The official website for the television anime of Makoto Isshiki’s Piano no Mori (The Piano Forest) manga revealed on Monday that the anime will get a second season in January 2019.
The anime also featured performances by junior pianists Kotone Uehara, Modan Oyama, Kamuro Sahara, and Ayano Baba to portray the performances of the show’s main characters Kai, Shūhei, or Takako in their childhood years.
The anime premiered on NHK on April 8 at 12:10 a.m. (effectively April 9 morning).
Sōma Saitō performed the opening theme song “Umi e” (To the Sea) as his character Kai Ichinose.