{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ca6b46d4085e8ad844144420","clusterId":"c_0aec3c850d251d8bb6705848","slug":"ace-of-diamond-act-ii-second-season-second-cours-sets-theme-songs-and-october-11-premiere","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Ace Of Diamond Act II Second Season Second Cours Sets Theme Songs And October 11 Premiere","summary":"The staff for Ace of Diamond Act II Second Season released the main promotional video and announced the theme songs for the anime's second cours on Tuesday. GLAY performs the opening theme \"NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN,\" and the duo OxT, made up of Masayoshi Oishi and Tom-H@ck, performs the ending theme \"ROAD TO BE BLUE.\" The second cours premieres October 11 on TV Tokyo and its affiliated channels, and on AT-X, with Netflix streaming in Japan after broadcast.","whyItMatters":"With a new director, a new character designer, and a returning script supervisor and composer, the second cours keeps the production continuity that matters for a franchise whose anime has run across four separate series since 2013.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe main promotional video is the first look at the second cours, which premieres on October 11 at 5:30 p.m. JST on TV Tokyo and its affiliated channels, and at 9:00 p.m. JST on AT-X. Netflix streams the series in Japan right after broadcast.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHideaki Oba directs at OLM, replacing Mitsuyuki Masuhara. Kenji Konuta returns to oversee series scripts, a role he has held across the previous three anime in the franchise, and Hajime Hyakkoku returns from Ace of Diamond Act II to compose the music. Yasukazu Shoji is the current character designer in place of Minoru Ueda and Satoshi Tasaki. The main cast returned for the current season, with Daisuke Sakuma joining as Shinichiro Saotome of Inashiro High School.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Ace Of Diamond Act II Second Season gives its second cours two theme songs from different ends of the industry: GLAY for the opening, OxT for the ending. Big-name rock acts and anime-song duos serve separate audience segments.","twitterPost":"Ace Of Diamond Act II Second Season pairs GLAY's opening with OxT's ending. Two theme songs, two different audience segments.","threadsPost":"Ace Of Diamond Act II Second Season splits theme song duties between GLAY on the opening and OxT on the ending. That pairing covers rock fans and anime-song fans separately. Netflix streams in Japan after the October 11 TV Tokyo broadcast.","newsletterBlurb":"Ace of Diamond Act II Second Season has a main promotional video and both theme songs for its second cours. GLAY performs the opening \"NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN\" and OxT, the duo of Masayoshi Oishi and Tom-H@ck, performs the ending \"ROAD TO BE BLUE.\" The cours premieres October 11 on TV Tokyo and its affiliates and on AT-X, with Netflix streaming in Japan after broadcast.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-15/ace-of-diamond-act-ii-second-season-2nd-part-unveils-theme-songs-in-new-video/.241798\",\"title\":\"Ace of Diamond Act II Second Season's 2nd Part Unveils Theme Songs in New Video\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4674,"outputTokens":723,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789472664,"createdAt":"2026-09-15T11:39:17.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-15T11:43:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-15T11:43:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_0aec3c850d251d8bb6705848","canonicalTitle":"News\nAce of Diamond Act II Second Season's 2nd Part Unveils Theme Songs in New Video","representativeArticleId":"a_86282198484e01dd87cf6072","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Ace of Diamond Act II\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-15T10:09:41.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-15T10:09:41.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-15T11:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-15/ace-of-diamond-act-ii-second-season-2nd-part-unveils-theme-songs-in-new-video/.241798","title":"News\nAce of Diamond Act II Second Season's 2nd Part Unveils Theme Songs in New Video"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Ace of Diamond Act II"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}