fourfolium group composed of 4 main voice actresses perform opening, ending theme songs

The official website for the television anime of Shōtarō Tokunō's New Game! manga revealed the theme song artists for the anime's second season (titled New Game!! , with an additional exclamation mark) on Wednesday.

The group fourfolium, composed of the four main voice actresses Yūki Takada, Ayumi Takeo, Megumi Toda, and Megumi Yamaguchi as their respective characters, will once again perform both the opening and ending theme songs. The opening theme song is titled "STEP by STEP UP↑↑↑↑," while the ending theme song is titled, "JUMPin' JUMP UP!!!!" The CD singles for both songs are slated to ship separately on July 26.

The anime will premiere this July.

The returning cast members include:

Yūki Takada as Aoba Suzukaze

Yōko Hikasa as Kō Yagami

Ai Kayano as Rin Tōyama

Megumi Yamaguchi as Hifumi Takimoto

Megumi Toda as Hajime Shinoda

Ayumi Takeo as Yun Iijima

Madoka Asahina as Nene Sakura

Chitose Morinaga as Umiko Ahagon

Eri Kitamura as Shizuku Hazuki

The returning staff members include:

Director: Yoshiyuki Fujiwara

Series Composition: Fumihiko Shimo

Character Design: Ai Kikuchi

Chief Animation Directors: Ai Kikuchi, Manamu Amasaki, Chisato Kikunaga

Prop Design: Eri Nakajima

Art Director: Shunsuke Suzuki

Color design: Kei Ishiguro

Director of Photography: Takafumi Kuwano

Editing: Daisuke Hiraki

Sound Director: Masanori Tsuchiya

Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama

Sound Production: delfi Sound

Music: Hajime Hyakkoku

Music Production: Kadokawa

Animation Production: Doga Kobo

Production: New Game!! Production Committee

For the second season, Sumie Kinoshita is now a chief animation director, while Yūichi Oka is no longer listed as one. Yuka Itō joins Ishiguro as a color key artist.

In the workplace manga, the main character Aoba Suzukaze graduates from high school and joins a game company. The person who made the game that Aoba loved as a grade-schooler just happens to be Aoba's senior at the company. The story follows girls who work and aspire at the Eaglejump company.

The first television anime premiered last July, and Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan. The first season had 12 episodes. Those who purchase all six of the Blu-ray Disc or DVD volumes of the anime can submit proof-of-purchase stubs to receive a new OVA, which serves as "episode 13" of the series.

Tokunō launched the manga in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Charat magazine in 2013, and Houbunsha published the fourth volume on July 27. Houbunsha published the manga's fifth volume with the title New Game! The Spinoff! on the same day.

The manga and anime also inspired a PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita video game by 5pb. Games that shipped in Japan on January 26. The game featured the same cast from the first season of the anime.

Source: MoCa News