Will there be a Season 2 of Sekaiichi Hatsukoi?

[Dai-kun]

There will be an Episode 12.5 (taken from ANN) The Japanese publisher Kadokawa Shoten announced that the sixth limited edition volume of Shungiku Nakamura's Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi ~Onodera Ritsu no Baai~ boys-love manga will bundle an anime DVD with "episode 12.5" in late September. The manga already inspired an ongoing Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi television anime series and an earlier original anime DVD that came with the fifth manga volume. The sixth limited edition manga volume's "premium anime DVD" will include the episode "Yoshino Chiaki no Baai" (Chiaki Yoshino's Situation), which is about 20 minutes long. The cast members Shinnosuke Tachibana (Chiaki Yoshino) and Yuuichi Nakamura (Yoshiyuki Hatori) will voice the episode. The limited edition volume will also have an exclusive cover, a DVD jacket illustration by anime character designer Yoko Kikuchi, and a special box. More details will be provided in Kadokawa's Ciel and Très Très magazines. The main story follows the tension between a newly recruited manga editor (Takashi Kondo) and his tyrannical editor-in-chief (Katsuyuki Konishi) — who happen to share a common past. The media distribution site Crunchyroll has been streaming the anime outside Japan since it premiered in Japan last month. UPDATE (28th July 2011) from aarinfantasy, this is quite a nice surprise that Season 2 has been announced to be released in the future! Exact date has yet to be posted. For more info, please check out AnimeNewsNetwork: Sekai-Ichi Hatsukoi Gets 2nd TV Anime Season Green-Lit - News - Anime News Network The September issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Asuka Ciel magazine is announcing this Saturday that a second television anime season based on Shungiku Nakamura's Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi manga has been green-lit. The main story follows the tension between a newly recruited manga editor (Takashi Kondo) and his tyrannical editor-in-chief (Katsuyuki Konishi) — who happen to share a common past. The manga already inspired a television anime season and two original anime DVDs that came with the fifth and sixth manga volumes. The media distribution site Crunchyroll has been streaming the first anime season outside Japan since it premiered in Japan in April. UPDATE (1st Aug 2011) from aarinfantasy: Here's even more good news about Season2 from YaoiReview: YAOI NEWS: Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi S2 Airs October! « The Yaoi Review Thanks to qzty1654 for the translation and TheYaoiReview for the image: The top right paragraph talks about how Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi aired from April to June. It basically thanks the audience and fans for all their support. If you want a more detailed translation on this part, let m know The main paragraph is as follows: Anime "Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi 2" October 2011 Broadcast Date set!! "Thanks to everyone's support, a broadcast date has been set for Season 2 of Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi. Starting October 2011, the animated versions of Onodera Ritsu and Takano Masamune will once again appear in front of everyone <3. Because we weren't sure when the date would be set, there was a lot of stress but the staff here are all relieved to announce the timing to you all...!! The specific broadcast date, broadcast channel, cast information, and other details will be announced once we have finalized everything, so please bear with us a little bit longer. Please also take a look at the anime website and also the manga-based twitter <3"

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[Darkmelantha]

Aw man! Thanks for the info... ...maybe we'll get lucky.

[chillerific89]

What the heyuck? Episode 12 didn't feel like a final episode at all. Hope episode 12.5 wraps things up better. Though probably not since it will only focus on one pairing while completly neglecting the others.

[viciousgirl]

Damn!!
There better be some night things going on in episode 12.5...Seems like a lot of deliver in one episode

[wolf-san]

Darn Oh well, at least we have the manga

[Jebus_10]

Reallyyy Ooo Myy I'm Upset Now

[Eisha15]

this is so not fair i wanted more

[Milwaen]

Hmmm, at least the article doesn't state that there won't be any continuation Maybe the new DVD is only a pre for a possible 2nd season. At elast I hope so I would be very sad if the story ended here...

Thanks for the news!!! I can't wait to know more

[libra]

Let's just hope that this is not a final decision. All the fans will be disappointed

[wohdin]

I don't think that Hatsukoi is in the same potential situation that Junjou was, in terms of content available to adapt. Junjou had 10, almost 11 volumes of manga to work with in its adaptation; Hatsukoi had 4 (and, well, 4 light novels). While I think there is still some potential for a second season continuing through the content in the manga and light novels, I suspect that they'll wait at least a year or more to allow the author to produce enough content to adapt into a full second season. I don't know exactly how much of the manga/LN the first season blazed through, but it seems like it was a lot.