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Karakai Jozu no Takagi-san Season 2 Airs In July 2019; New Trailer Revealed


Earlier today, the official Karakai Jozu no Takagi-san (Teasing Master Takagi-san) anime website updated with a new trailer, as well as the core cast and crew members and a premeire window. We break the details down below.

Trailer

The two-minute trailer is an anime short, which sees Takagi-san playing an April Fool’s joke on Nishikata.

Staff

Hiroaki Akagi (Hina Logic – from Luck & Logic) will return to direct the new season at Shin-Ei Animation, with Shin’ya Une working as assistant director. Aya Takano (Himouto! Umaru-chan, Polar Bear’s Cafe) will reprise her role as character designer, while Takuji Mogi and Natsuko Kondou work as sub-character designers. The team of Kanichi Katou (Idol Time PriPara, Jewelpet Happiness), Aki Itami (Animation Runner Kuromi 2, Forest of Piano), and Hiroko Fukuda (Amanchu! Advance, Uchi no Oochopus) will collaborate on the new season’s scripts.

Other confirmed crew members include:

  • Music: Hiroaki Tsutsumi
  • Chief Animation Director: Takuji Mogi
  • Chief Animation Director: Natsuko Kondou
  • Chief Animation Director: Takehiro Suwa
  • Chief Animation Director: Aya Takano

Cast

The two main characters will see their roles reprised:

  • Takagi-san: Rie Takahashi
  • Nishikata: Yuuki Kaji

Premiere

Karakai Jozu no Takagi-san Season 2 VisualKarakai Jozu no Takagi-san returns to Japanese TV in July.

The show’s first season aired in Wintr 2018. Crunchyroll streamed the season as it aired, and describe it as:

“I swear I’m going to tease and embarrass Takagi-san today!”

Nishikata, a middle-schooler, keeps getting teased by the girl who sits next to him in class, Takagi-san.

He tries every day to get back at her, but will he ever succeed? Takagi-san and Nishikata’s youthful teasing battle starts now!

Source: Comic Natalie

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