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Aniplus Asia to Air Granblue Fantasy 2nd Season Anime This Fall
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Aniplus-Asia announced on Tuesday that it will air the second season of the Granblue Fantasy the Animation anime this fall. Aniplus-Asia is streaming an English-subtitled teaser video for the anime.
The series will premiere in Japan on October 4, and it will run on the Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, BS11, MBS, and AT-X channels. AbemaTV and other services will stream the anime in Japan.
Yui Umemoto (Cardfight!! Vanguard G) is directing the new season at MAPPA, instead of the first season's series director Ayako Kurata and director Yuuki Itoh at A-1 Pictures. Kiyoko Yoshimura (Cardfight!! Vanguard G, The Legend of the Legendary Heroes, Garo -Vanishing Line-) is the new writer in charge of the series scripts. Fumihide Sai (Shugo Chara!, Gokujyo. Gokurakuin Joshi Kōryō Monogatari) is the new character designer. Tsutomu Narita and Yasunori Nishiki are returning to compose the music. Seven Billion Dots will perform the opening theme song "Stay With Me."
Keiji Fujiwara is returning to the role of Eugen, after Kazuhiro Yamaji replaced him in Season 1 during Fujiwara's medical leave. Other cast members are reprising their roles from the first season.
The first anime season of Cygames' Granblue Fantasy smartphone game premiered in Japan in April 2017 and ran for 13 episodes. The show's seventh and final Blu-ray Disc and DVD volume included an unaired episode titled "EXTRA 2" when it shipped in October 2017. Aniplus-Asia aired the first season in Southeast Asia as it aired in Japan.
