The official Twitter handle for “Mix: Meisei Story,” the anime adaptation of Mitsuru Adachi’s manga of the same name has been officially confirmed for a second run and is said to be currently in production.
https://twitter.com/sugoilite/status/1555527075725213696?s=46&t=cg1XyNuyUDEAW5Ua979FbQ
The first season of “Mix: Meisei Story” was launched in Japan in April 2019 and consisted of twenty four sides.
Streaming services like Funimation and Crunchyroll streamed the series and aired with English subtitles. Funimation also streamed the first season with English dubbing.
The official synopsis according to Crunchyroll reads:
“A new generation steps up to the plate in a moving sequel to the 1985 baseball manga, Touch. Stepbrothers Touma and Suichirou are ace players on Meisei High School’s baseball team, and thanks to them, the team may finally have a chance at returning to nationals. But little by little, a tragic legacy unfolds as the stepbrothers follow in their fathers’ footsteps.”
The manga series was published in Shogakukan’s Monthly Shonen Sunday magazine in 2012 by author Adachi.
Release Date for Season 2 of Mix: Meisei Story
The official notification from the manga disclosed that the Season Two of “Mix Meisei Story” is scheduled to be launched on April 6, 2023. So the 2nd series of the anime will once again bring back all the players to the field next spring. The new season will be available to stream online on both streaming services of Funimation and Crunchyroll.
The next season of the anime series will be directed by Odahiro Watanabe (”Soul Buster,” “Tokyo Ghoul:re”) at OLM. The series screenplay will be supervised under Atsuhiro Tomioka (”Ace Attorney” both seasons, “Inazuma Eleven,” “Pokémon XY & Z”) and other scriptwriters with Tatsuto Higuchi, Kenichi Yamada, Chinatsu Houjou, and Yoshifumi Fukushima. The characters will be designed by Takao Maki (”Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls,” “Laughing Under the Clouds”) while the music will be composed by Norihito Sumitomo (”Dragon Ball Super,” “Dragon Ball Z Kai”).
The Voice Cast of Mix: Meisei Story Season 2
We expect all the voice cast and the central characters to return in the 2nd season of “Mix: Meisie Story.” This include–
- Yuuki Kaji in the voice of Tōma Tachibana
- Yūma Uchida will voice the character of Sōichirō Tachibana
- Maaya Uchida will voice the role of Otomi Tachibana
- Kana Hanazawa will be voicing for Haruka Ōyama
- Koutarou Nishiyama in the voice of Akai Ryou
- Tatsuhisa Suzuki in the voice of Akai Tomohito
- Nobuaki Kanemitsu will voice Imagawa Tadashi
- Mariya Ise will voice Mita Arisa
- Daichi Endo in the voice of Mita Hiroki
- Tsuguo Mogami in the voice of Nangou Shirou
- Daiki Kobayashi in the voice of Natsuno Ichiban
- Hiroki Yasumoto in the voice of Nikaidou Daisuke
- Dai Matsumoto will be voicing Nikaidou Kouzou
- Ryûsei Nakao will voice Nishimura Isami
- Tôru Nara voices Nishimura Takumi
- Taiten Kusunoki in the voice of Ooyama Gorou
- Noriko Hidaka voices Punch
- Wataru Takagi will return as Tachibana Eisuke
- Kikuko Inoue will voice Tachibana Mayumi
- Emi Shinohara will voice Tsukikage Nagisa
As for the plot details, the upcoming season will be set after the summer vacation of the first year’s high schoolers.