Ashito’s next challenge has begun, with weekly English dub episodes coming to Crunchyroll.
The English dub of “Aoashi” Season 2 premiered on Crunchyroll on Sunday, 18 October. The first episode featured Ciaran Strange as Ashito Aoi, Eric Vale as Tatsuya Fukuda, and Garret Storms as Kuribayashi, alongside the returning cast.
Aoashi Season 2
Premiere date: 18 October, 2026 (English dub)
Animation studio: TMS Entertainment
Streaming platform: Crunchyroll
Who are the English dub cast members of “Aoashi” Season 2?
The English dub cast for the first episode includes:
- Ciaran Strange as Ashito Aoi
- Eric Vale as Tatsuya Fukuda
- Garret Storms as Kuribayashi
- Christopher Llewyn Ramirez as Ohtomo
- Ernesto Jason Liebrecht as Taira
- Marcus D. Stimac as Togashi
- Molly Zhang as Anri
- Ry McKeand as Kuroda
- David Matranga as Yoshitsune
- Aaron Campbell as Matsunaga
- Brienne Olvera as Akutsu
- Ethan Gallardo as Kiriki
- Christopher Wehkamp as Takasugi
- Ricco Fajardo as Yuma
- Oscar Seung as Akiyama
- Daryl Mayfield as Mito
- Kit Lozano as Miyako
- Douglas Gill as Tsukishima
- Eli Farmer as Osieck
- Jacob Hopkins as Yamada
- Clifford Chapin as Tachibana
- Jordan Kendrick as Baba
- Marisa Duran as Hana
- Nic Hamill as Shimura
- Marianne Bray as Emi
- Kelly Greenshield as Midori
- Jamal Sterling as Benzen
Additional voices are provided by Abigail Blythe, Skye Redden, Jordan Kendrick, and Nic Hamill.
Who is working on the “Aoashi” Season 2 English dub?
Crunchyroll is producing the English dub, with Shawn Gann serving as voice director and Domonique French handling the adaptation.
The English dub production staff includes:
- Studio producers: Justin Cook, Michael Harcourt, Nathanael Harrison
- Producer: Susie Nixon
- Adaptation supervisor: Bonny Clinkenbeard
- Adaptation: Domonique French
- Adaptation prep: Derric Benavides
- Voice director: Shawn Gann
- Assistant voice director: Kevin D. Thelwell
- Talent coordination: Tara A. Williams, Brittni Hurley
- Engineering managers: Gino Palencia, Brandon Peters
- Engineer: Derric Benavides
- Assistant engineer: Katie Saltkill
- Mixer: Nathanael Harrison
What is Aoashi about?
The Aoashi anime is based on Yūgo Kobayashi’s manga series based on Naohiko Ueno’s concept. It was serialised from January 2015 to June 2025 in Shogakukan’s Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine. The first season of the anime, by Production I.G. was released in 2022. Crunchyroll streams the anime and describes the story as:
After a loss in his last junior high school soccer tourney, Ehime Prefecture’s ace player, Ashito Aoi, is devastated but in every loss there’s a victory. Tatsuya Fukuda, manager of an organization that trains students for one of the leading clubs in the J-League, sees Ashito’s raw talent and offers a tryout to his group. Together they’ll bring the youth club and Aoshi’s talents to new heights!
Kazuki Yokoyama directs the second season of the anime at studio TMS Entertainment, with Manabu Nakatake, Asami Taguchi and Junko Yamanaka as chief animation directors and character designers. Masahiro Yokotani returns as the series composer while Masaru Yokoyama returns as the music composer. Shoji Hata is the sound director. Other staff members include:
- Action Animation Director: Tadayoshi Okimura, Satoshi Kubo
- Art Design: Yuuki Shigekawa
- Art Director: Niki Higaki
- Colour Design: Hiromi Miyawaki
- CG Director: Kaito Iwata
- Director of Photography: Jirou Tazawa
- Editing: Masato Yoshitake