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Laid-Back Camp Season 4 Sets April 2027 Premiere With New Trailer And Visual

The official website for the television anime of Afro's Laid-Back Camp manga posted the main trailer and main visual for the show's fourth season on Friday, and both date the premiere to April 2027.

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Reporting from 4 sources: Anime News Network, Denfaminicogamer, Anime Corner, Anime Anime.

Why it matters

The staff turnover is the substance here: FuRyu Pictures replaces 8-Bit and Ryuta Ura takes over character design, so the fourth season changes studios while keeping its director, script writer, composer and core cast.

Laid-Back Camp Season 4 Sets April 2027 Premiere With New Trailer And Visual

Key Facts

  • Laid-Back Camp Season 4 is scheduled to air from April 2027.
  • Asaka performs the opening theme, Eri Sasaki the ending theme and Kiminone the series theme for Laid-Back Camp Season 4.
  • FuRyu Pictures handles animation production on Laid-Back Camp Season 4, replacing 8-Bit, with Susumu Tosaka returning as director.
  • Ryuta Ura is the new character designer for Laid-Back Camp Season 4, replacing Hisanori Hashimoto.
  • A Blu-ray box for Laid-Back Camp Season 3 is scheduled for release on December 16 at 28,600 yen including tax.

The trailer carries all three of the season's theme songs: Asaka performs the opening theme, Eri Sasaki the ending theme, and Kiminone the series theme. The visual gathers eight characters at a campsite, including Nadeshiko, Rin, Chiaki, Aoi, Ena, Ayano, and the newer students Ema Mizunami and Mei Nakatsugawa. Yumiri Hanamori, Nao Toyama, Sayuri Hara, Aki Toyosaki, Rie Takahashi and Tomoyo Kurosawa return among the cast, with Akio Otsuka as narrator. Shin Tosaka returns to direct at FuRyu Pictures, which takes over animation production from 8-Bit. Pierre Sugiura is again in charge of series scripts, Ryuta Ura is the new character designer, and Akiyuki Tateyama and Takeshi Takadera return as composer and sound director.

  • The opening theme is Asaka's "Brand New." (also romanized as "Burannyu."), with lyrics, composition and arrangement by Maoto Kuge.
  • The ending theme is Eri Sasaki's "Happa no Tegami" (Leaves' Letter), with lyrics by Sasaki and composition and arrangement by Sasaki and Hiro Nakamura.
  • The series theme is Kiminone's "Tonari ni Ireba," with lyrics by Tsumugishachi and composition and arrangement by Maoto Kuge.
  • Ema Mizunami is voiced by Maria Sashide (credited as Mari Shito in the Japanese staff listing), and Mei Nakatsugawa by Aina Amamiya (Kokoa Amano), both of whom joined in Season 3.

The trailer follows the Outdoor Activities Club as the members advance a grade and plan how to recruit new students. Then it shifts to the high school lives of Ema and Mei, before closing on camping and food scenes. The story has Mei, who is interested in road bikes, joining Aoi on a 70-kilometer one-way ride to a dam lake in northern Yamanashi where Chiaki waits; Ema, a drawing hobbyist, goes on a Gunma trip with Nadeshiko and Ena along the Abt Road, while Rin keeps solo camping in Chichibu.

Koichi Motomura handles food design, Masaki Inada prop design, and Masatoshi Muto art direction with Studio Jack. Sota Machiguchi is animation producer. Outside the season itself, a Laid-Back Camp Jamboree runs November 7 and 8 at Nagisaen in Hamamatsu, and the Season 3 Blu-ray BOX arrives December 16 with a newly drawn three-sided box by Afro and a ticket application for a Laid-Back Camp Music Festival 2027 (tentative), set for June 26, 2027 at Showa Kogyo Nijiiro Hall in Kasukabe.

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