Ace of Diamond Act II Second Season's 2nd Part Announces New Cast Member, October 11 Debut

The staff for Ace of Diamond Act II Second Season , the sequel to the 2019-2020 anime of Yūji Terajima 's Ace of Diamond Act II ( Daiya no A Act II ) manga, revealed the key visual, new cast member, and October 11 debut for its second cours (quarter of a year) on Tuesday.

Daisuke Sakuma will voice Shinichiro Saotome from Inashiro High School:

The anime's second cours will debut on October 11 on TV Tokyo and its affiliates at 5:30 p.m. JST, on AT-X at 9:00 p.m. JST. The anime will also stream on Netflix in Japan right after its broadcast.

Hideaki Ōba ( Kunon the Sorcerer Can See , I'm in Love with the Villainess , Love of Kill ) is the season's director, replacing Mitsuyuki Masuhara , at OLM ( Madhouse animated Ace of Diamond Act II ). Kenji Konuta is returning from the previous three anime in the franchise to oversee the series scripts. Yasukazu Shōji ( Major 2nd chief animation director, Restaurant to Another World (TV 2) character designer) is the current character designer, replacing Minoru Ueda and Satoshi Tasaki . Hajime Hyakkoku is returning from Ace of Diamond Act II to compose the music.

The Ace of Diamond Act II Second Season anime debuted on April 5 on TV Tokyo and its affiliates, and also on AT-X . The anime is also streaming on Netflix in Japan.

Terajima launched the Ace of Diamond manga in Kodansha 's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 2006. He ended the manga in January 2015, and Kodansha published 47 volumes for the manga. Terajima then launched Ace of Diamond Act II in August 2015, and ended the manga in October 2022. Kodansha published 34 volumes for the sequel manga.

Mad Cave Studios' Nakama Press imprint has licensed the manga and will release it as Ace of the Diamond in English in a 3-in-1 omnibus format, starting with the first omnibus volume on March 23, 2027.

Terajima's original Ace of Diamond baseball manga inspired a television anime that premiered in 2013, and Crunchyroll streamed the 75-episode series as it aired in Japan. Ace of Diamond: Second Season premiered in April 2015, and Crunchyroll also streamed the 51-episode series as it aired.

The Ace of Diamond Act II anime premiered in April 2019 and aired for 52 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in Japan.

The Ace of Diamond manga won the shōnen category of the 34th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2010. Kodansha USA Publishing began releasing the manga digitally in English in March 2017 under the title Ace of the Diamond . K MANGA is releasing the Ace of the Diamond Act II manga in English.

The manga has also inspired a series of stage plays.

Sources: Ace of Diamond Act II Second Season anime's website , Comic Natalie