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Ani-One Asia Licenses Orient Part 2, Black Summoner, iii icecrin 2 Anime

Ani-One Asia announced on Wednesday that it has licensed the second part of the Orient anime, as well as the Black Summoner and iii icecrin 2 anime.

Ani-One Asia will begin streaming the second cours (quarter of a year) for the television anime of Shinobu Ohtaka's Orient manga on July 12 at 12:30 a.m. GMT +8. The anime will premiere in Japan on July 11.

The first cours of the anime premiered in Japan on January 5. Ani-One Asia streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.

Kodansha Comics is publishing the manga in English, and it describes the story:

At age 10, best friends Musashi and Kojiro sat in excited silence as Kojiro's father spun tales of evil demons who preyed on the innocent, and the warriors who defeated them. Practicing swordplay, the two swear an oath to become the strongest in the world. But as they grow up, Kojiro turns cynical, and Musashi comes to realize that he can't turn back 150 years of demon rule on his own. He's being called a prodigy with a pickaxe, and he's almost ready to settle for a life of labor. Yet he can't shake the feeling that he still has a responsibility to act…and, soon, the injustices of his world will force his hand…

Tetsuya Yanagisawa (Shattered Angels, High School DxD, Senran Kagura Shinovi Master) directed the anime's first part at ACGT. Mariko Kunisawa (Ascendance of a Bookworm, Magimoji Rurumo, Hatsukoi Limited) was in charge of series scripts. Takahiro Kishida (Serial Experiments Lain, Baccano!, Haikyu!!) designed the characters. Hideyuki Fukasawa (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Flowers of Evil, Katsugeki: Touken Ranbu) composed the music.

Ani-One Asia will begin streaming the television anime adaptation of Doufu Mayoi and Kurogin's Black Summoner (Kuro no Shōkanshi) light novel series on July 9 at 9:00 p.m. GMT +8. The anime will premiere in Japan on July 9.

Yoshimasa Hiraike (Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Sketchbook ~full color'S~, AKB0048) is directing the anime at Satelight, and is also overseeing the series scripts. Miwa Oshima (Ao-chan Can't Study!, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!) is designing the characters for animation. Satoshi Motoyama is the sound director, and MICHIRU and Yuria Miyazono are composing the music.

J-Novel Club has licensed both the novels and the manga adaptation, and is releasing both in English digitally. The company describes the story:

Waking up in a strange new place with no memory of his past life, Kelvin learns that he's bartered away those very memories in exchange for powerful new abilities during his recent transmigration. Heading out into a whole new world as a Summoner — with his first Follower being the very goddess who brought him over! — Kelvin begins his new life as an adventurer, and it isn't long before he discovers his hidden disposition as a battle junkie. From the Black Knight of the Ancient Castle of Evil Spirits to the demon within the Hidden Cave of the Sage, he revels in the fight against one formidable foe after another. Join this OP adventurer in an exhilarating and epic saga as he and his allies carve their way into the annals of history!

Ani-One Asia will begin streaming iii icecrin 2 (pronounced "i i i icecrin double"), the second season for the iii icecrin television anime, on July 2 at 7:30 a.m. GMT +8. The anime will premiere in Japan on July 2.

The new series will feature a returning staff. Juria Matsumura (TsukiPro the Animation) directed the first season at Shin-Ei Animation. Hiroko Fukuda (Amanchu! Advance) was in charge of series composition. Kenta Higashiohji (Super Shiro, Pocket Monster Koko) composed the music.

The anime is a collaboration between Shin-Ei Animation and Okinawa-based ice cream company Blue Seal Ice Cream.

Aya Matsui (Inai Inai Baa!/Peek-a-Boo! show's Ūtan character) designed the characters who spend their days at Ice Cream Town. The characters are a fusion of 15 various flavors of Blue Seal ice cream with bears, capybaras, otters, pandas, and other animals.

The first anime premiered in April 2021. Ani-One Asia streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.

Source: Ani-One Asia's Facebook page