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Hero TV to Air All Out!! Anime on July 17

Philippine television channel HERO TV revealed on Monday that it will begin airing the television anime adaptation of Shiori Amase's All Out!! manga on July 17. The channel also revealed that it will premiere its airing of the first season of the KonoSuba – God’s blessing on this wonderful world!! anime today at 10:30 p.m.

All Out!! premiered on Tokyo MX last October.

Amase's original manga centers around Kenji Gion, a short first-year high school student. On his first day at Kanagawa Prefectural High School, he meets the tall Sumiaki Iwashimizu during a game of rugby. Kenji strikes a friendship with Sumiaki, and soon joins the rugby club. The manga portrays the struggles of the mismatched pair.

Kenichi Shimizu (Parasyte -the maxim-) directed the anime at TMS Entertainment and Madhouse. Masahiro Yokotani (Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club, SHIMONETA, Beelzebub) was in charge of series composition, and penned the scripts alongside Shingo Irie (Kuroko's Basketball, Log Horizon). Masanori Shino (Gungrave, Black Lagoon, Digimon Adventure tri.) designed the characters for animation. Telecom Animation Film was credited for production cooperation.

Amase (Yuki Shimaki) launched the manga in Morning two in 2012. Kodansha published the manga's 12th compiled book volume on June 23.

KonoSuba – God’s blessing on this wonderful world!!, based on Natsume Akatsuki's original light novel series, centers around Kazuma Satō, a hikikomori (shut-in) die-hard fan of games, anime, and manga. A traffic accident brings his disappointingly brief life to an end … or it should have, but he wakes up and sees a beautiful girl who introduces herself as a goddess. "Hey, I have some good news — would you like to go to an alternate world? You may only bring one thing you like with you."

He responds, "…So, I'll bring you." With that, he is transported to another world and his great adventure subjugating the demon king begins … but first the hard work of finding food, clothing, and shelter begins. Kazuma wants to live in peace, but the goddess raises one problem after another, and then the demon king's army has its eyes set on him.

The anime premiered in Japan in January 2016, and received a recently-concluded second season, which premiered in Japan on January 11, and ended on March 16.

Takaomi Kanasaki (Tokyo Ravens, Is This a Zombie?) directed the anime at Studio DEEN. Makoto Uezu (Is This a Zombie?, The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Yuki Yuna Is a Hero) was in charge of the series scripts, and Koichi Kikuta (animation director on episodes of Robotics;Notes, Haikyu!!) designed the characters. Masato Kōda (Arpeggio of Blue Steel, Maria the Virgin Witch) composed the music.

Machico performed the opening theme song "fantastic dreamer" and Sora Amamiya, Rie Takahashi, and Ai Kayano as their characters performed the ending theme song "Chiisana Bōkensha" (Small Adventurer).

[Via AnimePH]