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Watari-kun's ****** Is About to Collapse Anime's New Video Unveils 2nd Part's Theme Songs, October 3 Debut
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The staff for the anime of Naru Narumi's Watari-kun's ****** Is About to Collapse (Watari-kun no xx ga Hōkaisunzen) manga began streaming a new promotional video on Sunday. The video announces and previews the theme songs for the anime's second cours (quarter of a year), and it also announces that the second cours will premiere on October 3. The band shallm is performing the new opening theme song "Futari-bun" (For Two), and singer Yurina Hirate is performing the new ending theme song "Shippai Shinai Menhera no Sodate-kata" (How to Successfully Raise a Mentally Unstable Person).
The anime stars:
- Shūichirō Umeda as Naoto Watari
- Yumika Yano as Satsuki Tachibana
- Yurie Igoma as Yukari Ishihara
- Megu Umezawa as Makina Umezawa
- Yoshiki Nakajima as Shigenobu Tokui
- Hinaki Yano as Suzushiro Watari
Takashi Naoya (Am I Actually the Strongest?, Real Girl, Übel Blatt) is directing the anime at Staple Entertainment with Matsuo Asami (Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga, Gintama episode director) as the assistant director. Tatsuya Takahashi (World’s End Harem, Eromanga Sensei) is in charge of the series scripts, and Tetsuya Yamada (Am I Actually the Strongest?, Übel Blatt) is writing the scripts with director Naoya. Shōko Yasuda (Am I Actually the Strongest?, Happy Sugar Life) is designing the characters and serving as a chief animation director along with Yukiyo Komito (Am I Actually the Strongest?), Toshimitsu Kobayashi (Fate/stay night), and Taeko Ōgi (Übel Blatt). Nonoka Suzuki (Tales of Wedding Rings 2nd key animation) is designing the costumes, and Chie Yamazaki (Lagrange - The Flower of Rin-ne special effects) is designing the props.
Kodansha USA Publishing releases the manga digitally and describes the story:
Naoto Watari has had his share of struggles: his parents died two years ago, and now he and his sister live at his aunt's house. There, his desire to protect his sister earned him notoriety as "the guy with the sister complex"—which never mattered to him, as his sister always came first. But when Satsuki, a childhood friend-turned-enemy(?), becomes his school mate, Naoto's ordinary life is thrown into chaos ... and Satsuki may just be the beginning.
Narumi launched the manga in Kadokawa's Young Ace magazine in August 2014. The manga moved its serialization to Monthly Young Magazine in November 2015. The manga ended in September 2023. Kodansha published the 16th and final compiled book volume in November 2023.
Sources: Watari-kun's ****** Is About to Collapse anime's website, Comic Natalie
