A Star Brighter Than the Sun Anime Gets Season 2

Written by Ken Pueyo

A Star Brighter Than the Sun anime is getting a season 2. The announcement was made in light of the first season’s conclusion on Friday, and the creator of the series, Kazune Kawahara, also released a commemorative illustration. A release date is yet to be revealed.

A Star Brighter Than the Sun Season 2 commemorative illustation by Kazune Kawahara

Studio KAI animated the series which premiered on October 2. Aya Kobayashi is the director, Yasuhiro Nakanishi is the scriptwriter, Jin Feng Zeng is the character designer, and Miki Sakurai is the music composer. The opening theme song “Stellar Days” is performed by Motohiro Hata and the voice cast consists of:

  • Minori Fujidera as Sae Iwata
  • Yuki Ono as Koki Kamishiro
  • Hina Yomiya as Hisui Onodera
  • Taito Ban as Yota Ayukawa
  • Mutsumi Tamura as Mio Kagawa
  • Ryota Osaka as Yushin Izawa

The anime is based on a manga series by Kazune Kawahara, which has been serialized in Shueisha’s Bessatsu Margaret shojo magazine since June 2021. VIZ Media licensed the manga series in English and they describe the story for the first volume as follows:
Sae and Koki have been friends since childhood. One fateful day at the end of middle school, she has a revelation: Koki has grown up! Now they’re in high school, and she has another revelation: she has feelings for Koki! But Sae isn’t the only girl who does… The question is, who does Koki have feelings for?!

Source: A Star Brighter Than the Sun Official Website
© Kazune Kawahara / Shueisha, A Star Brighter Than the Sun Production Committee

Ken Pueyo
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Ken Pueyo

I can talk about seiyuus for days and a connoisseur of cute girls doing cute things. Fluffy romance and girls coming of age stories always make me smile. I mostly watch slice-of-life and rom-coms with drama on the side. A firm believer of the girls' band era.

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