The official Twitter account of Rail Romanesque, the television anime of the Lose’s Maitetsu game digital novel franchise, announced on Friday that the second season of Rail Romanesque 2 will premiere on October 5 at 1 a.m. JST (actually October 6). The account also revealed the cast.
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The cast includes (pictured above, left to right):
Like the first season the second season of the anime will also feature unique Railords. The anime production team previously announced that Tanaka would play Kaniko in the second season, based on the steam locomotive C11202 (pictured above left). Uesaka will return as Suzushiro from the first season.
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Michiru Ebira is currently directing the second installment at the Yokohama Animation Lab. Tensho Sato (Gamers!, Tawawa on Monday Two) is the new character designer and Kō Ogata is the art director. Yūsei Kashima is in charge of color design, Ryohei Miyasaka (Assassins Pride) is the chief visual officer, and Kisuke Koizumi (Chainsaw Man, My Happy Marry) is the new sound director.
The 12 5-minute episodes of the first season of the Rail Romanesque anime premiered in October 2020. Crunchyroll and Funimation both streamed the anime as it aired.
A new game called Rail Romanesque Origin is in production. The game is based on the original Maitetsu game and will be rebuilt with the addition of the story and worldview of Rail Romanesque.
Sekai Project released the original game for PC globally via Steam in June 2018. The company describes the game’s story:
Maitetsu takes place in a different reality in Japan, where railways are the most common form of travel and transportation. But the difference with these railways is that the trains are paired with humanoid modules called “Railords”. Due to a popular new form of travel, the railway was almost forgotten and eventually, the railway was also shut down.
The player takes on the role of Sotetsu, a high school graduate who, right after entering the University, decides to return to his adopted hometown to save it from water pollution caused by the development of scientists. machine. By chance, Sotetsu awakens “Hachiroku”, a Railord that has just ceased to function. He becomes her owner and decides to assist her in finding the missing locomotive, “8620”, while trying to save his hometown in the process.
The anime’s story, which features original characters, is set in the game’s fictional city of Ohitoyoshi south of Hinomoto after its successful revival thanks to Hachiroku’s tourism promotion. The city is currently planning to hold the first Maitetsu Festival to bring together Railords and their respective masters from all over Hinomoto. Inspired by how humans plan festivals, the famous Suzushiro and other Railords are also holding the “Raillord Summit” at the Amairo train station cafe to share their collective wisdom.
Lose developed the original Maitetsu visual novel with illustrations by cura. The game was released in Japan in March 2016 and is rated 18+ in Japan. The game then launched for PlayStation 4 as Maitetsu-pure station-in July 2018. The game also launched a Nintendo Switch version in January 2020 in Japanese, English, and Simplified Chinese. and Traditional Chinese. The sequel Maitetsu: Last Run was released in October 2020 after a period of delay.
Source: Twitter of the anime Rail Romanesque accountComic Natalie