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Muse India Streams Battle Game in 5 Seconds, Wind Breaker Anime

The Muse India YouTube channel began streaming the television anime of Saizō Harawata and Miyakokasiwa's Deatte 5-byō de Battle (Battle in 5 seconds after meeting.) manga on Saturday and the television anime of Satoru Nii's Wind Breaker manga on Tuesday. Both anime are streaming as free daily uploads.

Battle Game in 5 Seconds premiered in Japan in July 2021. Muse Asia streamed the anime in India as it aired in Japan.

Meigo Naito served as chief director, and Nobuyoshi Arai (Banana Fish, Duel Masters episode director) directed the anime at the animation studios SynergySP and Vega Entertainment. Shogakukan Shueisha Production and Studio A-CAT produced the anime, and Studio A-CAT handled the CG animation. Touko Machida (High-Rise Invasion, Maesetsu! Opening Act, Lucky Star) was in charge of the series scripts. Tomokatsu Nagasaku (Show By Rock!! Stars!!, Slap Up Party: Arad Senki) and Ikuo Yamakado (In Search of the Lost Future) designed the characters.

Akari Kitō performed the opening theme song "No Continue," and the unit "15-sai to Seiko Ōmori" performed the ending theme song "Makeibe Jikkyō Play" (Let's Stream a Playthrough of the Bad Ending).

The story begins when Akira Shiroyanagi, a high school boy who loves games and konpeitō sugar candy, gets suddenly embroiled in a battle of mental powers by a mysterious girl who goes by the name Mion.

Harawata posted the original manga online before artist Miyakokasiwa launched a "remake" of the manga with new art in Shogakukan's Ura Sunday web comic service in 2015. The manga is also on Shogakukan's Manga One app. The series is approaching its end. The manga had reached over two million copies in circulation at the time of the anime's premiere. Comikey is publishing the series in English.

The Wind Breaker anime premiered in April 2024 in Japan. Crunchyroll streamed the anime in India as it aired in Japan and has added the first season as a free title. An English dub is also streaming in India.

The second season of the anime will premiere on April 3 in Japan, and will stream in India as it airs in Japan, and will get dubs in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.

Toshifumi Akai (Fate/Grand Order -Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia-) directed the anime at CloverWorks. Hiroshi Seko (Attack on Titan, Jujutsu Kaisen) handled the series composition. Taishi Kawakami (Akebi's Sailor Uniform) designed the characters. Ryō Takahashi (Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest) composed the music.

Kodansha USA Publishing licensed the manga and has been releasing it digitally in English since spring 2022. It is now also publishing the series in print. The company describes the manga:

An adrenaline-filled manga set in a high school for delinquents who are now heroes protecting their town. A fierce, new student arrives at the school determined to fight his way to the top and become the strongest of them all. This edgy, action-packed manga is guaranteed to excite fans of Tokyo Revengers and other stories about high school delinquents.

Haruka Sakura wants nothing to do with weaklings—he's only interested in the strongest of the strong. He's just started at Furin High School, a school of degenerates known only for their brawling strength—strength they use to protect their town from anyone who wishes it ill. But Haruka's not interested in being a hero or being part of any sort of team—he just wants to fight his way to the top!

Nii launched the manga in Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app in Japanese in January 2021.

Source: Muse India's YouTube channel (link 2)