Fans of sports and slice of life anime can look forward to the home video release of Aoashi. The Aoashi Season 1 Part 1 Blu-ray is coming in April 2023. Pre-orders are now available on the Crunchyroll Store.
“When Aoi Ashito tries out for the J. League youth team, his soccer skills are put to the test. Now, this small-town star is playing with the best up-and-comers in the country. Is his raw talent enough to go pro or will he be beat out by the competition?” the synopsis from Crunchyroll states.
The Aoashi Season 1 Part 1 Blu-ray’s release date is April 4, 2023. It will be available in English and Japanese with English subtitles. Part 1 includes Episodes 1 to 12 of the series. Here are the following special features:
- Promo Video
- Textless Opening Song
- Textless Closing Song
The Aoashi Season 1 Part 1 Blu-ray costs $48.74. Crunchyroll is now accepting pre-orders until April 3. For more information, check out the Crunchyroll Store’s website.
About Aoashi
Aoashi is a seinen manga series. Yugo Kobayashi wrote the story and illustrated the art, while the original concept came from Naohiko Ueno. Shogakukan’s Weekly Big Comic Spirits began serializing the manga in January 2015. The manga is still currently ongoing. There is also a spin-off manga titled Aoashi Brotherfoot, written by Kobayashi. Weekly Big Comic Spirits serialized the spin-off from July to August 2021. Aoashi was awarded the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2020 under the general category.
Production I.G produced the anime adaptation. The first season premiered in April 2022 and ran until September 2022. Season 1 had a total of 24 episodes. Akira Sato directed the series, while Masahiro Yokotani was in charge of the series composition. Meanwhile, Masaru Yokoyama handled the music. The opening themes are “Mushin Hakusu” by Alexandros and “Presence” by Superfly, while the ending themes are “Blue Diary” by Rinne, and “Color Lily no Koibumi” by Kami wa Saikoro wo Furanai.
