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March comes in like a lion Season 2's English-subtitled Trailer Streamed
posted on by Justin Piselli
Aniplex began streaming a new English-subtitled trailer for the second season of March comes in like a lion anime series on Friday.
The second season of March comes in like a lion premiered on NHK channels on Saturday, October 14, and Crunchyroll will stream the series in some territories beginning on the same day. The show will have 22 episodes.
The second season features a returning staff, including director Akiyuki Simbo, character designer Nobuhiro Sugiyama, art director Seiki Tamura, art setting designer Yasuhiro Nakura, sound director Toshiki Kameyama, composer Yukari Hashimoto, and animation studio SHAFT. YUKI is performing the opening theme song "Flag wo Tateru" (Raise the Flag), and Brian the Sun is performing the ending theme song "Kafune."
The first March comes in like a lion television anime series premiered on NHK in Japan last October. Crunchyroll and Daisuki both streamed the anime as it aired. The first season also had 22 episodes.
The story follows Rei, a solitary player of shōgi (a Japanese board game related to Western chess), and his relationships with a neighboring family. He becomes acquainted with Akari, and two young girls, Hinata and Momo, who also have have a large number of cats.
