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Muse Asia Licenses Ace of Diamond Act II Second Season Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Muse Asia announced on Saturday that it has licensed Ace of Diamond Act II Second Season, the sequel to the 2019-2020 anime of Yūji Terajima's Ace of Diamond Act II (Daiya no A Act II) manga. Muse Asia will announce distribution details for the anime at a later date.
The anime will debut in Japan on April 5.
Hideaki Ōba (Kunon the Sorcerer Can See, I'm in Love with the Villainess, Love of Kill) is the new director, replacing Mitsuyuki Masuhara, at OLM (Madhouse animated Ace of Diamond Act II). Kenji Konuta is returning from the previous three anime in the franchise to oversee the series scripts. Yasukazu Shōji (Major 2nd chief animation director, Restaurant to Another World (TV 2) character designer) is the new character designer, replacing Minoru Ueda and Satoshi Tasaki. Hajime Hyakkoku is returning from Ace of Diamond Act II to compose the music.
Terajima's original Ace of Diamond baseball manga inspired a television anime that premiered in 2013. Ace of Diamond: Second Season premiered in April 2015, and Crunchyroll also streamed the 51-episode series as it aired.
The Ace of Diamond Act II anime premiered in April 2019 and aired for 52 episodes.
Terajima launched the Ace of Diamond manga in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 2006. He ended the manga in January 2015, and Kodansha published 47 volumes for the manga.
Terajima then launched Ace of Diamond Act II in August 2015, and ended the manga in October 2022. Kodansha published 34 volumes for the sequel manga.
The Ace of Diamond manga won the shōnen category of the 34th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2010.
