Aoashi Season 2: October 4 Premiere, Crunchyroll, 24 Episodes and New Studio

Aoashi Season 2 begins on October 4, 2026, with Japanese broadcasts on NHK E-TV every Sunday at 5 p.m. JST. Crunchyroll lists the subtitled season for October 4 across its announced territories, with the exact streaming time still marked TBA. The season is planned for 24 episodes, and its first cour covers 12.

The return also brings a production change: TMS Entertainment animates Season 2 under director Kazuki Yokoyama. Ashito Aoi’s promotion to Esperion’s A team sets up a tougher level of youth football, while an English dub is planned without a confirmed premiere date.

Release date and where to watch

The official Japanese announcement confirms the October 4 premiere and weekly NHK E-TV slot. That television time applies to Japan; it does not establish when Crunchyroll makes an episode available in another region.

Crunchyroll’s fall lineup lists North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, India and Southeast Asia. Europe is included, but the listing does not supply a separate Swedish release clock.

How the 24-episode plan works

The announced first block consists of 12 episodes, within a planned 24-episode season. A cour is a broadcast block; this announcement establishes the first block’s start and length without supplying a complete dated episode schedule.

The official sources checked do not give a start date for the remaining episodes or a finale date. The season’s total cannot therefore be used to assume two uninterrupted weekly cours or calculate a final broadcast date.

TMS Entertainment and the new director

The Season 1 credits identify Production I.G as animation studio and Akira Sato as director. The current Season 2 credits name TMS Entertainment and Kazuki Yokoyama in those roles.

Several principal credits continue across the two seasons: Masahiro Yokotani handles series composition, Shoji Hata is sound director and Masaru Yokoyama composes the music. Manabu Nakatake is also credited on both seasons’ character-design teams. Season 2 lists Nakatake alongside Asami Taguchi and Junko Yamanaka for character design and chief animation direction.

The credits confirm the personnel change. They do not explain why the animation studio changed or establish how the new season’s finished animation compares with Season 1.

Ashito moves up to Esperion’s A team

The official introduction starts with Ashito Aoi’s promotion to Tokyo City Esperion’s youth A team. He encounters faster play, more demanding technique and stronger teammates as he tries to compete at that level.

This is still Japanese youth football. The introduction’s Premier League refers to the high-school-age competition in that setting, rather than the English professional league. The setup does not reveal match outcomes or later manga developments.

The announced Japanese cast includes:

Watch the official main PV

The 77-second first-cour main PV comes from ShoPro Anime Channel and is embedded in the official September 2 announcement. It introduces the A-Team arc and carries the Japanese premiere information.

Opening, ending and English-dub status

The official music page names 10-FEET’s “Fortress Defense” as the first-cour opening and Ai Higuchi’s “Triangle” as its ending. Those credits apply to the first cour; later theme announcements should be checked separately.

Crunchyroll also includes Aoashi Season 2 in its planned fall English dubs. The current lineup gives the dub airtime as TBA, without an English-dub premiere date. The second-cour date, finale date and precise international subtitle drop time also remain unconfirmed in the reviewed official material.

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