{"id":28595,"date":"2025-09-07T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/slow-ahead-season-2-docks-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T08:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T12:00:09","slug":"slow-ahead-season-2-docks-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/slow-ahead-season-2-docks-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow Ahead! Season 2 Docks in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The second season of the<em> Azur Lane: Slow Ahead!<\/em> short anime, <em>Azur Lane: Bisokuzenshin! Ni!!<\/em>, will premiere in 2026. An illustration drawn by character designer and chief animation director <strong>Nana Mori<\/strong> was released with the announcement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Azur Lane: Slow Ahead!\u00a0<\/em>is based on the Ichijinsha-published manga by<strong> Hori<\/strong>, which is part of the <em>Azur Lane:\u00a0<\/em>franchise that started with a naval-themed, ship girl mobile game. Crunchyroll describes the 2021 first season as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text--gq6o- text--is-l--iccTo\" style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">This is a slightly peculiar world where the shipgirls live in. A lively and enjoyable school life for girls from different factions will begin at the naval port of Azur Lane. Living out their lives to the fullest, these girls get into various shenanigans\u2014slowly but surely!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Manjuu Co.,Ltd., YongShi Co.,Ltd.&amp; Yostar, Inc.\uff0f\u30db\u30ea, \u4e00\u8fc5\u793e\uff0fstudioCANDYBOX Co., Ltd.&amp; Yostar Pictures, Inc.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The\u00a0<em>Azur Lane<\/em> game was launched in Japan on September 14, 2017 with<strong>\u00a0Yostar<\/strong> as publisher, a few months after its May release in China. 2019 saw the launch of the English version and the premiere of a TV anime adaptation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The premise of <em>Azur Lane<\/em> sees the fleets of the titular organization combating a threat known as the Sirens. Google Play describes the game as a \u201cmix of RPG, 2D shooter and tactical genres.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Staff<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Director: <strong>Shunji Maki<\/strong> (<em>Blue Archive The Animation<\/em> assistant director)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Character designer: <strong>Nana Mori<\/strong> (Season 1 co-animation director and animator)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Animation production: <strong>studio CANDY BOX<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/azurlane_bisoku\/status\/1964627511457030164?t=6gnaL4wLFzq4SYd0KoD7jw&amp;s=19\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">@azurlane_bisoku<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second season of the Azur Lane: Slow Ahead! short anime, Azur Lane: Bisokuzenshin! 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