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Second Season of 'Ao Ashi' Announced for 2026

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The official website of the Ao Ashi (Aoashi) anime series announced a second season on Wednesday, revealing a commemorative visual (pictured). The second season, produced by TMS Entertainment, is scheduled to premiere in 2026.

The television anime adapting Yuugo Kobayashi's sports manga by Production I.G aired in 24 episodes in Spring 2022, roughly covering up to the 12th volume. Crunchyroll streamed the anime with multiple subtitles and dubs, and released it on two Blu-ray volumes in April and June 2023.

Kobayashi began drawing the manga based on Naohiko Ueno's original draft in Big Comic Spirits in January 2015. Shogakukan published the 38th volume in December 2024. According to Kobayashi, the manga will end with the 40th volume. Ao Ashi has a cumulative 23 million copies of its volumes in print.

Ao Ashi won the 65th Shogakukan Manga Awards in the General category in January 2020 and was nominated for the 10th Manga Taisho awards in 2017.

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In a quiet rural town, the spotlight of a local junior high school football team rests on one player: Ashito Aoi. Known for his unpredictable moves and self-centered playing style, Ashito is the sole powerhouse pushing his team through an important high school preliminary tournament. However, their win streak is short-lived—an opponent causes Ashito to lose his temper and act violently, resulting in his removal from the rest of the game.

Without their star player, the team is quickly eliminated from the tournament. Just as he believes all hope is lost, Ashito is approached by a youth team coach named Tatsuya Fukuda who senses potential in him, and Fukuda invites him for tryouts in Tokyo. In an unfamiliar setting surrounded by talent, Ashito must bring out the best of his ability to prove himself and secure what could be a life-changing career. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Official site: https://aoashi-pr.com/
Official X: @aoashi_pr

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Ao Ashi 2nd Season on MAL
VindstotApr 29, 5:41 PM
Apr 29, 8:27 AM
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studio change for sequels is usually not good news
Apr 29, 8:36 AM
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I've heard great things from this series, will make sure to watch the first season before this airs!
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Apr 29, 8:42 AM
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I'm not sure if it's a good news because of the studio change, but if we get Megalo Box type of quality... That'll be great.
Apr 29, 8:45 AM
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Production I.G. had delivered a quality product for the 1st season, but it wasn't the best-animated project in their catalog either, despite good direction.

TMS should be able to deliver a similar quality.
Apr 29, 9:24 AM
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Ooh yes 😍 our fav is back
Apr 29, 9:35 AM
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Don't believe we'd see a huge dip in the quality or anything, but yeah would've been good if only production IG continued.

I hope it's another two cour.
Apr 29, 9:54 AM
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I am SO happy about this. This might be my favourite recent sports anime.

Production IG would have been preferable, but TMS seems like a safe studio.
Apr 29, 10:07 AM
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Definitely was NOT expecting this. Genuinely thought that this was gonna be one of those shows that gets a single season and then leaves the fanbase wanting more, all to never return.
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Apr 29, 10:08 AM

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studio change for sequels is usually not good news
@deg Generally speaking, you're right. That's sort of a cause for concern. But it's not like the first season looked that great either.
Gintoki and Sugita's birthdays are 1 day apart.
Apr 29, 11:27 AM
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@deg Generally speaking, you're right. That's sort of a cause for concern. But it's not like the first season looked that great either.
@Amoh25 TMS made Ao no Hako tho, so I'd say we are good
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I'm glad to see we're getting more content! I remember really enjoying this. I'm a little surprised it took so long but at least it's here. I really wasn't expecting this to see another season.
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New packs of still frames presented as "animation" is coming. While first season never had any great animation to begin with, it was pretty solid in overall consistency, and never goes lower beyond a certain bar it planted. Anyway, expecting a quality drop. Would it be siginificant, or not so much, well, even the first trailer should give enough info to drew some conclusions.
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@Amoh25 TMS made Ao no Hako tho, so I'd say we are good
@BEaSTPadwal15 You can never be too sure. Production IG has worked on Haikyuu and Kuroko, two very good looking shows, yet Ao Ashi was still all still-frames.
Studio names are just banners for buildings. Yes, the name of the studio does (usually) dictate the kind of talent they can pull, but it's never a sure fire way to tell if a show's gonna be good. The actual quality of the show depends on the staff and whether or not they've been granted enough time to make the show. MAPPA, as another example, has worked on Chainsaw Man and Jujutsu Kaisen (they pulled good talent), yet one of their products is also Hell's Paradise (insane production conditions with no talent pull), which looks atrocious for the most part. This applies for most studios that are not KyoAni, Ufotable, Trigger and Science Saru.
Studio changes usually occur because of production problems, that's why they're often followed by bad quality of the product. Let's just hope that that's not the case here.
So in conclusion to my pretentious ass speech here, we, infact, may not be good. Only time will tell.
Amoh25Apr 29, 12:41 PM
Gintoki and Sugita's birthdays are 1 day apart.
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@Amoh25 TMS made Ao no Hako tho, so I'd say we are good
@BEaSTPadwal15 Wrong. TMS was producer, the studio was Telecom.
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LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
Apr 29, 5:56 PM
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studio change for sequels is usually not good news
@deg na its fine. The reason for the studio switch is because of this https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-01/dmm-establishes-animation-production-company-cue/.196593
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@BEaSTPadwal15 You can never be too sure. Production IG has worked on Haikyuu and Kuroko, two very good looking shows, yet Ao Ashi was still all still-frames.
Studio names are just banners for buildings. Yes, the name of the studio does (usually) dictate the kind of talent they can pull, but it's never a sure fire way to tell if a show's gonna be good. The actual quality of the show depends on the staff and whether or not they've been granted enough time to make the show. MAPPA, as another example, has worked on Chainsaw Man and Jujutsu Kaisen (they pulled good talent), yet one of their products is also Hell's Paradise (insane production conditions with no talent pull), which looks atrocious for the most part. This applies for most studios that are not KyoAni, Ufotable, Trigger and Science Saru.
Studio changes usually occur because of production problems, that's why they're often followed by bad quality of the product. Let's just hope that that's not the case here.
So in conclusion to my pretentious ass speech here, we, infact, may not be good. Only time will tell.
@Amoh25 oh I agree. I think the reason IG couldn't do Ao Ashi s1 that well was because it had all hands on deck for Haikyuu at the time. I think even Ufo struggled with demon slayer s3 at times. I'm aware nothing is for certain, but damn it if i can manifest a good adaptation for quite possibly the best arc in the story, then so be it!
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@BEaSTPadwal15 Wrong. TMS was producer, the studio was Telecom.
@JaysonNnN Telecom is a subsidiary of TMS. Same thing lol
Apr 30, 9:14 AM

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I've been hoping for a second season. Glad it's happening.
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I’m hoping the studio change means a change in dub actors… Ciaran Strange is not it. That said, very excited for the second season!

Edit: dub autocorrected to sub lol
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Maybe the manga can finally get licensed? That feels like the only way this series will ever catch up to Blue Lock, popularity wise.
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Letsgooo, best football anime is coming again
May 30, 3:55 AM
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Finally!!! I Have been waiting for this. It has a potential.
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YESSS, this is what I've been waiting for
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The fact that they're switching studios does raise some concerns. Production I.G did a solid job with the first season, so it's hard not to be a little wary. Hopefully TMS steps up and delivers — Ao Ashi deserves consistent quality, especially with what's coming in the next arc.
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Can't wait to watch it guys.

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