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  • Genres Drama, Sport
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Total runtime 8 hours 15 minutes
  • Status Ended
  • Network Tokyo Broadcasting System
  • External links TheTVDB page
  • Last update 24 septembre 2020 - 08:15
    on 11 databases

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76 members 1 season11 episodes

Kunimi Hiro was an ace pitcher in junior high school,until he was diagnosed by a doctor as having a "glass elbow". He gave up baseball and joined Senkawa Senior High School's soccer team. But then something happens that reignites his passion for baseball and he joins a baseball team managed by Koga Haruka. And he finds himself in a match against his old friend/rival Tachibana Hideo who has advanced to Meiwa No.1 High School. The meeting of the two is observed by Hideo's girlfriend Amamiya Hikari, who is also Hiro's childhood friend. Meanwhile, Haruka finds herself increasingly drawn towards Hiro, despite his being interested only in baseball. It's a story about high school students who dream of appearing at Koushien baseball tournament and young love.

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Aoashi Season 2 Premieres October 4: Why This Is the Soccer Anime to Add to Your BetaSeries Watchlist Now

Aoashi Season 2 premieres in 11 days, on October 4, 2026, and that date should be circled by every sports anime fan looking for their next weekly obsession. After a 24-episode first season that turned a raw, impulsive striker from rural Japan into one of anime’s most compelling young prospects, the series is finally ready to continue Ashito Aoi’s journey. If you have not added Aoashi to your BetaSeries account yet, now is the ideal moment: you still have just enough time to catch up, refresh the key story beats, and be ready when Season 2 kicks off.

For lapsed viewers, here is what you really need to remember before the premiere. Ashito Aoi is not introduced as a polished prodigy. He is loud, instinctive, ambitious, and sometimes his own worst enemy. After an incident during a crucial match costs his team dearly, his future in soccer looks uncertain — until he is noticed by a key figure from Tokyo. That encounter sends Ashito toward the elite youth soccer world, where talent alone is not enough. Season 1’s central tension was not simply whether Ashito could score goals, but whether he could understand the game at a higher level, adapt to team structures, and survive in an environment filled with players who are technically, tactically, and mentally ahead of him.

That is why Aoashi stands apart from many sports anime. If Blue Lock is built around ego, individualism, and survival-style competition, Aoashi is more grounded in development, vision, coaching, and the demanding reality of modern soccer systems. The drama comes from how much Ashito has to unlearn. His great weapon is his field awareness — an ability to see patterns and space in a way that hints at something extraordinary — but the series never treats that as a magic shortcut. Season 2 is expected to lean even harder into that tactical identity, following Ashito as he continues to evolve from a passionate but rough player into someone who can read, shape, and influence a match.

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