“Encouragement of Climb: Next Summit” TV Anime Announces 2022 Release With Video Promo
The official website for the new anime series “Encouragement of Climb: Next Summit” (Yama no Susume Next Summit) teased a 2022 release with a promotional video.
In addition, the promo video introduced a new character for the new season. Actress Emiri Iwai will voice “Koharu”, the red-haired mountain-climbing club president at the school “Aoi” and the others attend.
“Encouragement of Climb: Next Summit” stars Yuka Iguchi as “Aoi Yukimura”, Kana Asumi as “Hinata Karaue”, Yōko Hikasa as “Kaede Saitō”, Yui Ogura as “Kokona Aoba”, and Nao Tōyama as “Honoka Kurosaki”.
The anime is an adaptation of Siro's mountaineering-themed manga “Encouragement of Climb” (Yama no Suzum), which was launched in Comic Earth Star in 2011 in Japan. 8-Bit will be once again handling the animation of the new season with Yūsuke Yamamoto retuning to direct.
“Encouragement of Climb: Next Summit” will be the fourth season in the franchise. Season 1 launched in 2013 with 12 episodes that were 3 minutes and 30 seconds in length. Season 2 launched in 2014 with 12 episodes expanded to 14 minutes in length. An OVA was released in 2017 and Season 3 launched in 2018 with 12 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed all 3 seasons as they aired in Japan and seasons 1, 3 and the OVA are currently available to watch in subtitles.
Crunchyroll Synopsis: Aoi prefers indoor hobbies and is afraid of heights, but her childhood friend Hinata loves to show off her passion for mountain climbing. As young children they once watched the sunrise from the top of a mountain, and now they've decided to take up mountain climbing in hopes of seeing that sunrise again. They have cooking battles with mountaineering gear, climb small hills in their neighborhood, and meet new mountaineering friends as they learn the ropes of the hobby. When will they finally see that sunrise again?
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