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Brawler Anime ‘Wind Breaker’ Will Return for Second Round

Wind Breaker ©Satoru Nii, KODANSHA / WIND BREAKER Project

Following its season finale broadcast in Japan on Thursday, June 27, it has been confirmed that the hit anime series Wind Breaker will continue with a new season in production for a 2025 on-air release. A confirmation video was shared via the show’s official social channels.

The Season 1 finale was simulcast today on Crunchyroll, which will stream Wind Breaker Season 2 in over 200 countries and territories worldwide. The English dub for the S1 finale will arrive on Thursday, July 11, exclusively on the anime platform.

Synopsis: Welcome to Furin High School, an institution infamous for its population of brawny brutes who solve every conflict with a show of strength. Some of the students even formed a group, Bofurin, which protects the town. Haruka Sakura, a first-year student who moved in from out of town, is only interested in one thing: fighting his way to the top.

Wind Breaker ©Satoru Nii, KODANSHA / WIND BREAKER Project

Wind Breaker is based on the original manga created by Satoru Nii, published in Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket. The animated series is produced by CloverWorks (Spy x Family, Black Butler: Public School Arc, Bocchi the Rock!). It is directed by Toshifumi Akai (Fate/Grand Order -Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia-) with series composition and screenplay written by Hiroshi Seko (Attack on Titan Final Season, Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen).

Additional staff includes character designs and chief animation direction by Taishi Kawakami (Akebi’s Sailor Uniform), action direction by Kazuyuki Asaka (key animation on Jujutsu Kaisen 0), prop design by Maiko Hado (key animation on Liz and the Blue Bird), art direction by Yasunao Moriyasu (Akebi’s Sailor Uniform, Horimiya), color design by Asuka Yokota (Akebi’s Sailor Uniform, Black Butler -Public School Arc-), cinematography by Yukiko Nagase (Spy x Family), 3D direction by Keita Watanabe (CG animation on Love Live! Sunshine!!), editing by Akinori Mishima (Your Lie in April, Akudama Drive), sound direction by Jin Aketagawa (Dr. Stone, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime) and music composed by Ryo Takahashi (Sk8 the Infinity, Sing a Bit of Harmony).

The opening song “Absolute zero” is performed by natori and the ending song “Muteki” is performed by Young Kee.

Japanese / English voice cast:

  • Yuma Uchida / Austin Tindle as Haruka Sakura
  • Shoya Chiba / Bryson Baugus as Akihiko Nirei
  • Koki Uchiyama / Orion Pitts as Kyotaro Sugishita
  • Nobunaga Shimazaki / Dallas Reid as Hayato Suo
  • Toshiyuki Toyonaga / Drew Breedlove as Mitsuki Kiryu
  • Kengo Kawanishi / Jordan Dash Cruz as Taiga Tsugeura
  • Yuichi Nakamura / Aaron Campbell as Hajime Umemiya
  • Ryota Suzuki / Nick Huber as Toma Hiragi
  • Nobuhiko Okamoto as Ren Kaji
  • Kikunosuke Toya / Derick Snow as Choji Tomiyama
  • Yuichiro Umehara / Chris Guerrero as Jo Togame
  • Chiaki Kobayashi / Ian Moore as Kota Sako
  • Ikumi Hasegawa / Hollis Beck as Kotoha Tachibana

 

You can watch a clip from Season 1 here.

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