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March comes in like a lion Season 2's Visual Shows Rei, Sōya
posted on by Karen Ressler
The official website for the second season of the March comes in like a lion anime series revealed a new visual for the second half of the second season on Friday. The visual shows Rei and Master Sōya.
The second half of the season will premiere in January. Unison Square Garden (Welcome to the Ballroom, Blood Blockade Battlefront, Tiger & Bunny) will perform the anime's new opening theme song "Haru ga Kite Bokura" and 14-year-old singer Ruann will perform the new ending theme song "I Am Standing."
The second season premiered on NHK on October 14, and Crunchyroll is streaming the series as it airs. 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.
The first March comes in like a lion television anime series premiered on NHK in Japan in October 2016. 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.
Source: Comic Natalie
