It has been officially announced that SixTONES will perform the opening theme song for WIND BREAKER Season 2. Studio CloverWorks is returning to animate, and the anime is coming back this April. Juri Tanaka from SixTONES commented on the news:
Juri Tanaka’s Comment
I’m a fan of the original WIND BREAKER manga, so I’m incredibly honored that SixTONES has been chosen to perform the opening theme for WIND BREAKER Season 2. The friendship, bonds, and unity that form when the characters come together in WIND BREAKER strongly resonate with the connection and passion shared among the six members of SixTONES, which makes me feel a special sense of closeness to this work. I hope that not only those who already love SixTONES but also people who are unfamiliar with us will watch the anime. If our music helps introduce SixTONES to new audiences, it would make us very happy.
Studio CloverWorks was also in charge of the animation for the first WIND BREAKER TV anime season. The anime frequently ranked near the top of our weekly rankings, and it also took the 2nd place in our Spring 2024 Anime Awards. It was the Best New Anime, and it also won Best Action, Best Character Design, Best Soundtrack, and Best Voice Cast.
Then in our 2024 Anime of the Year Awards, WIND BREAKER won Best Character Design, while it was the 6nd Best Anime and the runner-up in Best Action.
The returning main staff includes:
- Director: Akai Toshifumi
- Series Composition: Seko Hiroshi
- Character Designer: Kawakami Taishi
- Chief Animation Director: Kawakami Taishi
- Music: Takahashi Ryo
- Studio: CloverWorks
The main voice cast for the anime consists of the following members:
- Yuma Uchida as Haruka Sakura
- Yuichi Nakamura as Hajime Umemiya
- Ikumi Hasegawa as Kotoha Tachibana
- Shoya Chiba as Akihiko Nirei
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Hayato Suo
- Koki Uchiyama as Kyotaro Sugishita
- Ryota Suzuki as Toma Hiiragi
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Ren Kaji
- Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Mitsuki Kiryu
Satoru Nii writes and illustrates the WIND BREAKER manga, which is serialized on Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket website. Kodansha USA licensed the manga in English, while Crunchyroll is streaming the anime.
The story follows Haruka Sakura, a first-year student at Furin High School, a school notorious for being the place of delinquents who solve everything with brute strength. He came to become the strongest by beating them, but it turns out to be more different than he could’ve ever imagined. The students there have formed a group called Bofurin, and they actually work to protect the town from real bad guys. Still, there’s all sorts of characters, leading to a lot of interesting developments for Haruka.
Source: WIND BREAKER Official Website
© Satoru Nii, Kodansha / WIND BREAKER Project
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