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Little Glee Monster Performs Next Ending Song for Mix: Meisei Story Anime's 2nd Season
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The female vocal group Little Glee Monster announced during their Chiba concert on Sunday that they are contributing their song "Ima Kono Toki o" ([Take] This Moment, Now) as the new ending theme for Mix: Meisei Story -Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e- (Mix: Meisei Story ~Our Second Summer, Beyond the Sky~), the Mix: Meisei Story anime's second season. The new ending theme song will start playing in the season in July.
The story takes place after the summer of the first year of high school.
The anime's returning cast members include:
- Yūki Kaji as Tōma Tachibana
- Yūma Uchida as Sōichirō Tachibana
- Maaya Uchida as Otomi Tachibana
- Kana Hanazawa as Haruka Ōyama
Aside from Tomohiro Kamitani (episode director for A Certain Scientific Railgun, Chaos;Child) as the new director, returning staff members include:
- Series Composition: Atsuhiro Tomioka
- Character Design: Takao Maki
- Music: Norihito Sumitomo
- Production: OLM
Toshinori Watanabe directed the show's first season.
Crunchyroll describes the story:
A new generation steps up to the plate in a moving sequel to the 1985 baseball manga, Touch. Stepbrothers Touma and Suichirou are ace players on Meisei High School's baseball team, and thanks to them, the team may finally have a chance at returning to nationals. But little by little, a tragic legacy unfolds as the stepbrothers follow in their fathers' footsteps.
Mitsuru Adachi launched the manga series in Shogakukan's Monthly Shonen Sunday magazine in 2012.
Source: Comic Natalie
