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Ketsuekigata-kun! Blood-Type TV Anime Gets 2nd Season

posted on by Egan Loo
Jun Fukuyama, Yūichi Nakamura, Akira Ishida, Tetsuya Kakihara reprise characters linked to blood types

Production on the second Ketsuekigata-kun! anime series has been green-lit. The cast of the first Ketsuekigata-kun! television anime, which aired from April to June of 2013, are reprising their roles for Ketsuekigata-kun! 2:

The voice actors happen to share the same blood types as their respective characters. Female characters will also appear in the second season.

In Japan, some people believe that blood types are linked to personalities; to them, people with Type A blood are reliable, Type B blood signifies passionate people, Type O blood indicates those with an independent streak, and Type AB people are capricious.

A creator who goes by the pen name "Real Crazy Man" has been drawing the original essay comic that takes these blood-type personalities and turn them into characters.

Yoshihisa Oyama (director of photography on Aku no Hana, Say, "I Love You".) is returning to helm the second anime at the studios Assez Finaud Fabric. and feel. Kenichi Yamashita (Ishida and Asakura, Yumeiro Pâtissière) is also returning to be in charge of the scripts. Earth Star Entertainment published the manga volumes by "Real Crazy Man." Leeonsmart Co., Ltd. is credited with the copyright and management of the franchise.

The second anime will premiere on January 8, 2015 on the Tokyo MX TV and KBS Kyoto stations, as well as on the streaming service Niconico in Japan.

Source: MoCa News

Image © Leeonsmart/Earth Star Entertainment/Ketsuekigata-kun! Production Committee


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