While details are not yet available, the official Twitter feed for the Japanese production of Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! has revealed this morning that a second season is now officially in the works. It’s expected that the same team will return for the next installment and that we’ll likely see it sometime in early 2016. The first season was simulcast in North America by FUNimation Entertainment while Pony Canyon is bringing out the series for release here tomorrow.
The first season of the series was directed by Shinji Takamatsu while Chizuru Miyawaki assisted and they worked off of the series composition done by Michiko Yokote. Masakazu Ishikawa handled the character designs and the series was produced at studio Diomedea.
Defense Club:
Kazutomi Yamamoto as Yumoto Hakone
Yuichiro Umehara as En Yufuin
Kotaro Nishiyama as Atsushi Kinugawa
Yusuke Shirai as Io Naruko
Toshiki Masuda as Ryu Zao
Mugihito as Womba
Conquest Club:
Hiroshi Kamiya as Kinshiro Kusatsu
Jun Fukuyama as Ibushi Arima
Takuma Terashima as Akoya Gero
Hiroki Yasumoto as Zunda
美男高校地球防衛部LOVE！第2期制作決定！！！！！ #boueibu pic.twitter.com/SAW3QGCqjx
— 美男高校地球防衛部LOVE！ 公式 (@boueibu) August 9, 2015
Plot concept: Binan is a city somewhere in Japan. The “Earth Defense Club” at Binan High School was a club that did absolutely nothing. When club members Atsushi Kinugawa and En Yufuin were chilling out while soaking in the hot tub at the bathhouse Kurotamayu, a pink beast (Wombat) suddenly appeared out of thin air. “I want to save this planet… can you please lend me your strength?” The two feel the mood has been ruined by Wombat, who talks to them in Japanese about how he wants to save Earth with the power of love. Just then, the son of the bathouse owner Yumoto Hakone shows up, and as soon as he sees Wombat, he chases it, screaming “Let me fluff you up!”
The next day, Kinugawa and Yufuin are caught by Wombat once again at school along with the other club members Io Naruko and Ryu Zaou. Bracelets clasp onto the wrists of these four, along with Yumoto Hakone, who bumped into them after chasing after Wombat, with a command that they must save the Earth. “It’s about love-making!” they hear as a bright light emanating from the bracelet envelops their entire bodies. The five transform into the “Battle Lovers,” the heirs to the throne of love…
Huh. So sales must have been ok enough to justify a second season? Fine by me. 🙂 I enjoyed the dumb fun of the first season! lol
I wonder if Funimation will do a broadcast dub for this.
Well, considering I never even bothered with the 1st season, this most likely won’t change my mind. The PonyCAn/Funi thing was interesting though. Wonder how it’ll be handled this time around.