Rilakkuma Short Anime Gets Second Season
The second season confirms the short-form Rilakkuma anime, which just started airing in April, is continuing beyond its initial run.
Reporting from 1 sources: Anime News Network.
Aniplex revealed a promotional video for the Rilakkuma short anime on Saturday, confirming it is entering a second season. The series, titled Rilakkuma: Tekuteku Sekai Ryokō, debuted on April 4 and airs on TBS, with Crunchyroll streaming. Yoshimi Itazu and Yumi Kamakura direct at Production I.G.
Aniplex released a new promotional video for the Rilakkuma short anime on Saturday, revealing the series is entering a second season. The video shows the title Rilakkuma: Tekuteku Sekai Ryokō (Steadily Traveling the World), a change from the first season's subtitle Goyurori Yume no Tabi (Leisure Trip of Dreams). The anime debuted on April 4 and airs Saturdays at 9:25 a.m. on TBS, with Crunchyroll streaming it.
Yoshimi Itazu and Yumi Kamakura are directing at Production I.G. Chiyo Morita handles character design, and Kōta Yokoseki, Yoshiya Ikeda, and Mizuki Kanno compose the music. YOASOBI vocalist Lilas Ikuta narrates and performs the theme song "stay with me." San-X launched the Rilakkuma character in 2003, and previous stop-motion series streamed on Netflix in 2019 and 2022.
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- Anime News Network News Rilakkuma Short Anime Enters 2nd Season