Tsukiuta The Animation 2 Anime Reveals Returning Cast, New Staff

The official website for the Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION anime franchise revealed the cast and staff on Monday for the Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION 2 sequel anime.

The returning cast includes:

·         Yuuki Kaji as Kakeru Shiwasu

·         Kousuke Toriumi as Hajime Mutsuki

·         Toshiki Masuda as Koi Kisaragi

·         Tomoaki Maeno as Haru Yayoi

·         Yoshimasa Hosoya as Arata Uzuki

·         KENN as Aoi Satsuki

·         Shouta Aoi as Rui Minazuki

·         Wataru Hatano as Kai Fuzuki

·         Tetsuya Kakihara as Yō Hazuki

·         Takashi Kondo as Yoru Nagatsuki

·         Kensho Ono as Iku Kannazuki

·         Ryohei Kimura as Shun Shimotsuki

·         Masahiro Yamanaka as Kanade Tsukishiro

·         Yasuhiro Mamiya as Hiroshi Kurotsuki

The anime will feature a new staff and studio. Yukio Nishimoto (The Galaxy Railways, Justeen, Music Girls) is directing the anime at Children's Playground Entertainment (Cerberus). Natsuko Takahashi (Hakyū Hōshin Engi, Norn9, Poco's Udon World) is in charge of the series scripts. Michinori Chiba (Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans) and Ai Yokoyama (Space Battleship Tiramisu, Usuzumizakura -Garo-) are adapting Jiku's original character designs for animation. Fujiwara (MOVIC) is again credited with the original work and original story draft.

The staff also announced that the anime will take place in real time in 2019. This differs from the 2016 first season, which began the story in 2013.

The anime will premiere this year.

Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION is the television anime of a music and original drama CD series about anthropomorphized months. The franchise centers around the Tokyo idol unit Six Gravity (composed of characters representing December to May) and the sibling rival unit Procellarum (composed of idols born in Western Japan and representing June to November).

The first television anime season premiered in Japan in July 2016. Funimation streamed the series as aired in Japan, and then offered it on Blu-ray Disc in September 2017.

The anime is part of a larger Tsukino Talent Production (TsukiPro) franchise. The franchise has also spawned the TsukiPro the Animation television anime based on four of its other groups: SOARA, Growth, SolidS, and QUELL. The anime premiered in October 2017 and Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired. The anime is getting a sequel.

Source: Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION franchise's website, MoCa News

Update: Story timeline details added.