Sentai Filmworks Acquires “Yuki Yuna Is A Hero” Season 3
Sentai Filmworks announced Friday the acquisition of the streaming and home video rights to “Yuki Yuna is a Hero: The Great Mankai Chapter”. The upcoming third season of the magical girl TV anime is set to be released October 2021 in Japan.
Sentai will stream “Yuki Yuna is a Hero: The Great Mankai Chapter” in association with select digital outlets Fall 2021 to audiences in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Nordic countries, the Netherlands, South Africa, Spain and Portugal. A home video release will follow at a later date.
Sentai Synopsis: The magical girls of the Sanshu Middle School Hero Club have one goal: to make people smile whenever they can and to always help those in need. Through teamwork and the help of their magical powers, Yuna, Mimori, Fuu, Itsuki, Karin and Sonoko have vanquished deadly Vertexes, recovered a missing friend and balanced their lives as magical girls and regular middle school students. Now a new adventure begins, one that will test their skills and their bond as friends alike.
The new anime season, known in Japan as “Yuki Yuna Is A Hero: Great Full Blossom Chapter” (Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru: Dai Mankai no Shou), was announced in August 2020 on the 6th anniversary of the franchise and will be a direct sequel to “Yuki Yuna Is A Hero: The Hero Chapter”.
The original staff and voice cast will return with Studio Gokumi handling the animation. The series stars Haruka Terui as “Yuna Yuki”, Suzuko Mimori as “Mimori Togo”, Yumi Uchiyama as “Fu Inubozaki”, Tomoyo Kurosawa as “Itsuki Inubozaki”, Juri Nagatsuma as “Karin Miyoshi” and Kana Hanazawa as “Nogi Sonoko”.
In addition to the third season of the anime series, Sentai will also release seasons 1 and 2 of “Yuki Yuna is a Hero” as well as “Yuki Yuna is a Hero: Churutto!”, a collection of shorts set in the universe of the main series.
The first season originally premiered in 2014 with 12 episodes and can currently be streamed on Crunchyroll.
The second season, which premiered in 2017, was split between a 6-episode prequel, “Yuki Yuna Is A Hero: The Washio Sumi Chapter”, and a 6-episode sequel, “Yuki Yuna Is A Hero: The Hero Chapter”. Recently, “Yuki Yuna Is A Hero Churutto!” short anime series premiered in Japan. In addition to the anime, the franchise includes manga, light novels and video games.
Sources: Sentai Filmworks website and press release. “Yuki Yuna Is A Hero” website and Twitter. Crunchyroll website.