You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2 Reveals Theme Song Artist in New Trailer
The second season's July 5 premiere date and the debut of artist 7co with a song written for the show mark the final stretch of production for an adaptation that outlived its source material, which concluded in November 2024.
Reporting from 3 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner, Anime Trending.
The staff for the television anime of Kōcha Agasawa's romantic comedy manga You and I Are Polar Opposites revealed the second season's new promotional video, opening theme song artist, and additional staff members on Monday. Artist 7co (read as Nanako) will perform the opening theme song "Nekojarashi." The song was written specifically for the anime and is 7co's major debut single. First season main animator Tamami Izawa and Sara Sakoe join the second season staff as additional chief animation directors. Eriko Kimura is the sound director. The anime's second season will debut on July 5 on MBS and TBS and 26 other networks at 5:00 p.m. JST. Crunchyroll will stream the new season. Takakazu Nagatomo is directing the anime at Lapin Track. Teruko Utsumi is writing the scripts and serving as animation producer. Mako Miyako is designing the characters. The first season debuted on January 11. The manga ended in November 2024, and Shueisha shipped the eighth and final compiled book volume in March 2025. The series has over 1.8 million copies in circulation.
Tamami Izawa, a main animator on the first season, and Sara Sakoe (Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill) join the second season as additional chief animation directors. Naho Kozono (Golden Kamuy) is the sub-character designer and also serves as a chief animation director alongside Sayuri Sakimoto (Orient).
Musician tofubeats is composing the music. Chieko Nakamura (Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence) directs the art, and Tomoyuki Shiokawa (The Promised Neverland) is the compositing director of photography. Yuki Akimoto (SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary) is the color key artist, and Yuushi Koshida (My Happy Marriage) is the 3D director. Masayuki Kurosawa (Cardfight!! Vanguard Divinez) handles editing, and Wataru Osakabe (Pompo: The Cinéphile) handles 2D design. SHOCHIKU anime oversees production.
The new trailer shows the Yamada x Nishi and Taira x Azuma pairs. The voice cast includes Sayumi Suzushiro as Suzuki, Shogo Sakata as Tani, Yuna Taniguchi as Watanabe, Konatsu Hirabayashi as Sato, Anji Iwata as Yamada, Miyuri Shimabukuro as Azuma, Wataru Kato as Taira, Cocoro Omori as Nishi, and Tomori Kusunoki as Honda. The manga ranked #3 in the 16th Manga Taisho Awards in 2023 and #7 in the 17th Manga Taisho Awards in 2024. Viz Media publishes the series in English.
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