The technical team for the anime “ BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, So I'll Max Out My Defense ” by Yuumikan revealed the opening and ending theme songs for the second season on Thursday.
Vocal group Junjou no Afilia (Afilia Saga) will sing the opening song titled “Kono Tate ni Kakuremasu”, while singer FRAM sings the closing song titled “Step for Joy”.
The anime's second season was originally scheduled to premiere this year, but was moved to January 2023.
Shin Oonuma (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, WATAMOTE) is back to direct the anime's second season at studio SILVER LINK. (Mirai Minato co-directed the first season with Oonuma). Fumihiko Shimo (Anima Yell!, New Game!) is once again responsible for series composition. Kazuya Hirata (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, Sunohara-Sō no Kanrinin-san) will again design the characters and serve as chief animation director. Hiroyuki Honda will also serve as chief animation director. Taro Masuda is returning to compose the music.
Synopsis
Kaede Honjou is invited by her friend Risa Shiramine to play a virtual reality MMO game with her. While Kaede doesn't like games, what she really doesn't like is feeling pain. She creates a character called Maple and decides to put all her points into the VIT to minimize the pain.
The first season of BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, So I'll Max Out My Defense therefore premiered in Japan in January 2020. Funimation streamed the same as the episodes aired in Japan.
Source: ANN
