October 6 JST has been revealed to be the premiere date for MF Ghost Season 2, which has also gotten a new trailer.
The racing and character close-up shots of the trailer are accompanied by a preview of the new opening song “ROCK ME KISS ME” by Yu Serizawa featuring MOTSU. Serizawa and MOTSU also performed the first season’s opening, “JUNGLE FIRE.”
MF Ghost is based on the Kodansha-published manga by Initial D‘s Shuuichi Shigeno, which takes place in the 2020s of Initial D‘s world. The story follows Kanata Rivington, a graduate of a British racing school, who returns to Japan to participate in the popular MFG race and find his father. The first season aired during the Fall 2023 anime season with Crunchyroll and Ani-One Asia ULTRA streaming overseas.
The manga began serialization in Weekly Young Magazine in 2017 and has 20 tankoubon volumes as of June 2024.
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Staff (returning)
• Director: Tomohito Naka (New Initial D the Movie Legend 3: Dream, New Initial D the Movie Legend 2: Racer)
• Series composer: Kenichi Yamashita (Hensuki: Are You Willing to Fall in Love with a Pervert, as Long as She’s a Cutie?)
• Character designer and co-chief animation director: Naoyuki Onda (Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway, Inuyashiki)
• Music composer: Akio Tobashi (New Initial D the Movie Legend trilogy)
• Animation production: Felix Film
• CG animation production: FelixFilm and directrain
Cast
• Yuuma Uchida as Kanata Katagiri/Kanata Rivington
• Ayane Sakura as Ren Saionji
• Daisuke Ono as Shun Aiba
• Hiroshi Kamiya as Mikhail Beckenbauer
• Ryota Osaka as Koki Sawatari
Source: @mfg_anime
