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Animax Asia Streams Ads for Snow White With the Red Hair Season 2, Laughing Under the Clouds
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Southeast Asian television channel Animax Asia began streaming two English-subtitled commercials for its premiere of the Snow White with the Red Hair and Laughing Under the Clouds anime.
The second season of the Snow White with the Red Hair anime will premiere on the channel on Tuesday, September 27.
Animax Asia describes the anime:
Ever since they had confessed their feelings for each other, Shirayuki and Prince Zen Wisteria of Clarines continue to lead their daily lives in peace. One day, Prince Izana of Clarines receives an invitation from Prince Raj of Tanbarun and orders Shirayuki to attend the ball. As Shirayuki prepares for her seven-day trip to Tanbarun, Zen hears that a mysterious young man named Kazuki is after Shirayuki for unknown reasons. What sort of new adventures await her? And what will become of her relationship with Zen?
The second season premiered in Japan on January 11. Animax Asia began airing the first season of the anime on April 14. Masahiro Ando (Hanasaku Iroha - Blossoms for Tomorrow, Blast of Tempest) directed the anime at the studio BONES. The anime is based on Sorata Akiduki's manga of the same name.
Laughing Under the Clouds will premiere on the channel on Thursday, September 29.
Animax Asia describes the anime:
In the eleventh year of the Meiji Era where swords are banned, Japan is faced with a rise in criminal activity as many rebel against the ban and spread unrest throughout the country. To combat this, the government constructs an ironclad prison at Lake Biwa to hold criminals.The three Kumo brothers are tasked to deliver the criminals to this special prison. But could there be more to their mission that meets the eye?
The anime adapts Kemuri Karakara's Donten ni Warau manga, and it premiered in October 2014. Hiroshi Haraguchi (Eureka Seven - good night, sleep tight, young lovers) directed the series and Yuuya Takahashi (Tiger & Bunny) was in charge the scripts. Takao Maki (Mobile Suit Gundam AGE character animation director) designed the characters. Dogakobo (Engaged to the Unidentified, Yuruyuri) animated the series.
Karakara launched the manga in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Avarus magazine in 2011, and ended it in May 2013. Mag Garden published six compiled book volumes for the series. Karakara launched a sequel titled Donten ni Warau Gaiden (Laughing Under the Clouds - Side Story) in Mag Garden's "Beat's" manga site in 2014. Mag Garden published the second of the manga's three planned volumes in May 2015. Karakara launched the Rengoku ni Warau (Laughing in Purgatory) prequel manga in Monthly Comic Garden in January 2014. A live-action film adaptation of the manga is slated for 2017.
