{"id":77004,"date":"2024-01-06T21:13:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T05:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=77004"},"modified":"2024-01-12T06:39:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T14:39:04","slug":"the-dangers-in-my-heart-season-2-gets-opening-animation-from-attack-on-titan-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/01\/06\/the-dangers-in-my-heart-season-2-gets-opening-animation-from-attack-on-titan-director\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dangers in My Heart Season 2 Gets Opening Animation from Attack on Titan Director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Post-<a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/05\/12\/review-bubble\/\"><em>Bubble<\/em><\/a>, <strong>Tetsurou Araki<\/strong>, the director of <em>Attack on Titan<\/em>&#8216;s first season, <em>Kabeneri of the Iron Fortress<\/em>, <em>Death Note<\/em>, and <em>High School of the Dead<\/em>, has been involved in a number of shorter form, music-related works. He directed <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yYAgBRO-aT8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COLOR<\/a>s<\/em>, a music video\/short film that was part of the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2023\/03\/09\/toho-animation-music-films-project-gets-trailer-1st-film-to-premiere-on-march-20\/\">TOHO animation Music Films<\/a>\u201d project, and also contributed opening sequences to the second cours of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YOIJOJsUkUg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Spy x Family<\/em><\/a> Season 1 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0YT3NTiZKDw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Vinland Saga<\/em> Season 2<\/a>. That streak continues with Araki&#8217;s appearance in the credits for this season&#8217;s <em>The Dangers in My Heart<\/em> Season 2, where he is listed as the storyboard artist and unit director for its opening animation, which features the song &#8220;Boku wa&#8230;&#8221; by <strong>Atarayo<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300c\u50d5\u306e\u5fc3\u306e\u30e4\u30d0\u30a4\u3084\u3064\u300d\u7b2c\uff12\u671f\u30ce\u30f3\u30af\u30ec\u30b8\u30c3\u30c8OP\u6620\u50cf\uff5c\u3042\u305f\u3089\u3088\u300c\u300c\u50d5\u306f...\u300d\u300d\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A0tKGpKOU4Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">With pronounced compositing that feels characteristic of (at least current) Araki, <em>The Dangers in My Heart<\/em> Season 2 opening is filled with angsty, moody scenes punctuated by bursts of brightness or vivid color. A cute group dance sequence is depicted during the second half of the chorus, captured by a rotating camera. While the very first shot presents heroine Anna Yamada as a distant figure to protagonist Kyotaro Ichikawa and uses cold and muted colors, the animation ends with a warmly colored scene of the two sitting right next to each other on a bench.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>WIT Studio<\/strong> is credited with production assistance for the opening animation, and some of the staff include <strong>Ryouko Mita<\/strong> (<em>Vivy -Fluorite Eye\u2019s Song-<\/em> co-AI special effect artist) as make-up effect artist, <strong>Ayaka Nakamura<\/strong> (<em>Pok\u00e9mon: Paldean Winds<\/em>) as color designer et al., and <strong>Mizutamari Higashi<\/strong> (co-color script artist for <em>Spy x Family<\/em> and <em>Vinland Saga<\/em> Season 2&#8217;s second cour openings) as art director.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>The Dangers in My Heart<\/em> Season 2 began airing in Japan on January 6 and is streamed by HIDIVE, Prime Video, and Bilibili overseas. The first season ran from April to June 2023. The anime is based on the Akita Shoten-published romantic comedy manga by <strong>Norio Sakurai<\/strong>, which placed first in AnimeJapan\u2019s fourth <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2021\/03\/26\/the-dangers-in-my-heart-solo-levelling-top-2021-manga-we-want-to-see-animated-rankings\/\"><em>Manga We Want to See Animated<\/em> ranking<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Seven Seas Entertainment describes the manga&nbsp;as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Quirky courtship awaits in this comedy nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Kyotaro Ichikawa, a boy barely clinging to the bottom rung of his school\u2019s social ladder, secretly believes he\u2019s the tortured lead in some psychological thriller. He spends his days dreaming up ways to disrupt his classmates\u2019 peaceful lives and pining after Anna Yamada, the class idol. But Kyotaro\u2019s not nearly the troubled teen he pretends to be\u2026and it turns out Anna\u2019s a bit odd herself!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The manga is currently serialized on Manga Cross with the tankoubon volumes published under the Shonen Champion Comics label. The series started in 2018 and has nine tankoubon volumes as of November 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12pt\">Staff (returning)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Director:&nbsp;<strong>Hiroaki Akagi<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Teasing Master Takagi-san<\/em>)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Series composer and script writer:&nbsp;<strong>Jukki Hanada<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Love Live! Superstar!!<\/em>)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Character designer: &nbsp;<strong>Masato Katsumata<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Quintessential Quintuplets<\/em>)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Music composer:&nbsp;<strong>Kensuke Ushio<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Chainsaw Man<\/em>)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Animation production:&nbsp;<strong>Shin-Ei Animation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12pt\">Cast<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Shun Horie<\/strong>&nbsp;as Kyotaro Ichikawa<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Hina Youmiya<\/strong>&nbsp;as Anna Yamada<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Ayaka Asai<\/strong>&nbsp;as Chihiro Kobayashi<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Megumi Han<\/strong>&nbsp;as Moeko Sekine<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Atsumi Tanezaki<\/strong>&nbsp;as Serina Yoshida<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> NUMAnimation YouTube channel<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Post-Bubble, Tetsurou Araki, the director of Attack on Titan&#8216;s first season, Kabeneri of the Iron Fortress, Death Note, and High School of the Dead, has been involved in a number of shorter form, music-related works. 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