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Rising Impact Season 1 Trailer

Nakaba Suzuki's intense golf manga Rising Impact has gotten an anime adaptation. The series follows thrid-grader Gawain Nanaumi as he discovers golf and his competitions with rivals to become the best golfer.

Rising Impact stars the voice talents of Misaki Kuno (Gawain Nanaumi), Yumiri Hanamori (Lancelot Norman), You Taichi (Kiria Nichino), Atsumi Tanezaki (Kurumi Nishino), Kaede Hondo (Yumiko Koizumi), Yuto Uemura (Liebel Ringvald), Yumi Uchiyama (Platalissa Bonaire), Eiji Takamoto (Wanglian Li), Shunsuke Takeuchi (Riser Hopkins), and Katsuyuki Konishi (Kai Todoin). Hitoshi Nanba directs from a screenplay by Michihiro Tsuchiya. Animation is by Lay-duce, Inc. Character design is by Kiyotaka Oshiyama. Music is from Masaru Yokoyama.

Rising Impact season one hits Netflix on June 22, 2024.

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Going over the monthly titles and summaries for November (from HZ073 to HZ075).

Some summaries haven't been published yet. Writing thoughts for future reference, etc.

Starting with HZ073, which airs next week (link here).

Most surprising thing to me is that Michihiro Tsuchiya is handling the Basagiri two-parter since Six Heroes episodes are usually written by the core writers (such as Kureha Matsuzawa). The scope of episodes that the others writers handle is expanding. Michihiro Tsuchiya took care of some episodes I really liked, such as Nyahoja's backstory episode (HZ040), which is probably his screenplay that I love the most to this day, still. Nyahoja's focus episode was the one I found most emotionally resonant. Recently, he also wrote the episodes in which Roy's parents appeared and which showcased more of Roy's backstory. Also in terms of character focus... he also wrote HZ020, which was Kabu's episode (which I am bringing up because it has one of the most interesting traits explored for a character, aka Liko's tendancy to hold back her own wants in favor of others and how something she perceives as kindness can hurt her and others.. said character trait was later explored further in other episodes by core writers, and was even mirroring Nyahoja's own situation when she was holding back her own power because of her past when she hurt her friends trying to protect them..). Either way, this writer handling a Hero episode was unexpected. I am not sure we'll get a Lucius flashback next episode since Lucius is one of those characters written by specific writers. We'll see.

About the summary for HZ073. I find it intriguing that it mentions a relationship between Basagiri and Lapras. In the midst of old man yaoi drama happening between Lucius and Gibeon, you're telling me that we might even get drama among the Pokemon themselves- Exactly what was happening between the original Explorers and their Pokemon? I wonder if Lapras got the scars from Basagiri.

Also since we are possibly getting more insight into the Six Heroes themselves. Pointing out that Basagiri's episode describes him as a "lone warrior". While Lapras's episode where it joined the group (HZ032) is called "Lapras's feelings for its companions". One seems to be a loner by nature, and the other is surrounded by friends. Could that also be applied to Lucius and Gibeon? I hope we'll get to learn a bit more about the dynamics between the Six Heroes, it's really interesting.

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Only the titles and staff lists are revealed for the remaining November episodes (HZ074 and HZ075). I think they want to keep the mystery going on a bit longer if the summaries weren't released in the monthly magazines.

Link here for HZ074, link here for HZ075. My initial thoughts on the title for HZ074 were written here.

Kureha Matsuzawa (the script coordinator) is writing this two-parter! Which is probably why he wasn't the one on the Basagiri two-parter (he was probably focusing on the Explorers backstory).

Kureha Matsuzawa's last screenplay was HZ068 (first episode of the current chapter). He was also the one who wrote the two-parter which had Amethio and Liko being stuck in a cave together (HZ064 and HZ065). So it's interesting to me that he is writing another two-parter 10 eps after the previous one.

Ep 64/65 focused on Liko and Amethio, and now ep 74/75 might focus on the truth behind Lucius and Gibeon.. interesting how we're getting AmeLiko and then LuciGibe, two pairs which could be viewed through a romantic lens if one is inclined to do so-

I have no idea what to expect. Is it going to be a two-parter in terms of flashbacks?

Also, the title for HZ075 reminds me of Lucius's words and wishes ("I want all of you to find your futures...", the first words said in HZ001 and which were brought back at the end of HZ025 when Liko was going through Lucius's memoirs). The idea of "entrusted future" is also something that is often brought up (these words are mentioned in the current opening, Only One Story).

I usually mostly pay attention to the writers for episodes but the staff list for HZ075 is particulary intriguing beyond that. Saori Den, the series' director, is taking care of the storyboard. Last time she worked on a storyboard for a Horizons episode was the very first episode of the series. So this definitely feels like something important is happening, in terms of reveals and the story overall if we're getting the combination of the script coordinator, series director etc, working on the same episode. I think we have probably hit the midpoint for Horizons now.

I am really looking forward to this month's episodes! Lucius and Gibeon drama soon.

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Rising Impact S2 premieres today

The second season of Rising Impact, the TV series from Hitoshi Nanba and Michihiro Tsuchiya, is out today.

When a third-grader’s natural gift for golf is accidentally discovered by a pro player, the boy embarks on a journey to be the world’s best golfer.

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Anime/ Manga “Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood”

Título original: 鋼の錬金術師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST Título en España: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Título en Latinoamérica: Fullmetal Alchemist: La Hermandad Género: Shōnen, Acción, Aventura, Fantasía, Drama Estudio: Bones Director: Yasuhiro Irie Guionistas: Hiroshi Ohnogi, Michihiro Tsuchiya, Shotaro Suga Música: Akira Senju Cantidad de episodios: 64 Emisión original: 5 de abril de 2009 – 4…

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We finally have translations for latest summaries of August and early September episodes! Check out below, translations courtesy of Dephender.

August 16th: NS033 - Who Wants to Trade Pokémon?

Satoshi and Go are visiting a "Pokémon Trade Event" being held at the Pokémon Center in Kuchiba City, where a they meet a Trainer named Koromi, who introduces herself as "the Bug Pokéqueen of Sinnoh". Koromi really wants a Kailios, but since Go doesn't want to give his own Kailios up, he decides to help her search for a wild one instead. Koromi attempts to lure out a Kailios using a specially made type of "Sweet Honey", but rather than a Kailios appearing, it's a...?! Screenplay 宮田由佳 (Yuka Miyata) Storyboard 尼野浩正 (Hiromasa Amano) Episode Director 門田英彦 (Hidehiko Kadota) Animation Director 谷澤泰史 (Yasushi Tanizawa) Animation Director 日置正志 (Masashi Hioki)

So there’s bit of Sinnoh involved in this episode, I kinda like how they’re mixing regions together! Makes the whole multi-region aspect feel more real! And I’m glad Gou isn’t keen on trading his own Kailios ;V;

August 23rd: NS034 - Saito, the Lone Warrior! The Otosupus Menace!!

Satoshi and Go are visiting the Fighting Dojo in Yamabuki City to find a new opponent for the Pokémon World Championships. Satoshi attempts to challenge the Karate Master who runs the dojo, but he turns out to currently be in the middle of a battle against another challenger. And when they go to watch this battle, they end up seeing the Karate Master lose! The challengers in question were the Fighting type Gym Leader from the Galar region, Saito, and her partner Pokémon Otosupus, and Satoshi challenges her to a battle. Screenplay 冨岡淳広 (Atsuhiro Tomioka) Storyboard 浅田裕二 (Yūji Asada) Episode Director 浅田裕二 (Yūji Asada) Animation Director 岩根雅明 (Masaaki Iwane) Animation Director 志村泉 (Izumi Shimura)

Saito as in Bea! It’s the golden trio staff, and one of my fav gen 8 ‘mon debuts! I am SO glad Saito gets to debut alongside Grapploct! That’s Otosupus btw :)

August 30th: PM2019 035 - I Got Pikachu!!

As Go watches Satoshi and Pikachu, he suddenly realizes he wants to get a Pikachu of his own! Sakuragi, the head of the Sakuragi Laboratories, tells him that there's an outbreak of Pikachu at a certain location, so he decides to immediately head there. When he arrives, he meets lots of Pikachu, including a very obliging female one. The Pikachu are trying to dig "Thunderstones" out of the rock face and use their power to evolve into Raichu... and then Satoshi's Pikachu starts to emit the light of evolution as well...?! Screenplay 面出明美 (Akemi Omode) Storyboard 尼野浩正 (Hiromasa Amano) Episode Director 小柴純弥 (Junya Koshiba) Animation Director 酒井裕未 (Hiromi Sakai) Animation Director 武内啓 (Akira Takeuchi) Animation Director 野村美妃 (Miki Nomura) Animation Director 大西雅也 (Masaya Onishi)

Do not get fooled by the light of evolution on Satoshi’s Pikachu he’s not gonna evolve ever! It could be that Pikachu accidentally touches the stone, but remember, the show does have logic for the b button! Everyone remember Hikari/Dawn’s Pochama/Piplup? They could easily do a similar trick on Pikachu, him refusing to evolve and being able to deny it. I’ll look forward to seeing what they do. As long as they don’t replace Electroweb no one replace the best move I swear-

September 6th: NS036 - Crawl Out of the Sand Tomb, Satoshi and Go!

Ever since his battle against Saito, Satoshi has been performing poorly in official battles. Meanwhile, a strange, massive sandstorm has started blowing in Kinsetsu City in the Houen Region. This sandstorm supposedly lures people inside it with a beautiful song. Satoshi and Go head there to investigate and find out if this is the work of a yet to be discovered Pokémon, and as they go up against the mystery of the sandstorm, they eventually end up battling the powerful Pokémon Flygon. But as the Flygon uses its speed to toy with Satoshi, Go tries a surprising tactic. Screenplay 土屋理敬 (Michihiro Tsuchiya) Storyboard 齋藤徳明 (Noriaki Saito) Episode Director 田辺慎吾 (Shingo Tanabe) Animation Director 新城真 (Makoto Shinjō) Animation Director 升谷有希 (Yuki Masutani)

This kinda spoils the outcome on NS034, no? Satoshi is gonna lose to Saito it seems and will be on losing streak after it. Which I’ve been having in Sonic Forces Speed Battle, cough. This should be good for Satoshi and Gou’s friendship bond as well as Gou hasn’t seen Satoshi act not like himself before. Also, Flygon Flygon Satoshi better catch a Flygon-. KRHM. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Just glad we’re seeing Mauville City/Kinsetsu City again!

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Web Anime Idol Land PriPara's 2nd Key Visual Features A Mysterious Character Silhouette

    Following the first key visual "Laala & Laala" featuring Laala Manaka in her two forms, the official website for Idol Land PriPara, a new smartphone app and web anime from Takara Tommy Art and syn Sophia's idol-themed franchise PriPara, has posted the second key visual entitled "Shougo & ???". 

  Shougo Yumekawa is the older brother of Yui Yumekawa, the protagonist of the 2017-2018 TV anime Idol Time Pripara, and a member of the three-member boys idol unit WITH in the series. He says to the mysteious silhouette character, who is obviously Yui, "Hey, how long are you going to stay asleep..."

  The full details of the second key visual will be revealed in January 2021. Then, the third and last key visual will be posted before the launch of the app and the web anime in the spring of 2021.

      【めが兄ぃ】こんばんは。本日は「アイドルランドプリパラ」キービジュアル第2弾を公開いたします。いかがでしょうか？物憂げなショウゴさんと、このシルエットは一体…？キービジュアルは毎月更新していきますので、今後も楽しみにお待ちくださいね。#pripara #アドパラ pic.twitter.com/ANuvtgxZjD

— アイドルランドプリパラ【公式】 (@idolland_arts) December 14, 2020

    Takara Tomy and syn Sophia's co-produced mixed-media franchise "Pretty Series" was launched with its first arcade game Pretty Rhythm: Mini Skirt in July 2010. Meanwhile, Tatsunoko Production has produced the TV anime series inspired by the franchise since 2011. As the fourth installment of the "Pretty Series," the TV anime PriPara started airing in Japan in July 2014, then it soon gained the status of a nationally popular anime on a par with the PreCure and the Aikatsu! series. The original PriPara TV anime aired for 140 episodes to March 2017, then its direct sequel Idol Time PriPara followed with 51 episodes from April 2017 to March 2018.

  Makoto Moriwaki, the director of the original two PriPara TV anime series, will return to the director's chair of the Idol Land PriPara web anime, alongside the series composition writer Michihiro Tsuchiya. Of course, Tatsunoko Production will work on anime production, while avex pictures will work on music production.

      1st key visual "Laala & Laala":

    Announcement PV:

        Source: "Idol Land PriPara" official website / Twitter

  © T-ARTS / syn Sophia / ILPP

  By: Mikikazu Komatsu

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Lostorage conflated WIXOSS PV!! Airs april 6th. 

New Key Visual

Yuka Iguchi will be performing the OP theme for ; whereas Cyua will be handling the ED

STAFF

Director: Risako Yoshida

Series Composition: Michihiro Tsuchiya

Character Designer: Takamitsu Satou

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Opening theme to the TV anime "Major 2nd" will be performed by the band Kyuso Nekokami. Starts April 7th.

-Staff-

Director: Ayumu Watanabe

Script: Michihiro Tsuchiya, Kenji Konuta, Mitsuyo Suenaga, Kenichi Yamashita

Character Designer: Kenichi Ohnuki

Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama

Music: Kotaro Nakagawa

OP Theme:  Kyuso Nekokami

-Cast-

Daigo Shigeno - (CV: Natsumi Fujiwara)

Hikaru Satou - (CV: Koutarou Nishiyama)

Gorou Honda - (CV: Showtaro Morikubo)

Toshiya Satou - (CV: Masakazu Morita)

Mutsuko Sakura - (CV: Kana Hanazawa)

Izumi Shigeno - (CV: Natsumi Takamori

Kaoru Shigeno - (CV: Yuko Sasamoto)

Michiru Mayura - (CV: Yui Horie)

Wataru Mayumura - (CV: Jun Fukushima)

Source: http://www.shopro.co.jp/tv/major2nd/

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“ClassicaLoid S2″

Serie TV anime, 7 ottobre 2017

Episodi: 25 x 24 min.

Seconda stagione della serie anime originale prodotta dallo studio Sunrise, che reimmagina grandi compositori di musica classica all’interno di un mondo di fantasia.

-CAST-

Sousuke Kanraku: Nobunaga Shimazaki

Kanae Kotone: Mikako Komatsu

Beethoven: Tomokazu Sugita 

Mozart: Yuki Kaji 

Chopin: Kousuke Toriumi 

Liszt: Mamiko Noto 

Schubert: Tomoaki Maeno 

Bach: Taiten Kusunogi 

Tchaikovsky: Aya Endou, Kita Yatta 

Bądarzewska: M.A.O , Shiori Satou

Richard Wagner: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Antonín Dvořák: Junichi Suwabe

-STAFF-

Regia: Kei Umahiki

Studio di animazione: Sunrise 

Character design originale: Makoto Tsuchibayashi

Character design: Seiichi Hashimoto 

Composizione della serie: Ichirou Sakaki, Michihiro Tsuchiya 

Sceneggiatura: Shuu Matsubara, Kyou Kogure, Tsuyoshi Kida, Miya Asakawa 

Musiche: Tomoyasu Hotei (Beethoven), tofubeats (Mozart), Tsunku (Baach), Kouichi Tsutaya (Wagner), Chisato (Dvořák)  

La cittadina rurale dove vivono Kanae e Sousuke sta iniziando a rifiorire grazie alla musica. Un giorno, i due studenti si imbattono nientemeno che in Beethoven e Mozart! I due si definiscono “Classicaloid” e riescono a scatenare una misteriosa energia con la loro musica. Quella notte viene avvistata una strana pioggia di stelle cadenti e dal mattino seguente cominciano a sbucare in città robot giganti, altri Classicaloid e guai a non finire!

La prima stagione della serie ha fatto il suo debutto l’8 ottobre 2016.

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More Cast Members Announced for the Major 2nd Anime

More Cast Members Announced for the Major 2nd Anime

More cast members have been announced for the forthcoming anime adaptation of the Major 2nd manga: Taichi Ichikawa is Hayato Urabe Shintarou Oohata is Andy Suzuki Norihisa Mori is Tashiro Takeshi Kusao is Fujii Shunsuke Sakuya is Hideki Shigeno Junko Noda is Momoko Shigeno Ayumu Watanabe is directing the anime at NHK Enterprises. Michihiro Tsuchiya, Kenji Konuta, Mitsuyo Suenaga, and Kenichi…

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Rising Impact Teaser

Nakaba Suzuki's golf manga Rising Impact is getting an anime adaptation. The two season series follows 3rd grader Gawain Nanaumi as he discovers golf, grows, and competes with his new golf rivals.

Rising Impact stars the voice talents of Misaki Kuno (Gawain Nanaumi), Yumiri Hanamori (Lancelot Norman), You Taichi (Kiria Nichino), Atsumi Tanezaki (Kurumi Nishino), Kaede Hondo (Yumiko Koizumi), Yuto Uemura (Liebel Ringvald), Yumi Uchiyama (Platalissa Bonaire), Eiji Takamoto (Wanglian Li), Shunsuke Takeuchi (Riser Hopkins), and Katsuyuki Konishi (Kai Todoin). Nitoshi Nanba directs from a screenplay by Michihiro Tsuchiya. Animation is by Lay-duce, Inc. Character design is by Kiyotaka Oshiyama.

Rising Impact season 1 hits Netflix in June 2024, and season 2 drops in August 2024.

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Interview and monthly summaries.

Recent interview with Minori Suzuki (Liko's VA), translation here. (I haven't seen the link for the interview in Japanese so idk where this was published.)

Lots of interesting talk about how much Liko means to Minori Suzuki and how she feels like she is growing alongside her as a voice actress. Minori Suzuki mentions that she is very close to Roy's VA (Yuka Terasaki), and that they've been friends for many years (Liko's VA debuted as a voice actress in the Macross anime, and Roy's VA voiced a character in that show too). Seems like they grew really close with time (kind of gives me a deeper appreciation for Liko and Roy's friendship knowing that their VAs also get along outside of work).

Liko's VA mentions that the current staff has both older and younger people so they learn a lot from each other. She specifically mentions Ohtani Ikue and Megumi Hayashibara (who have been voicing in Pokemon from the beginning). Ohtani Ikue mostly voices Pokemon, like Pikachu, and had a few human characters roles, her major one being Sango (very important). Megumi Hayashibara voiced Musashi and plenty of other Pokemon. She voices Nyarote in Horizons.

Liko's VA talks about how intense the dubbing session for HZ056 was, as she put her everything into it. She mentions that we got to see new sides of Liko in that episode (such as her refusal to give in, etc). Nice insight from her VA on that specific episode.

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Monthly summaries and staff lists for the current month. Contains spoilers for the month of August 2024.

Anyway, just putting this out there before the episodes in question are broadcasted. I am mostly paying attention to who writes what.

HZ061 and HZ062 will both be written by the same person, Michihiro Tsuchiya (see here and here). No summary for HZ062 for now (which is totally when Hogator will evolve, and that's probably why the summary is "hidden" for now). Michihiro Tsuchiya wrote the episode in which Mibrim evolved (HZ053), and he is seemingly the one who will do the same for Hogator. He also wrote Roy's basics test with Colza (HZ048), and he is the one taking care of his implementation test too. Dot also had the same writer for her basics and implementation tests episodes.

I am hoping HZ062 will have the same kind of writing as HZ040 tbh (Nyahoja's backstory episode, which is so far my favorite ep written by Michihiro Tsuchiya), aka capitalizing on everything that happened in the show up until now to make Hogator's evolution feel special. (HZ040 was really good to me because of how it utilized every aspect of Liko and Nyahoja's bond, drew parallels between the characters and their tendancies to hold back, made callbacks to scenes in the first episodes and shed a new light on them and changed our interpretations of them etc.) Anyway, I'll wait and see. This is the first time Michihiro Tsuchiya writes two episodes in a row, I think.

As for HZ063, link is here. Naohiro Fukushima writing Liko's implementation test felt a bit unexpected to me since he usually writes Dot-centric episodes. Also, Liko's basic test wasn't written by him (HZ047 was written by Kureha Matsuzawa).

I'm a bit curious about the summary mentioning that Liko will be told about Grusha's past. Part of me is thinking about how Grusha is specialized in Ice types so that means Liko is facing someone who has the same type as Sango's main partner (and how it might help her get closer to Sango somehow, just like how Roy facing Dragon types when he battled Hassaku made him think about Rayquaza). And how she'll get to learn about Grusha's past and Grusha seems cold on the outside, but has a passionate side within. Which could be similar to Amethio? Anyway, this is just me relating this to the Explorers characters I feel Liko is closest to. I think these kinds of meetings could eventually help her, if the narrative intent is to get her closer to some of the characters in the Explorers and maybe learning about their pasts too. Who knows!

Anyway, I also really like that Liko's tests involve her facing Pokemon her main partner is weak to (Bug and Ice), because it means they are specifically pushing her and challenging her that way. The fact that Grusha is the strongest Gym Leader too. Though I'm mostly curious about the emotional aspect of this confrontation. It's interesting that Liko is facing someone described as cold and harsh (that mention of her and Nyarote melting his icy heart with their fiery bond too).

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Shuntarō Fujita directs, PriPara's Michihiro Tsuchiya pens script

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Review Lostorage Incited WIXOSS - Những Đồng Tiền Kí Ức

Thông tin chung: Thể loại: Game, Psychological Đạo diễn: Katsushi Sakurabi Biên kịch: Tomo Yamaguchi, Jun Fukuda, Yuichiro Siji Nguyên tác: Michihiro Tsuchiya Thiết kế nhân vật: Satou Takamitsu Âm nhạc: Maiko Iuchi Hãng phim: J.C.Staff Phát sóng từ: 7/10/2016 © Michihiro Tsuchiya／Crunchyroll・Anime「Lostorage Incited WIXOSS」Production Committee Mùa thu 2016 đánh dấu sự tếp tục của những tựa anime nổi tiếng, mà một trong số đó chính là Lostorage Incited WIXOSS. Tiếp nối hai phần phim t

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Link: https://otb.news/special/review/review-lostorage-incited-wixoss-nhung-dong-tien-ki-uc.html

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Summaries and Staff lists for October + early November episodes of Pokémon (2019)/Journeys

As the title says. Let’s get started, source is serebii.net forums, as always!

October 16th: JN041 - Operation: Dub Pikachu! / Half Numacraw

a)The Rocket Gang Nyarth is laid up with a cold. Musashi and Kojiro from the Rocket Gang, who have thus far been relying on his interpretations to understand what Satoshi's Pikachu talks about, decide to take the opportunity to train themselves so they can understand it on their own! To do this, they watch video footage of Pikachu that they've secretly recorded and dub over it...?! b) In a forest after a rainfall, Satoshi and Go encounter Numacraw that are stuck in the ground! And while the duo is doing its best trying to do something to help them, a Runpappa appears before them?! Screenplay     赤尾でこ (Deko Akao) Storyboard     湯山邦彦 (Kunihiko Yuyama) Storyboard     樋口香里 (Kaori Higuchi) Episode Director     牧野吉高 (Yoshitaka Makino) Animation Director     岡昭彦 (Akihiko Oka) Animation Director     柳原好貴 (Koki Yanagihara)

What’s new is the staff list, which is why I’m including it!

October 23rd: JN042 - Sword & Shield I: Slumbering Weald

One night Satoshi spots the "Daimax Band" he got from Dande, the strongest Pokémon Trainer in the Galar region, suddenly starting to glow on its own. Meanwhile, the Galar region has been experiencing a phenomenon where Pokémon are Daimaxing in places where it's normally impossible for them to do so. To solve the Daimax mystery, Satoshi and Go decided to visit the Galar region and see Professor Magnolia, the leading authority on Daimax research, but on their way there the duo got separated while in a forest shrouded in thick mist, where they encountered some mysterious Pokémon. Screenplay     米村正二 (Shōji Yonemura) Storyboard     齋藤徳明 (Noriaki Saito) Episode Director     上野史博 (Fumihiro Ueno) Animation Director     篠原隆 (Takashi Shinohara)

MAGNOLIA MAGNOLIA MAGNOLIA AAAAHHHH!! Also I, find it weird that the daimax band seems to be reacting in Kanto? It shouldn’t? Hmmmm.

For the next two episodes we only have title and staff list, no summaries. Possibly to avoid spoilers.

October 30th: JN043 - Sword & Shield II: Black Night

Screenplay     土屋理敬 (Michihiro Tsuchiya) Storyboard     齋藤徳明 (Noriaki Saito) Episode Director     門田英彦 (Hidehiko Kadota) Animation Director     谷澤泰史 (Yasushi Tanizawa) Animation Director     日置正志 (Masashi Hioki)

November 6th: JN044 - Sword & Shield III: Mugendaina

Screenplay     米村正二 (Shōji Yonemura) Storyboard     樋口香里 (Kaori Higuchi) Episode Director     又野弘道 (Hiromichi Matano) Animation Director     新城真 (Makoto Shinjō) Animation Director     升谷有希 (Yuki Masutani)

Intriquing to see that Yonemura is writing parts 1 and 3 but not 2. Hmm. Part 4 is still to be revealed, possibly will take til end of this month to learn more.

But there we go. Are you guys excited?

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TV Anime MAJOR 2nd's 1st Season to be Rebroadcasted instead of Canceled National High School Baseball Tournament

    As widely reported, the 92nd National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament, which was scheduled to be held at Hanshin Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture for 13 days from March 19, was formally canceled in light of the spread of the new coronavirus.

  The NHK Anime World website announced today that the first season of the TV anime MAJOR 2nd will be rebroadcasted on NHK General TV instead of the high school baseball broadcast from March 19. The first season's 25 episodes were aired on NHK Educational TV from April to September 2018, and its second season is already set to premiere on the same station on April 4, 2020.

     "MAJOR 2nd" 1st season rebroadcasting schedule:

13:05 - 14:55, March 19: 1st-4th episodes

13:05 - 14:45, March 20: 5th-8th episodes 

13:50 - 14:40, March 21: 9th & 10th episodes 

13:05 - 14:45, March 22: 11th-14th episodes

  *The following schedule will be added as soon as it is decided.

  【メジャーセカンド 総合テレビで一挙再放送】 選抜高校野球の中止を受け、総合テレビでは #メジャーセカンド 第1シリーズ全25話を19日(木)より再放送いたします。 4月からＥテレで最新シリーズも始まりますが、少しでもお子さんたちに楽しんでいただければ幸いですm(_ _)mhttps://t.co/dJ5zOwneSu

— NHKアニメ (@nhk_animeworld) March 13, 2020

     The 25-episode first season of MAJOR 2nd is available on Crunchyroll to its members worldwide except Asia.

  1st season key visual:

  Synopsis:

  Shigeno Daigo is an elementary school student whose father, Goro, is a professional baseball player. Inspired by his father, who was once a Major League player, Daigo started playing baseball with the Mifune Dolphins, a youth league team. He was unable to live up to the expectations of being the son of a professional, however, and quit baseball after less than a year. Then, in the spring of his sixth-grade year, Daigo's school welcomes a transfer student who's just returned from America. The transfer student is Sato Hikaru, and it turns out his father is Sato Toshiya, a former Major League player and Goro's close friend. The fate of these two young men begins to move forward!

  1st season main staff:

   Director: Ayumu Watanabe (Mysterious Girlfriend X, If Her Flag Breaks)

 Screenplay: Michihiro Tsuchiya, Kenji Konuta, Mitsuyo Suenaga, Kenichi Yamashita

 Character Designer: Kenichi Onuki (MAJOR, Gundam Build Fighters)

 Music: Kotaro Nakagawa (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion)

 Production: NHK Enterprise

 Production/Copyright: NHK, Shogakukan Sueisha Production

    Source: NHK Anime World

  © Takuya Mitsuda, Shogakukan/NHK, NEP, Shopro 

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