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'Tiger & Bunny' Anime Series Gets Second Season in 2022

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The official website of the Tiger & Bunny anime series announced a second season on Friday, scheduled to debut in 2022. The new series, titled Tiger & Bunny 2, will take place after the events in the Tiger & Bunny: The Rising anime film.

Mitsuko Kase (Ristorante Paradiso, Young Black Jack) is directing the second season at Bandai Namco Pictures (Mairimashita! Iruma-kun, ClassicaLoid). Screenwriter Masafumi Nishida will once again handle the series composition. Manga artist Masakazu Katsura (Garo: Guren no Tsuki, Akanesasu Shoujo), who drew the original character designs for the series, is returning as the character designer.

Voice actors Hiroaki Hirata (B: The Beginning) and Masakazu Morita (Baccano!) will reprise as the lead characters Kotetsu T. Kaburagi and Barnaby Brooks Jr., respectively.

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In Stern Bild City, those with special abilities are called "NEXT," and can use their powers for good or bad. A unique organized group of NEXT appear regularly on Hero TV, where they chase down evildoers to bring limelight to their sponsors and earn Hero Points in the hopes of becoming the next "King of Heroes."

Kotetsu T. Kaburagi, known as "Wild Tiger," is a veteran hero whose performance has been dwindling as of late, partially due to his inability to cooperate with other heroes. After a disappointing season in which most of the other heroes far outperformed Tiger, he is paired up with a brand new hero who identifies himself by his real name—Barnaby Brooks Jr.

Barnaby, nicknamed "Bunny" by his frivolous new partner, quickly makes it clear that the two could not be more different. Though they mix as well as oil and water, Tiger and Bunny must learn to work together, both for the sake of their careers and to face the looming threats within Stern Bild. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Keiichi Satou (Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis, Inuyashiki chief director) helmed the original 2011 anime at Sunrise. The side story film—subtitled The Beginning—premiered in Japan in 2012, with The Rising sequel film opening in 2014.

Mizuki Sakakibara began a manga adaptation based on the first 13 anime episodes in Newtype Ace in 2011. The manga moved to Kadokawa Niconico Ace in 2013 due to the former ceasing publication and ended the following December with nine volumes.

Hiroshi Ueda launched a separate manga adaptation in Miracle Jump October 2011, complementing the anime original story. The manga concluded in September 2016 with seven volumes.

VIZ Media licensed the anime series in North America and released the television series and side story on home video throughout 2013, with the sequel film in December 2014. The company also published Sakakibara's manga adaptation, Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning manga adaptation, and the Tiger & Bunny Comic Anthology.

Official site: http://www.tigerandbunny.net/
Official Twitter: @TIGERandBUNNY

Source: Oricon News

Tiger & Bunny 2 on MAL
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Apr 2, 2020 2:34 PM
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thats nice i enjoyed that show and its movies

its also very popular in japan back in the days i think i remember it sold like 20K-30K discs per volume and that is a lot

still waiting for Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere season 2 *cries in never*
Apr 2, 2020 2:40 PM
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Still haven't watched s1, but I'm weirdly excited
Apr 2, 2020 2:41 PM
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Awesome, I'll look forward to it.
It'll be interesting to see where it goes.
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Apr 2, 2020 2:41 PM
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I am so happy the voice actors are back. Really curious how they are going to do with the plot . Happy to hear the news but a bit sad its coming in 2022. Ages away
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Guess i got a reason to finish off s1
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Are you saying I'll be able to see my girl again?

Apr 2, 2020 3:00 PM
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Yay! Finally some motivation to watch this
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Apr 2, 2020 3:17 PM
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What. No. This gotta be a late april fools, haha....

For real tho, one of my favorite anime is getting a second season after all these years? Brb crying, I feel too emotional right now. But 2022 is still so far away....
Apr 2, 2020 3:30 PM

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Cried when I read it. And to announce it on the 9th anniversary of the first episode... A classic move!! If any anime deserved a season 2, it was always Tiger & Bunny!!
Apr 2, 2020 4:06 PM
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Damn, it's been so long! Can't wait for this!

Ever since I saw it top the Top 100 NHK, I've been wondering why a second season hasn't been greenlit yet but it's here at long last!

2022, so I imagine prospects of this being 2 cours is very strong which is great news. Surprised by the change in studio in charge but the fact that the VAs for the two leads are the same is a great plus.

Certainly looking forward to this!
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Better late than never... I have to say tho, they sure took their time with this one. Can't wait! I'm still mad about the clifhanger in S1, I need some answers!
Apr 2, 2020 6:59 PM

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Do I need to watch the movie in order to understand season 2? I only watch the first season so far. Good news. One of the best anime.
Apr 2, 2020 7:35 PM

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After 11 years people. 11 years.
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Happy and curious!
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Le's see in 2 years again after 10 years more to wait a new season (exclude movie version)
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lol my friend brought this up:

the first season aired in the year of the rabbit
the second season will air in the year of the tiger :D

anyway, i'm looking forward to this. i still have yet to watch the movie stuff.
Apr 3, 2020 3:29 AM
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YESSSSS!!!!! I've been waiting for this forever. A little sad that it's still 2 more years until then but at least there's a date.

Mayuka said:
lol my friend brought this up:

the first season aired in the year of the rabbit
the second season will air in the year of the tiger :D

This is actually pretty cool :D
Apr 3, 2020 4:33 AM
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omg first we get more Bleach and now finally a second season of my fav super heroes XD fantastic news, can't wait
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Oh wow, hard to believe it was 9 years already, more so to have 11 years gap between two seasons. Might even give it a re-watch because i barely remember anything about it by now.

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still waiting for Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere season 2 *cries in never*

Eh, you mean season 3, right? Anyway, same.
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Genoard said:

deg said:
still waiting for Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere season 2 *cries in never*

Eh, you mean season 3, right? Anyway, same.


MAL calls the split cours as season 1 and 2 lol but to me split cours anime are 1 season
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What's up with the continuations and reboots all of the sudden?
11 years for a sequel.
Apr 3, 2020 11:29 AM

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Neat.

Just took eleven years...
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Apr 3, 2020 7:59 PM

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It took them about 10 years to finally make a sequel of this best selling series lol..
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Apr 4, 2020 12:33 AM
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Aw man! Till 2022? And here I thought we'd be getting it next year u.u
But I don't mind waiting for this ❤❤❤
Apr 4, 2020 9:35 AM

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BNA season 5 announced : i sleep
Tiger Bunny season 2 annouced : REAL SHIT!

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Genoard said:
Oh wow, hard to believe it was 9 years already, more so to have 11 years gap between two seasons. Might even give it a re-watch because i barely remember anything about it by now.

deg said:
still waiting for Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere season 2 *cries in never*

Eh, you mean season 3, right? Anyway, same.


Didin't you guys see that we are getting 3rd season this fall anime season of LOG horizon? The mal page says it will air this october.
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Astion said:
Didin't you guys see that we are getting 3rd season this fall anime season of LOG horizon? The mal page says it will air this october.

Didn't watch it, so i don't really care ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Why did you even bring this up lol. Are you confusing Log Horizon with Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere?
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AILSUGNLWIEUTNGLIZUTNGLZIURNVLZIUV I THOUGHT SEASON 1 AND THE MOVIES WERE ALL WE HAD! THIS IS AMAZING!

Wonder what they're going to put into the 2nd season, considering the drama behind Kotetsu's power is more or less resolved (one user mentioned about cliffhanger but I literally don't remember that lol. Guess it's time for a re-watch).

Also, a lot of episodes from S1 were spent fleshing out the side characters too. Now that we're well-acquainted to them, we might either get introduced to new batch of heroes or be presented to new conflicts/stories of the old side characters.

Fun fact: I was checking Hulu Japan a few hours ago and when I was looking at the anime ranking, I was pleasantly surprised that Tiger & Bunny was in it. I've always known that Japan loves T&B but to still be in the ranking with Demon Slayer, Detective Conan, Boruto, etc. after 9 MFING YEARS? And when I checked out MAL I see THIS news??? What a timing!

Mayuka said:
the first season aired in the year of the rabbit
the second season will air in the year of the tiger :D
Idk if they did this on purpose or not but this is so cute and imma go cry in the corner.
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Now here's to hoping that there's also plans for a Double Decker sequel.

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