S) is handling the character designs, and Nobuaki Maruki (Amagi Brilliant Park) is supervising the chief animation direction. Kyoto Animation is in charge of the second season’s animation production once again.
Other staff members include Masaru Yokoyama (Urusei Yatsura 2022) as music composer, Hiroshi Karada (Free! The Final Stroke) as accessory designer, Youta Tsuruoka (Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story) as sound director, and Shouko Ochiai (Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S) as art director.
Tsurune first premiered in 2018 and ran for 13 episodes with an unaired OVA episode. It is based on a light novel series written by Kotoko Ayano with illustrations by Chinatsu Morimoto that was first published on December 26, 2016. The series is published under Kyoto Animation’s KA Esuma Bunko label with three physical volumes released as of August 2022.
Crunchyroll streamed the first season as it aired in Japan and Sentai Filmworks acquired the distribution rights in North America, Australia, New Zealand, South America, and other territories.
Crunchyroll describes the first season as:
When Narumiya Minato joins Prefectural Kazemai High School, he is quickly invited to join the archery club by the club’s advisor, Tommy-sensei. His childhood friends Takehaya Seiya and Yamanouchi Ryohei swiftly agree to join, but Minato is hesitant at first. Because Minato is the rare student with experience in archery, Tommy-sensei orders him to give a demonstration, which Minato does… except his arrow doesn’t hit the target. It is revealed that Minato has developed a terrible dysfunction regarding archery.
Source: Tsurune Official Anime Twitter
