Kyoto Animation has confirmed a second season for the Tsurune anime, which is titled “Tsurune – Tsunagari no Hitosa -“. The anime series will debut in January 2023. Jun Fukuyama will join the cast as a new character, Eisuke Nikaidou.
In conjunction with the announcement, a new visual showcasing the protagonist Minato Narumiya (CV: Yūto Uemura), Shū Fujiwara (CV: Kenshō Ono), and the new character, Eisuke Nikaidou (CV: Jun Fukuyama).
*A teaser trailer was updated on August 26
With Tsurune The Movie: The First Shot, known as Gekijouban Tsurune -Hajimari no Issha in Japan, set to premiere today in Japanese theaters, a stage event featuring the cast will be held on August 26. The promotional video for the anime’s second season will be unveiled at the stage event.
Tsurune is originally a Japanese light novel series written by Kotoko Ayano, with illustrations by Chinatsu Morimoto. The first novel won a Special Judge Award in the Kyoto Animation Award competition in 2016, and Kyoto Animation later published it in December of that year. A TV anime adaptation by Kyoto Animation premiered on October 22, 2018.
▍Story
The story centers on Minato Narumiya, who used to be a key player in the kyūdō club in his middle school until a certain incident in his last tournament caused him to quit archery.
When he attends high school, his childhood friends Seiya Takehaya and Ryōhei Yamanouchi try to rope him into joining the high school’s kyūdō club again, but he refuses. However, an encounter with a mysterious man at an archery range in a forest inspires Minato to take up archery once more. Minato joins the Kazemai High School Kyūdō Club and along with his old friends and new teammates, Nanao Kisaragi and Kaito Onogi, aims for winning the prefectural tournament.
▍Tsurune Season 2 Anime Staff & Production
Original Work: Kotoko Ayano’s Tsurune: Kazemai Kōkō Kyūdō-bu [KA Esma Bunko/ Kyoto Animation]
Director: Takuya Yamamura
Animation: Kyoto Animation
▍Tsurune Season 2 Anime Cast
■ Minato Narumiya– CV: Yūto Uemura
■ Shū Fujiwara – CV: Kenshō Ono
■ Eisuke Nikaidou – CV: Jun Fukuyama