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Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu Season 2 Starts January 7

The official website of the anime adaptation of Haruko Kumota’s Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu (Shouwa Genroku Era Comic Storytelling) manga has revealed that the second season will have its debut on January 7th.

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The second season of the anime, titled Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu: Sukeroku Futatabi-hen, will on MBS’ Animeism block on Saturday, January 7th at 2:40am JST. The anime will also air on TBS from the 7th at 2:25am JST, with reruns on BS-TBS from the 8th at 12:30am JST.

The second season continue where the first season left off, adapting the third story arc from the manga Sukeroku Futatabi-hen.

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The main cast of the first anime includes:

  • Tomokazu Seki (Itaru Hashida from Steins;Gate) voices Yotarou

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  • Akira Ishida (Kotaro Katsura in Gintama) as Yakumo Yuurakutei

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  • Kouichi Yamadera (Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop) voiced Sukeroku Yuurakutei

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  • Yuu Kobayashi (Sasha Blouse from Attack on Titan) voices the role of Konatsu

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  • Shigeru Ushiyama (Hiluluk from One Piece) voicing Matsuda

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  • Megumi Hayashibara (Ai Haibara from Detective Conan) as Yurie

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The production staff of the first season has:

  • Director: Shinichi Omata (Sankarea)
  • Series Composition: Jun Kumagai (Psycho-Pass Season 2, Re:␣Hamatora)
  • Character Design: Mieko Hosoi (Aiura, Hai to Gensou no Grimgar)
  • Music: Kana Shibue (Debut Role)
  • Animation Studio: Studio Deen (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Rurouni Kenshin)

Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu (Shouwa Genroku Era Comic Storytelling) is a manga written and illustrated by Haruko Kumota. The series began in 2010 in Kodansha’s Itan magazine where a total of 9 compiled volumes have been released. The series has won two awards: the Best General Manga award at this year’s Kodansha Manga Awards and the Excellence Award at the 2013 Japan Media Arts Festival Awards. An anime adaptation of the series was produced for the Winter 2015/2016 anime season.

Here is a synopsis of the series from MAL:

When a certain man is released from prison, he knows exactly where he’s heading first. After falling in love with a traditional comic storyteller’s rendition of the story called “Shinigami,” he is determined to become his apprentice. The performer, Yakumo, has never taken an apprentice before, but to everyone’s surprise, he accepts the eager ex-prisoner, nicknaming him “Yotaro.”

As Yotaro happily begins his new life, he meets others in Yakumo’s life, including Yakumo’s ward Konatsu. Konatsu was the daughter of a famous storyteller, and Yakumo took her in after her father’s tragic death. Konatsu loved her father’s storytelling, and would love to become a performer in her own right—but that path is not available for women.

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The second season of Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu will air every Saturday on MBS from January 7th at 2:40am JST, during the Winter 2016/2017 anime season. Further information will be revealed soon.

Visit the anime’s website here: http://rakugo-shinju-anime.jp/
And follow their Twitter: @rakugoshinju

Source Article - Natalie Comics
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