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Amanchu! Anime's 2nd Promo Video Previews Maaya Sakamoto's Theme Song

The official website for the television anime adaptation of Kozue Amano's Amanchu! manga began streaming the show's second promotional video on Thursday. The video previews Maaya Sakamoto's opening theme song "Million Clouds."

Futaba: A place I don't know. A school I don't know. This is where my new life starts.
Text: Come, let us begin a new story.
Hikari: It's a fun-filled high school life again today! Entry!
Text: An unknown world.
Futaba: I'm Ooki Futaba. Oh no! It's always like this with me.
Text: New encounters.
Hikari: This is our diving point for today!
Mato: Settle down!
Text: All the things I had given up...
Mato: What's most important is that you have fun every single day.
Text: In this town, in this sea, with you...
Futaba: Fun? Is there anything fun in this town?
Hikari: Teko!
Hikari: Do you want to take up diving with me, Teko?
Futaba: Excuse me...
Kino: A huge world of fun is opening up right before your eyes.
Mato: Welcome to the diving club!
Makoto and Ai: Pleased to meet you!
Hikari: Those who think every day that "today is going to be fun" are gonna be able to find fun anywhere, anytime!
Mato: Fun is the strongest, fun is righteous, and fun is infinite!
Futaba: It would be a lie to say that I'm not scared anymore. But it's alright. Hikari is with me.
Text: Treasure something new.
Hikari: Let's dive together, Teko!
Futaba: Sure!
Futaba and Hikari: Amanchu! Premieres July!

The video also reveals that the anime will premiere on AT-X on July 8 at 11:00 p.m. The series will also air on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, Shizuoka Broadcasting, and BS11.

The staff also revealed a new visual for the series:

The cast includes:

Eri Suzuki as Hikari Kohinata

Ai Kayano as Futaba Ooki

Saori Ōnishi as Ai Ninomiya

Yuichiro Umehara as Makoto Ninomiya

Shizuka Itou as Mato Katori

Yurika Kubo as Cha-Komon

Kikuko Inoue as Kino Kohinata

Junichi Satō (Sailor Moon, Princess Tutu, Aria the Animation) is serving as chief director. Kenichi Kasai (Honey and Clover, Nodame Cantabile, Bakuman.) is directing the series at J.C. Staff, with scripts by Deko Akao (Yes! Precure 5, Arakawa Under the Bridge, Snow White with the Red Hair). Yōko Itō (Love Stage!!) is designing the characters, and GONTITI is composing the music. The anime will have 13 episodes.

Amano's manga follows the everyday lives of the members of a diving club in the city of Itō, in Shizuoka prefecture. The manga features the same high school and some of the characters from Amano's earlier Roman Club manga.

Update: Added new visual. Source: Comic Natalie