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Encouragement of the Climb Third Season Anime Premieres on July 2
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
The staff of the Encouragement of Climb anime franchise announced on Tuesday that the third season will premiere on Tokyo MX and other networks on July 2 at 25:40 (effectively July 3 at 1:40 a.m.). The anime will also stream on 15 services in Japan.
The series will have 13 15-minute episodes.
The recent Yama no Susume: Omoide Present OVA and the third season have the same staff, and the main cast members are returning. Yusuke Yamamotois returning from the first two seasons to direct at studio 8-Bit. Yuusuke Matsuo is returning as character designer and animation director, and Kazuyuki Fudeyasu is the scriptwriter. Tom-H@ck and yamazo are composing the music.
Cast members Yuka Iguchi (Aoi), Kana Asumi (Hinata), Yōko Hikasa (Kaede), and Yui Ogura (Kokona) are performing the opening theme "Chiheisen Stride" (Horizon Stride) in character. Iguchi and Asumi is similarly performing the ending theme song "Irochigai no Tsubasa" in character. The CDs for both songs will ship on July 27.
The anime is based on Shiro's Yama no Susume manga series. The manga inspired a 12-episode anime series in January 2013. Each episode of the first season was five minutes long. The second season, Yama no Susume Second Season, premiered in July 2014 and had 24 episodes. Each episode in the second season was 15 minutes long. Yama no Susume: Omoide Present screened at 10 Aeon Cinema theaters in Japan last October.
Source: SMIRAL Press Release
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