A bevy of high profile anime sequel are set to premiere during the upcoming Spring 2020 anime season, from the long-awaited second season of Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World to an exciting new season of breakout comedy romance hit Kaguya-sama: Love is War. That’s not to mention the 2nd season of Fruits Basket or the climactic second part of Sword Art Online: Alicization. Yet another show to be receiving a highly anticipated follow-up is the horny shonen battle series Tsugumomo, with a recent web update confirming the premiere date of the series as well as info on the theme song performers for the new anime.
The official website for the Tsugumomo anime series confirmed that the sequel series, titled Tsugu Tsugumomo, would be premiering in April, although specifics on timeslots, television channels, and streaming platforms were not yet specified. Additionally, the website update revealed that the opening theme song for the new season is titled “Kaze Fukeba Tsukiyo no Hate ni” (When the Wind Blows, It Reaches the End of the Moonlit Night). It will be performed by the group AOP, who previously recorded theme songs for Mr. Osomatsu, Ace of Diamond, and Cutie Honey Universe. The ending theme song, meanwhile, is called “Haru, Kanade” (Play in Spring). Up-and-coming young artist Haruka Tojo will be performing the ending theme, having previously recorded songs for Amazing Stranger, The Island of Giant Insects, and Netsuzou Trap -NTR-.
The currently confirmed cast of new and returning voice actors include:
- Yuko Sanpei as Kazuya Kagami
- Naomi Ōzora as Kiriha
- Yurika Kubo as Kukuri
- Eriko Matsui as Kokuyō
- Noriko Shibasaki as Chisato Chikaishi
- Shogo Sakata as Akito Ashimine
- Riho Sugiyama as Arumi Ashimine
- Mami Uchida as Mimane Miyou
- Yūko Ōno as Azami
Additionally, the animation staff from the first season of the show is set to return for Tsugu Tsugumomo. The series will be animated at Zero-G, the studio previously responsible for Battery the Animation and Piace: Watashi no Italian. Ryoichi Kuraya is set to handle directing and series composition, having previously worked as an episode director and storyboard artist for A Town Where You Live, Overlord, and Ai: Tenchi Muyo! Kiyotaka Nakahara, the character designer for Persona 4 The Animation, is set to return as character designer and chief animation director. Masaaki Sakurai will also be serving as a chief animation director, with previous credits on Devil Survivor 2 The Animation and Hayate the Combat Butler. Yasuharu Takanashi, known for his music composition work on Fairy Tail and Naruto Shippūden, is set to be the composer for this series.
The first season of Tsugumomo premiered back in April of 2017, running for a total of 12 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the series globally as it aired, but Funimation later released the anime on home video in May of 2018 with “a combination of uncensored and TV broadcast materials based on what was available from the licensor.” Crunchyroll describes the series as follows:
One day Kagami Kazuya, a completely ordinary boy, suddenly encounters Kiriha, a beautiful girl in a kimono. Even though Kazuya has no recollection of meeting her before, Kiriha calls out “Long time no see” to him. It turns out Kiriha is actually a tsukumogami whose true identity is the precious obi Kazuya carries around that used to belong to his late mother. All kinds of bizarre phenomena unfold around the sadistic beauty Kiriha in this supernatural action comedy!
The raunchy romance-comedy is based on the manga of the same name by Yoshikazu Hamada, who launched the series back in 2007 in the Futabasha published COMIC SEED! web manga magazine. A year later, when COMIC SEED! shut down, Tsugumomo switched to the WEB Comic High! online magazine. Eventually, a third publisher switch happened, with the series jumping once again over to Futabasha’s Monthly Action magazine, where it still currently runs. Futabasha published the 24th full volume of the series earlier this month, which included a free original video anime bundled that was crowdfunded. JManga published the first two volumes of the manga digitally in English before the site ended service in 2013.
