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Nagi Yanagi Returns to Perform Opening Song for Oregairu Zoku

The official website of the anime adaptation of Wataru Watari and Ponkan8’s Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU) light novel series has revealed that Nagi Yanagi will be returning to perform the Opening song of the anime’s upcoming second season, Oregairu Zoku.

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Nagi Yanagi originally sang the Opening song for the first season of the Oregairu anime, Yukitoki. She also has a message about the announcement, stating that she is very glad that she will be back doing the OP of the anime and that she will be collaborating with Katsutoshi Kitagawa from the music group Round Table to produce the new OP. Nagi has also performed other theme songs for various anime including:

  • Nagi no Asukara – ED1: Aqua Terrarium, ED2: Mitsuba no Musubime
  • Amnesia – OP: Zoetrope
  • Grisaia no Kajitsu – ED4: Rainy veil
  • Black Bullet – ED1: Tokohana, ED2: Wasurenai Tame ni

The anime character designer for Oregairu will not be working on Oregairu Zoku, so a new set of redesigns have been produced. The original anime character designer for the first series was Yuu Shindou (Persona 4 The Golden Animation) and the new anime character designer for Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku will be Yuichi Tanaka (Toaru Majutsu no IndexLast Exile).

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The character designs were earlier released, albeit without any colour. The uncoloured character designs alongside their voice actors/actresses includes:

  • Takuya Eguchi (Kazuya Kujou in Gosick) will voice Hachiman Hikigaya
  • Saori Hayami (Ayase Aragaki from Oreimo) is back as Yukino Yukinoshita
  • Nao Touyama (Chitoge Kirisaki in Nisekoi) will return to voice Yui Yuigahama
  • Ayane Sakura (Kokoa Hoto in Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?) will voice new character Iroha Isshiki

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  • Haruka Tomatsu (Asuna Yuuki from Sword Art Online) will be voicing another new character, Orimoto Kaori

The majority of the anime’s cast will return to voice their characters in Oregairu Zoku, they include:

  • Mikako Komatsu (Neko from K) voicing as Saika Totsuka
  • Nobuyuki Hiyama (Hiei in Yu Yu Hakusho) as Yoshiteru Zaimokuza
  • Aoi Yuuki (Madoka Kaname in Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica) voices Komachi Hikigaya
  • Mai Nakahara (Yuu Kashima in Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun) will be voicing Haruno Yukinoshita
  • Ryoka Yuzuki (Satsuki Kiryuuin in Kill la Kill) as Shizuka Hiratsuka
  • Takashi Kondou (Ritsu Onodera from Sekaiichi Hatsukoi) will voice Hayato Hayama

The upcoming season will feature new staff members, including a new director and animation studio. The new staff are as follows:

  • Director: Kei Oikawa (Minami-ke: OkaeriOutbreak Company)
  • Series Composer: Shoutarou Suga (OregairuIsshuukan Friends)
  • Anime Character Designer: Yuichi Tanaka (Toaru Majutsu no IndexLast Exile)
  • Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama (OregairuLittle Busters!)
  • Music Composer: monaca (OregairuHanayamata)
  • Animation Studio: Studio Feel (Minami-ke TadaimaOutbreak Company)

Here is the first Promotional Video for the anime:

Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU) is a light novel series written by Wataru Watari and illustrated by Ponkan8. The light novels began in March 2011 and is published in Shogakukan’s Gagaga Bunko imprint. To date there has been 9 volumes and 4 short stories published. There has been three spin-off manga adaptations written and illustrated by various people. The series also received an anime adaptation that aired in April 2012 that was animated by Brain’s Base (Baccano!Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun). Additionally, a visual novel was developed by 5pb. for the PlayStation Vita that released on September 19th last year. The second season of the anime was announced early this year.

Here is a synopsis of the series from MAL:

This romantic comedy revolves around an antisocial high school student named Hikigaya Hachiman with a distorted view on life and no friends or girlfriend. When he sees his classmates talking excitedly about living their adolescent lives, he mutters: “They’re a bunch of liars.” When he isasked about his future dreams, he responds, “Not working.” A teacher gets Hachiman to join the “Volunteer Service” club, which happens to have the school’s prettiest girl, Yukinoshita Yukino.

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The second season of the anime, Oregiaru Zoku, will be airing this April during the Spring 2015 anime season. A Blu-ray box set of the anime’s first season will release in Japan on March 4.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/oregairu/
And follow their Twitter here: @anime_oregairu

 
Source Article – Oregairu Anime Website
Source Image – Nagi Yanagi Website
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