September 22nd, 2010 
manutaro Arakawa Under The Bridge 2
animation production: 
SHAFT / original: manga / vintage: 3, 10, 2010
story&introduction:
This is the 2nd season of comedy anime “Arakawa Under The Bridge” that was broadcast from April 2010.
The leading character Riku who is a son of an elite family meets Nino who calls herself a Venusian lives at a flood plain along Arakawa river. Though the story draws the love between Riku and Nino, it draws mainly the life with funny and strange people who live there.
animation production:
SHAFT
Shaft is well-known as a production that use artistic technique of animation. Because the way to draw the world has certain mannerisms, there are opinions of both sides.
their masterworks:
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
Hidamari Sketch
Maria Holic
Dance in the Vampire Bund
voice actor:
main
Riku: Hirosh Kamiya (Nozomu Itoshiki from “Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei“, Koyomi Araragi from “Bakemonogatari“, Yuzuru Otonasi from “Angel Beats“)
Nino: Maay Sakamoto (Haruhi Fujioka from “Ouran High School Host Club“, Ciel Phantomhive from “Black Butler II“, Lunamaria Hawke from “Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny“)
Village Chief: Keiji Fujiwara (Holland Novak from “Eureka Seven“, Sven Vollfied from “Black Cat“, Higuchi Seitaro from “The Tatami Galaxy“)
the other voice actors/actresses
Tomokazu Sugita, Taketo Koyasu, Miyuki Sawashiro, Chiwa Saito, Chiaki Omigawa, Yuko Sanpei, Ryoko Shintani, Rikiya Koyama, Rie Tanaka, Yuichi Nakamura, Tomoko Goto, Yu Kobayashi
OP&ED theme:
The OP&ED theme is sung by the same artists as the 1st season. The OP of the 1st season “Venus and Jesus” got very high reputation by its tender song and unique animation.
OP: Etsuko Yakushimaru “COSMOS vs ALIEN” / release date: 17, 11, 2010
OP of the 1st season “Venus and Jesus”
ED: Suneo Hair “titile is unpublished” / release date: undecided
trailer:
PV
original:
The original is a manga drawn by Hikaru Nakamura. It has appeared serially since 2004. And recently comedy manga “Saint Young Men” that is his work is popular, too.
the official site of Arakawa Under The Bridge
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