The anime “Asateer 2: Tales of the Future”, co-produced by Manga Productions, a leading Arab country IP management and production/distribution company for anime, manga, and games, and Toei Animation, will be broadcast on TV Tokyo affiliates every Sunday from 7:00 am starting November 3, 2024.
On October 28, a premiere preview screening was held in Tokyo to commemorate this, and as a surprise on the day, a special comment video from Nozawa Masako, who plays Grandma Asma, was also screened.
“Asateer 2: Tales of the Future” is a new anime that is the second season of “Asateer: Tales of the Future” released in 2020. “Asateer” means “old tale” in Arabic. Season 1 was broadcast on more than 40 distribution platforms around the world and recorded more than 100 million views.
“Asateer 2: Tales of the Future” depicts a family living in Saudi Arabia in the near future. The story begins when the family of a sixth grade girl named Maha moves to a floating city called “Oxagon” in NEOM on the west coast of Saudi Arabia.
Maha lives happily with her younger brothers Ryan and Sultan, and a cat-shaped robot named Anis, but the three often get into trouble. At such times, her beloved grandmother Asma tells her a wonderful Arabian folk tale. From these stories, Maha and her siblings learn important things and take action on their own… that’s the plot.
The premiere screening, held at TOHO Cinemas Roppongi, was attended by many people, including the staff and cast involved in the anime’s production, partner companies in Japan and the Middle East, and embassies of Middle Eastern countries, and was an opportunity to celebrate the broadcast of the second installment of the popular anime series, co-produced by Saudi Arabia and Toei Animation, on terrestrial television.
The day began with a greeting from Manga Productions CEO Isam Bukhari, followed by Toei Animation advisor Shinji Shimizu, who participated in the anime production as an executive producer, and Manga Productions producer Aljijakli Nour. The first episode of “Asateer 2: Tales of the Future,” which took more than four years to produce, was then screened.
As a surprise, a special comment video from Masako Nozawa, who plays Grandma Asma, was also shown. Afterwards, Naomi Ozora, who plays the main character Maha, gave a speech wearing an abaya, a traditional Saudi Arabian dress. Sachiko Watanabe, who sang the opening and ending songs of the anime, also performed a live performance of the opening song wearing a traditional black abaya.
The anime “Asateer 2: Tales of the Future”, jointly produced by Manga Productions and Toei Animation, will be broadcast on TV Tokyo affiliates every Sunday from 7am starting November 3rd.
Broadcast information:
“Asateer 2: Tales of the Future”
will be broadcast every Sunday at 7am from November 3rd (Sun) on TV Tokyo. Total of 13 episodes.
CastMaha
Ozora
NaomiRyan Kojima SachikoSultan
Urawa MegumiPapa
Takatsuka
MasayaMama Sonozaki MieAnis
Maeda
AiAsumaGrandma Nozawa Masako
Theme song
TV anime “Asateer 2” opening theme “Future Old Tales”
Lyrics and sung by Sachiko Watanabe Composition and arrangement by Rasha Rizk
TV anime “Asateer 2” ending theme “Asateer ~Future Starry Sky~”
Lyrics, composition and arrangement by Funta7 Sung by Sachiko Watanabe
Animation production: Manga Productions, Toei Animation
Production: Manga Productions
Main Staff
Director:
Hideaki Yoshio
Masami Shimoda
Scriptwriter:
Ariko Kudo Yukinori Fukushima
King Ryu
:
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Toshio Taka (the character for “good luck” is pronounced “tsuchiyoshi”)
Music:
Yuki Kikuta
Character Design:
Mernan Behri
Sara Alhazmy
Sara Oulddaddah
Abdullah Alhusaynan
Ahmed Baha
Jude Ganag
Hamidah Hamadah
Character Design:
Yuko Matsui
Shinya Takahashi Atsushi
Yamagata
Satoshi Hirayama
Atheer Alkubayer
Yoru Ogino
Mitsuki Murao
Fadel Dahnim
Fumio Iida
Hajime Matsuzaki
Riyadh Waleed
(C) Manga Productions
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