A trailer for Yojohan Time Machine Blues has been released, providing a 30-second preview of the sequel to The Tatami Galaxy and its theme song “Demachiyanagi Parallel Universe” by ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION. ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION had previously performed the opening song for The Tatami Galaxy.

The anime is set to begin a three-week theatrical run in Japan on September 30. It will also be streamed on Disney + with six episodes at a still unrevealed date.

The Yojohan Time Machine Blues novel is written by Tomihiko Morimi and based on a concept by Makoto Ueda. It was published in 2020, 15 years after 2005’s The Tatami Galaxy. The Tatami Galaxy‘s anime adaptation aired in 2010.

Yojohan Time Machine Blues sees the remote of the only air conditioner in the Shimogamoyuusui residence damaged after being submerged in water by Ozu, the friend of the protagonist, “Me.”. As “Me” attempts to come up with a response to this turn of events with Akashi, the cool beauty of the Misogi movie circle, a student named Tamura, who claims to have travelled from 25 years in the future via a time machine, appears. “Me” comes up with the idea of going back in time to resolve the air conditioner predicament, but Ozu and other parties end up altering the previous day and rewriting the past with the time machine.

Yojohan Time Machine Blues‘s staff includes Shingo Natsume (One-Punch Man, Sonny Boy) as director, Ueda (The Tatami Galaxy series composer) as scriptwriter, Yuusuke Nakamura (The Tatami Galaxy) as original character designer, and Michiru Ooshima (The Tatami Galaxy) as music composer. Science SARU is the animation production studio.

Science SARU had previously produced the anime adaptation of The Tatami Galaxy and the 2017 anime film adaptation of its spiritual successor, Night Is Short, Walk On Girl. Those adaptations were directed by Masaaki Yuasa, with Natsume contributing some of the show’s storyboards and serving as episode director for The Tatami Galaxy‘s sixth episode.

Source: Asmik Ace YouTube channel