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Crunchyroll To Stream The Asterisk War Second Season


Asterisk War Season 2 Visual 001 - 20160321The Asterisk War is coming back for another sortie!

Earlier today, Crunchyroll announced that they will stream The Asterisk War Second Season on their digital platform. The series will kick off on April 2, at 8:00AM Pacific (11:00AM Eastern) for members in the following territories:

  • North America
  • Central America
  • South America
  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland
  • Australia
  • New Zealand

The Asterisk War Second Season is the sequel to last year’s The Asterisk War. The team of Manabu Ono (Saki Biyori) and Kenji Seto (Weiß Survive R) is returning to work as chief director and director, respectively, at A-1 Pictures. Tetsuya Kawakami (Nanana’s Buried Treasure) is back in the role of character designer and Rasmus Faber returned to score the soundtrack.

The core voice cast members will also return, including Ai Kakuma (Aldnoah.Zero, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma) and Atsushi Tamaru (Sword Art Online II, Wonder Momo), who play Julis-Alexia von Riessfeld and Ayato Amagiri, respectively.

Crunchyroll describes The Asterisk War Second Season as follows:

Invertia–The astral catastrophe that annihilated many cities in the 20th century also gave birth to an all new human race with special abilities called the Genestella (the Star-Pulse Generation). At the same time, the special element (Mana) found within the meteors of Invertia facilitated humanity’s technological advancement. Upon Rikka, the academy-city above water, or what many call the “Asterisk,” students of the six schools prepare for the Festa. These annual comprehensive battle tournaments are held on a worldwide scale and each of the six schools place their hopes in their teams to bring them victory. In the Phoenix Festa (tag-team battle) category, Seidoukan Academy’s Ayato Amagiri takes up the challenge along with his partner Julis, the Witch of the Resplendent Flames (Glühen Rose).

Aniplex of America holds the rights to both seasons of The Asterisk War in North America. the first season is currently streaming in its entirety on Crunchyroll.

Source: Crunchyroll

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