A new key visual and PV trailer have been unveiled for the upcoming second season of MF Ghost, which will begin airing in Japan on October 6, 2024.
Voice actress and singer Himika Akaneya is also returning to the anime to perform the ending theme song “Side U (Prod. AmPm).” Meanwhile, the second season’s opening theme is “ROCK ME KISS ME feat. MOTSU” by Yu Serizawa.
The returning production staff for season two includes Tomohito Naka (New Initial D the Movie Legend 3: Dream, New Initial D the Movie Legend 2: Racer) as director, Kenichi Yamashita (Hensuki: Are You Willing to Fall in Love with a Pervert, as Long as She’s a Cutie?) as series screenwriter, Naoyuki Onda (Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway, Inuyashiki) as character designer and co-chief animation director, and Akio Tobashi (New Initial D the Movie Legend trilogy) as music composer. Felix Film is handling the animation production for the series again, and co-producing the CG animation production with directrain.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast includes:
- • Yuma Uchida as Kanata Katagiri/Kanata Rivington
- • Ayane Sakura as Ren Saionji
- • Daisuke Ono as Shun Aiba
- • Hiroshi Kamiya as Mikhail Beckenbauer
- • Ryota Osaka as Koki Sawatari
The first season aired during the Fall 2023 anime season, airing from October 2023 until December 2023. It was streamed on Crunchyroll and Ani-One Asia ULTRA outside of Japan.
The anime is based on the Initial D sequel manga series by Shuichi Shigeno, which was first launched in Kodansha’s Weekly Young Magazine on September 4, 2017 and has released 20 tankobon volumes as of June 2024.
Kodansha USA releases the MF Ghost manga series in English, describing the main synopsis as:
In a near future where cars have mostly switched over to sustainable power, combustion engine racing is a rarity. The MFG is the last major race for this dying breed, and half-Japanese Kanata Rivington has come back to try his luck. But that’s not all he’s come to Japan to do…he’s searching for his father, too. Can even the ambitious Kanata accomplish all he’s set out to do?
Source: MF Ghost Official Anime Twitter
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