Aoashi Season 2, the soccer anime following high schooler Aoi Ashito after his promotion to the A-team of Tokyo City Esperion Youth, began airing on NHK Eテレ on October 4, 2026, every Sunday at 5:00 PM. For viewers who prefer streaming, here is a complete guide to available platforms, pricing, and weekly episode update schedules (as of November 2026).
Platforms Offering Aoashi Season 2 with Unlimited Viewing
The following services carry Aoashi Season 2 as part of their unlimited streaming libraries:
- DMM TV — ¥550/month; 14-day free trial + 550 points on first registration
- U-NEXT — ¥2,189/month; 31-day free trial + ¥500 in points on first registration
- Amazon Prime Video — ¥600/month (Prime membership benefit); 30-day free trial
- dAnime Store — ¥660/month; first month free
- Hulu — ¥1,320/month; no free trial
- Netflix — from ¥890/month (Standard with Ads); no free trial
- FOD — ¥976/month
- TELASA — ¥618/month
ABEMA offers time-limited free streaming of select episodes. Lemino, Disney+, and TSUTAYA DISCAS do not currently carry the title, and no catch-up streaming has been confirmed on TVer.
Weekly Episode Update Schedule
New episodes drop on two different days depending on the platform:
- Every Sunday at 11:00 PM — U-NEXT, Hulu, Netflix (same day as the NHK Eテレ broadcast)
- Every Thursday from 7:30 PM onward — DMM TV, Amazon Prime Video, dAnime Store, FOD, TELASA
Sunday-group services began streaming from October 4, 2026; Thursday-group services from October 8, 2026. Schedules are subject to change per platform announcements.
Recommended Platform
For budget-conscious viewers, DMM TV stands out with its low monthly fee of ¥550, a 14-day free trial, and 550 bonus points at sign-up — making it ideal for following new episodes each week without a large subscription cost. Those who want to watch on the same day as the broadcast should consider U-NEXT or Netflix, both of which update every Sunday night.
Story and Highlights
Season 2 picks up with Ashito joining the A-team of Tokyo City Esperion Youth — widely regarded as the strongest youth squad in Japan. From his very first training session, he is overwhelmed by the gap in skill between himself and established players like Kuribayashi Haruhisa, dubbed “the greatest youth product ever,” and the physically dominant Akutsu Nagisa. The stage then shifts to the Premier League, Japan’s top high-school-age competition, where Esperion faces a gauntlet of elite rivals.
Key highlights include Ashito’s growth under intense pressure, the commanding presence of the A-team upperclassmen, and the continuation of the series’ signature realistic, tactically-minded portrayal of soccer that drew widespread praise in Season 1.
Main Cast
- Aoi Ashito — Oszu Koki
- Akutsu Nagisa — Takeuchi Shunsuke
- Kuribayashi Haruhisa — Umehara Yuichiro
- Motoki Yuma — Enoki Junya (also known as Yuji Itadori in Jujutsu Kaisen)
- Nakamura Taira — Ono Kensho
- Kiriki Yoichi — Uchiyama Koki
- Takasugi Eita — Furukawa Makoto
- Akiyama Enshin — Tezuka Hiromichi
- Otomo Eisaku — Tachibana Ryumaru
- Tachibana Soichiro — Yamashita Seiichiro
- Togashi Keiji — Yashiro Taku
- Kuroda Kampei — Horie Shun
- Asari Martis Jun — Kato Wataru
- Ichijo Hana — Kawase Maki
- Kaido Anri — Ueda Rena
- Fukuda Tatsuya — Kobayashi Chikahiro (also known as Saichi Sugimoto in Golden Kamuy)
- Date Nozomu — Yasumoto Hiroki
Production Details
- Original Manga: Kobayashi Yuko, serialized in Weekly Big Comic Spirits (Shogakukan); completed with Volume 40 in August 2025
- Director: Yokoyama Kazuki
- Series Composition: Yokotani Masahiro
- Soccer Supervisor: Iizuka Kenji
- Character Design: Nakatake Manabu, Taguchi Asami, Yamanaka Junko
- Sound Director: Hata Shoji
- Music: Yokoyama Katsu
- Animation Studio: TMS Entertainment
- Broadcast: NHK Eテレ, every Sunday at 5:00 PM, from October 4, 2026
- Episode Count: 24 episodes total (first 12 episodes in Cour 1)
- Opening Theme: “Fortress Defense” by 10-FEET
- Ending Theme: “Triangle” by Higuchi Ai
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