Key Takeaways
- SK8 the Infinity OVA, “EXTRA PART,” premiered on January 24, 2025
- The OVA features 4 short stories with original characters
- Season 1 staff returns in OVA, second season details TBD
Finally, more than two years after the official announcement that there will be a series to come, the release date of the future. Infinity is SK8 The OVA has been announced. Originally announced in August 2022, with plans for a second season of the anime, an advertisement revealed that SK8 is the Infinity EXTRA PART It will premiere in select Japanese theaters on January 24th, 2025, with a physical release of the 25-minute long OVA coming on March 19th.
A new main image was also released along with the advertisement. There is no information about the second season of the Infinity is SK8 has been published so far.
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Sk8 the Infinity Season 2: What We Know So Far
Now that Sk8's Infinity Season 2 is confirmed to be on the way, here's a closer look at what's been revealed about it so far.
A Quartet of Short Stories
The future Infinity is SK8 The OVA will feature four different short stories based on different characters from the series. They are as follows:
- “Ame to Neko Konbini Aisu Soda Aji” (Rain and Cat Convenience Store Ice Soda Flavor), which will follow Reki, Langa and Miya
- “Ganbare, Hiromi-chan!” (Do your best, Hiromi-chan!) focus on Shadow
- “Maji de Maji ni Nareru Koto” (Things You Can Seriously, Seriously Do), focuses on Joe and Cherry
- “Morning Routine”, focuses on Adam and Tadashi
The OVA will be produced by the staff at Studio Bones, with key staff from the first season returning to the production side of things; including series creator and director Hiroko Utsumi (director, BUCCHIGIRI!?), with a series written by Ichirō Ōkōchi (script, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Resurrection), character designer Michinori Chiba (character design; chief animation director, Basilisk), art director Yumiko Kondō (art direction, Bungo Stray Dogs), director of photography Masataka Ikegami, 3D director Yōta Andō and veteran sound director Masafumi Mima. Other staff involved are screenwriter Sei Tsuguta, who will be credited with the first product, and Tsukasa Kondō (Japanese script, Scott Pilgrim leaves). The cast includes Chiaki Kobayashi as Langa Hasegawa, Tasuku Hatanaka as Reki Kyan, Hikaru Midorikawa as Kaoru “Cherry blossom” Sakurayashiki, Kenshō Ono as Tadashi “Snake” Kikuchi, Kenta Miyake as Hiromi “Shadow” Higa, Takehito Koyasu as Ainosuke “Adam Shindō, Takuma Nagatsuka as Miya Chinen and Yasunori Matsumoto as Kojirō “Joe” Nanjō.
Infinity is SK8 follows Reki, a skateboarder, and Langa, a snowboarder, as they are thrust into the dangerous, high-octane world of competitive skateboarding, where there's an obstacle course called “S” on the stage. middle. The first season ran for 12 episodes from January to April 2021, with Crunchyroll streaming it as it aired. A manga spin-off was released on the Young Ace Up manga site in January 2021. No air date has been set. Infinity is SK8 Season 2 is still being confirmed.
SK8 Infinity is available on Crunchyroll.
Source: Crunchyroll
