When last we saw Kenichi – The Mightiest Disciple, it was a twelve minute preview for the OAD material that was coming. Now we’ve got a new nearly ten minute long promo for the next installment of the OAD release. Animated by TMS, continued on with bundled episodes in 2012 which were produced by Brain’s Base, which gave us three releases over the course of that year that encompassed the Ragnarok arc of the manga. That team is back for another couple of episodes this year as on November 15th, the 54th volume of the manga is being released and that has a double episode release hitting.
The TV series was released by FUNimation in North America and was a surprise hit for the company that exceeded expectations with the first collection, causing them to fast-track the acquisition and release of the second season. Both seasons are currently available only on DVD.
Series concept: Kenichi’s a total wimp. He’s always getting picked on and doesn’t have a lot of friends to stick up for him. The guy needs motivation if he hopes to graduate in one piece. Well, Miu’s the perfect motivation. She’s hot, she accepts him, and she just so happens to live at a dojo with six martial arts masters.
You could say fate has led Kenichi to their door, or you could say he was just following the hottie. Either way, he’s about to get whipped into serious shape. If he can survive some hard-core training, he might survive another day at school. He might even score with Miu. Yeah, you could call Kenichi a wimp, but let’s go with underdog instead.
[Source: ANN]
