The staff behind the television anime adaptation of Tsuyoshi Yasuda’s “Blue Miburo” (Ao no Miburo) manga announced on Saturday that the series will be receiving a second season, set to premiere “next winter.” The upcoming season will cover the “Serizawa Assassination” arc.
The first season debuted on October 19 and aired on Saturdays at 5:30 p.m. on the YTV and NTV networks, along with their affiliated channels. The series ran for two consecutive cours (quarters of the year). Crunchyroll has been streaming the anime as it airs.
Kumiko Habara, known for directing “I’m Standing on 1,000,000 Lives.,” “I’m the Villainess, So I’m Taming the Final Boss,” and “Surgeon Elise,” directed the first season at Maho Film.
Kenta Ihara, who worked on “Gamera -Rebirth-,” “I’m the Villainess, So I’m Taming the Final Boss,” and “Uncle From Another World,” was responsible for the series scripts.
Character designs were handled by Yūko Ōba (“I’m the Villainess, So I’m Taming the Final Boss,” “I’m Standing on 1,000,000 Lives.”) and Miyako Nishida (“My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1,” “If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord”). Toshiki Kameyama served as the sound director, while Yuki Hayashi composed the music.
Blue Miburo Manga Series
Kodansha USA Publishing licensed the manga in English under the title “The Blue Wolves of Mibu.” The company describes the story as follows:
Nio is an orphan who can’t help dreaming of a better world. In this action-packed manga, he meets two men who show him how much a few swords can change history.
This riveting samurai series from the acclaimed creator of “DAYS” shares its setting with “Rurouni Kenshin” and chronicles the founding of the Shinsengumi by handsome and volatile men fighting for justice…and for themselves!
Yasuda began serializing the manga in Kodansha’s “Weekly Shōnen Magazine” in October 2021. Kodansha released the 14th compiled book volume on July 17.
Yasuda’s previous work, the “DAYS” soccer manga, inspired a television anime adaptation in 2016, followed by five original video anime episodes released between 2017 and 2018. Additionally, his “Over Drive” bicycling manga was adapted into a TV anime in 2007.
