Shortly after the first season finale of the golfing TV anime Tonbo!, it has been announced that a second season is scheduled to premiere in Japan this coming Fall 2024. The first season began airing on April 6, 2024 to June 28, 2024 for 13 total episodes.
Jin Gu Oh (Beyblade Burst QuadDrive) directed the anime’s first season, with Mitsutaka Hirota (Rent-A-Girlfriend) as series screenwriter, Akira Takeuchi (Bastard!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy co-chief animation director) as character designer, Keita Hattori (Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion Z mechanical designer) as 3D director, and Nobuko Toda (RWBY: Ice Queendom co-composer) as music composer. OLM is in charge of the animation production.
第2期決定＆再放送情報解禁！
ティザービジュアル解禁！2024年秋放送予定！
次の舞台、熊本でのとんぼの活躍をぜひ、お楽しみにテレ東系列にて、7月6日（土）10:00より、再放送がスタート！
まだまだ、 #オーイとんぼ は盛り上がって参ります！ pic.twitter.com/f4Pvar2Y7n— テレビアニメ「オーイ！とんぼ」公式／4月6日(土)午前10時～放送！ (@anime_tonbo) June 29, 2024
Meanwhile, the main voice cast includes:
- • Rika Hayashi as Tonbo Oi
- • Hiroki Touchi as Kazuyoshi Igarashi
- • Arisa Sekine as Wataru
- • Junya Enoki as Bunpei
- • Kenji Yamauchi as Director
- • Kentaro Takano as Chuzai/Police Box Officer
- • Mimi Maihane as Yoko Adaniya
- • Mizuka Arima as Setsu-Baa
- • Satomi Kobashi as Yuma
- • Shin Aomori as Gon-Jii
The original manga series was written by Ken Kawasaki and illustrated by Yuu Furusawa. It was first launched in Golf Digest’s Weekly Golf Digest on August 4, 2014, with a total of 50 tankobon volumes being released as of May 2024.
Tonbo! is licensed for international streaming by Remow, who are streaming select episodes on their It’s Anime YouTube channel. It is also streaming on Amazon Prime Video with an English dub, as it airs in Japan.
It’s Anime describes the anime’s main synopsis as:
A dramatic tale of golf and humans, set on the beautiful Tokara Islands.
Igarashi has thrown away his past and fled society, relocating to Hinoshima Island. Here, on “Japan’s last hidden paradise,” he meets Tonbo, the island’s only middle schooler. To his surprise, this girl harbors an extraordinary talent for golf!?
This encounter marks the beginning of a significant change in their destinies.
Source: Tonbo! Official Anime Twitter
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