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Ani-One Adds Grand Blues!, Tsukiuta the Animation 2 Anime to Fall Streaming
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Hong Kong content distributor MediaLink Entertainment Limited's Ani-One Asia YouTube channel announced on Monday and Tuesday that it will stream the Grand Blues! and Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION 2 anime.
The anime of the Granblue Fantasy franchise's official four-panel gag comedy manga Grand Blues! (Guraburu!) will premiere in Japan on Thursday.
Kenshirō Morii (Anime-Gataris, BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico) is directing the anime at DMM.futureworks (BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico, Umayon). Kikuhitomoji, the manga's original creator, is credited for series script supervision, and is also credited for storyboards alongside Morii and so-shi. The artist so-shi (Anime-Gataris) is also credited for the animation character designs and as the chief animation director. Masanori Yamaguchi (Studio White) is the art director. Tasuku Ozu is the director of photography. Takatoshi Hamano is the sound director. dugout is credited for sound production.
GRANBLUE FANTASY The Animation Season 2 premiered in October 2019. Aniplus-Asia aired a simulcast of the series as it aired. The extra "Djeeta-hen" (Djeeta Chapter) anime special premiered on March 27, and Aniplus-Asia also streamed this new special when it aired in Japan.
The first episode of the Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION 2 sequel anime is already available on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel. The anime was originally scheduled to premiere in 2019, before being delayed to April 2020, and then again to July 2020 before this latest delay to October. The anime premiered in Japan on Wednesday.
The anime will feature a new staff and studio. Yukio Nishimoto (The Galaxy Railways, Justeen, Music Girls) is directing the anime at Children's Playground Entertainment (Cerberus). Natsuko Takahashi (Hakyū Hōshin Engi, Norn9, Poco's Udon World) is in charge of the series scripts. Michinori Chiba (Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans) and Ai Yokoyama (Space Battleship Tiramisu, Usuzumizakura -Garo-) are adapting Jiku's original character designs for animation. Fujiwara (MOVIC) is again credited with the original work and original story draft.
Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION is the television anime of a music and original drama CD series about anthropomorphized months. The franchise centers around the Tokyo idol unit Six Gravity (composed of characters representing December to May) and the sibling rival unit Procellarum (composed of idols born in Western Japan and representing June to November).
The first television anime season premiered in Japan in July 2016.
The anime is inspiring a manga adaptation. AIKO Kotori, who drew the manga adaptation for Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION, will draw the new manga.
