The latest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump has cleared up one mystery for the fall 2013 anime season as October appears to be when Kuroko’s Basketball will return for its second season. The series initially was rumored for a September premiere date but now has a more formal month, with more details to come. When the show hits in October, the manga in the weekly mag will have some color pages to commemorate it, which is a nice touch.
The first season was simulcast by Crunchyroll and the whole project in general has been marred in Japan by all manner of death threats and more against various events that have left some wondering if they’d even try a second season, even if the first one was more popular than expected.
Plot concept: Kuroko’s Basketball The Teiko Middle School Basketball Team. The class that produced three perfect seasons in a row, with five once-in-a generation players, called “The miracle generation”. There was another player who all of them respected… A legendary 6th player. An up-and-coming power player, Taiga Kagami, is just back from America. When he comes to Seirin High School, he meets the super-ordinary boy, Tetsuya Kuroko. Kagami is shocked to find that Kuroko isn’t good at basketball, in fact, he’s bad! And he’s so plain that he’s impossible to see. But Kuroko’s plainness lets him pass the ball around without the other team noticing him, and he’s none other than the sixth member of the Miracle Generation. Kuroko makes a pact with Kagami to defeat the other members of the Miracle Generation, who have all played basketball at other schools. A battle of light (Kagami) and shadow (Kuroko) begins! less
[Source: Crunchyroll]
