The official website of the TV anime of the Tajimi City promotion manga Yakunara Mug Cup Mo (Let's also make a cup) started airing a promotional video for Yakunara Mug Cup Mo Niban Gama (Let's also make a cup: second oven), the second season of the show. The new video shows the live-action portion of the series, similar to the first season of the anime. As before, the four main characters of the series will explore the charms of the town of Tajimi.
The new cast members of the anime are
Aya Uchida as Rio Matsue, Sally Amaki as Jimena Valdez and Ari Ozawa as Himena Tokikawa.
The Mug-Mo unit
It consisting of the voice actresses of the main characters Minami Tanaka, Yū Serizawa, Yūki Wakaii and Rina Honnizumi - returns to perform the opening theme song "Muchū no Saki e".
The anime premieres on October 1 and will air on CBC TV, BS11, TOKYO MX, MBS and AT-X. The lead actors and crew return for the new season.
The first season premiered on April 2 and ran for 12 episodes.
The cast includes Minami Tanaka as budding potter Himeno Toyokawa, Yū Serizawa as Himeno's classmate and pottery club cheerleader Mika Kukuri, Yūki Wakai as anime and game fan Naoko Naruse who for some reason spends all her time at the club, and Rina Honnizumi as club president Toko Aoki who has loved pottery since she was a little girl. Other cast members include Kaito Ishikawa as Himeno's father Tokishirō Toyokawa, Rin Mizuhara as Himeno's grandmother Sachie Tokikawa, and Mana Ogawa as the pottery club's advisor Mami Koizumi.
Haru Miyachi and Nendo Tsumura play students who attend the pottery club at a different school to the main characters. They were given the roles after an audition of more than 2,000 applicants.
Jun Kamiya (Blue Seed, The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye, Kingdom) directs the anime at Nippon Animation. Naruhisa Arakawa (Active Raid, Twin Star Exorcists, This Art Club Has a Problem!) writes and supervises the scripts for the series. Ayano Yoshioka designs the characters and is also the lead animation director. Tajimi and his tourist association are working together on the anime.
The English language website describes the manga:
The city of Tajimi, located in southern Gifu Prefecture, Japan, is famous for its Mino pottery. The town is dotted with historic pottery producers and ceramic art museums. It has facilities where you can try making pottery yourself and many restaurants that serve food on Minoware plates.
The story begins when a high school girl moves to a shopping street in Tajimi. Many encounters await her, friends, townspeople, ceramic art. What will she discover in a town famous for its pottery?
The manga was launched in 2012 and is updated four times a year. The manga also has a four-page spin-off titled Naoko no Kobachi. An anime adaptation of the manga was released on January 28 on Akita Shoten's free "Manga Cross" website. Original creator Osamu Kashiwara is writing the story of the new manga.
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