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Aniplus Asia Airs Simulcast of Laid-Back Camp Creator Afro's mono Anime

Aniplus Asia announced on Tuesday that it will air a simulcast of the television anime of Afro's mono four-panel manga. Aniplus Asia also announced on Wednesday that it will air the resumed broadcast of the second television anime season based on Kei Sazane and Ao Nekonabe's Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World (Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjō, Arui wa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen) light novel series.

mono will premiere in Japan on April 12. The anime stars:

• Haruna Mikawa as Satsuki Amamiya
• Aoi Koga as character An Kiriyama
• Hikaru Tohno as Sakurako Shikishima
• Reina Ueda as Haruno Akiyama
• Maki Kawase as Kako Komada

Ryota Aikei (Jujutsu Kaisen assistant director) is directing the anime at Soigne. Takuya Miyahara is designing the characters. Yoko Yonaiyama (A Sign of Affection) is writing the script. Aniplex is producing. halca is performing the ending theme song "Weekend Roll."

Afro launched the four-panel manga in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Carat in March 2017. The manga follows high school girls in the "cinephoto" club, which combines cinema and photography. Houbunsha published the manga's fourth compiled book volume in April 2024.

The second season of Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World will resume airing from the first episode in Japan on April 10. Aniplus Asia's new simulcast will also begin from the first episode. The anime delayed episodes from its fifth episode onward indefinitely in August 2024 "to maintain the quality" of the release.

The premiere of the previously delayed episodes will start with episode 5 in Japan on May 8.

The anime premiered on Tokyo MX, ABC TV, BS11, AT-X, and d-Anime Store on July 10 last year. The anime was previously slated to air in 2023 but was delayed to July 2024. Aniplus Asia previously aired the anime as it ran.

Yūki Inaba (KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World) is directing the new season at Studio Palette and SILVER LINK. Studio Palette is also in charge of the series composition. Kaori Yoshikawa (KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World) is designing the characters. Yukio Nagasaki (Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War) is the sound director at Bit Grooove Promotion. Elements Garden (Uta no Prince Sama, Symphogear franchises) is composing the music. Pony Canyon is producing the music.

AliA performs the anime's opening theme song "Senaka Awase" (Back to Back), while Sizuk performs the anime's ending theme song "Para Bellum" (Prepare for War).

The first season premiered in October 2020. Aniplus Asia aired the anime as it aired in Japan.

Yen Press is publishing the light novels and their manga adaptation in English, and it describes the story:

A great war has raged for years between the scientifically advanced Empire and Nebulis, the realm of magical girls—until the youngest knight ever to receive the title of the Empire's strongest meets the princess of the rival nation. Though they are sworn enemies, the knight is taken by her beauty and dignity, and the princess is moved by his strength and way of life. Will the fighting between them ever be allowed to end?

Source: Aniplus Asia's Facebook page (link 2)