Aoashi Season 2 Is Coming to Crunchyroll This Year

What was announced

Crunchyroll used its Anime Expo 2026 stage to confirm that Aoashi Season 2 will stream on the platform later this year. The soccer drama's second season is already gearing up for its Japanese broadcast, and the Anime Expo reveal signals that international fans will once again be able to follow the series as it airs rather than wait for a later home-video or catalog release.

When it premieres

According to Crunchyroll and Anime News Network, Season 2 premieres in Japan on October 4 on NHK Educational. The new season is planned as a 24-episode run split across two cours, with the first cour covering 12 episodes. The band 10-FEET performs the opening theme, while Ai Higuchi handles the ending theme. To mark the return, the official Japanese account also relaunched the series website with a new introduction, character pages, and a credited main visual. The season was a fixture of Anime Expo 2026 as well, where a dedicated panel promised a world-premiere look at Season 2 footage ahead of the broadcast.

A new studio takes over

The biggest production change sits behind the camera. Anime News Network reports that Season 2 moves from Production I.G, which animated the first season, to TMS Entertainment. Kazuki Yokoyama steps in as series director, while series composition writer Masahiro Yokotani and character designer Manabu Nakatake return from the first season to preserve the show's grounded look and tone. The anime adapts the manga by Yugo Kobayashi, which ran in Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits and has more than 20 million copies in circulation across its 40 volumes.

What Aoashi is about

Aoashi follows Ashito Aoi, a gifted but raw striker from a small town whose future changes when a Tokyo club scout spots his potential. The first season, which aired in 2022 and streamed on Crunchyroll as it broadcast, tracked Ashito's move into an elite youth academy and his reinvention as a defender who reads the whole pitch. Season 2 continues that climb, and the return to Crunchyroll means the next stretch of his development will reach a worldwide audience alongside the Japanese premiere.