Fans of the Saekano anime series are gearing up for the second season that’s scheduled to land this coming April and after getting a promo awhile ago we now have a new key visual for it of the main cast of characters of the female persuasion. What we’re starting to wonder about, however, is whether this series will be streamed by Crunchyroll this time around as it’s a part of the noitaminA block, something that Amazon Video with their Anime Strike block have seemingly a lock on thanks to agreements out of Japan.
The series is directed by Kanta Kamei based on scripts by Fumiaki Maruto and character designs by Toshiaki Takase with animation production done by A-1 Pictures. It stars Chinatsu Akasaki as Izumi Hashima and Tetsuya Kakihara as Iori Hashima. The cast previously announced Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Tomoya Aki, Saori Ohnishi as Eriri Spencer Sawamura, Ai Kayano as Utaha Kasumigaoka and Sayuri Yahagi as Michiru Hyodou.
The series is based on the light novels that began in the summer of 2012 and has over nine volumes so far as written Fumiaki Maruto with artwork by Kurehito Misaki.
Plot concept: One day, an otaku high school student Tomoya Aki has a fateful encounter with a girl amidst the beautiful cherry blossom trees. This meeting inspires Tomoya to design his very own “gal-game” (dating-simulation video game) featuring a heroine modeled after the girl he saw. In order to make his desire a reality, Tomoya must persuade a few eccentric “creators” such as the ace member of the art club, Eriri Spencer Sawamura and the school’s top student, Utaha Kasumigaoka to join his development team. Meanwhile, Tomoya is shocked to learn that the girl he idolized as his muse for this whole project was none other than his boring classmate, Megumi Kato! But, this doesn’t dissuade Tomoya. He is determined to give Megumi a total make-over within his game and raise her to be the absolute girlfriend that every man desires…!