A slew of issues, such as the manga’s medically necessitated hiatus and a middling first season adaptation byDragon Ball Superstudio Toei Animation, has preventedWorld Trigger, an engrossing sci-fi battle tactics story, from reaching the pop-culture heights of its contemporaries. Now,World Triggeris finally continuing theanime’s story after the successful 2020 release of season two, with the show’s third season set to premiere this Fall.
World Triggeris based on the manga by Daisuke Ashihara and follows high school student Osamu Mikumo living a double life as an agent of Border, an organization protecting Japan from aliens known as Neighbors. When Osamu befriends powerful humanoid “neighbor” Yuma Kuga, he forms a border agent squad with Yuma as well as 13-year-old sniper Chika, whom Osamu is sworn to protect. In addition to protecting their city from Neighbor invasions, the squad vies to quickly increase their rank in hopes of earning distinctions high enough to be eligible for away missions to the Neighbors' world.
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Toei Animation released a teaser trailerfor the third season ofWorld Triggeron August 15th, putting the series' action and characters in prime focus. Many of the series' Japanese voice actors, including those for Osamu, Yuma, and Chika, will be returning for the third season, though the identities of many key staff members have been kept under wraps as of this writing.World Triggeris one of many anime series currently in production at Toei Animation, as they are also working onOne PieceandDragon Quest: The Adventures of Dai.
The originalWorld Triggermanga series debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 2013, with the anime’s first season premiering shortly after in 2014. The first season ended in March 2016 and did not continue, as Daisuke Ashihara was suffering from cervical spondylosis and was unable to create more source material through the manga’s weekly serialization in Shonen Jump for a year and a half’s time. Many criticisms were directed toward the execution ofWorld Trigger’s first season, but the 2nd season, which debuted in 2020, was lauded for its vastly improved animation and story pacing, which are trends that the third season is aiming to continue.
The vast majority of anime adaptations of recent Shonen Jump mangasuch asMy Hero Academia,Black Clover,Jujutsu Kaisen, andDemon Slayerhave been capable of spawning a zeitgeist with fans all around the world. However, the aforementioned issues have preventedWorld Triggerfrom attaining the same level of fame, though its fans are certainly passionate.
Fans ofWorld Triggerwill surely be happy to see the story continue. And hopefully, as sites such asCrunchyroll and Funimationhave made it easier than ever for anime fans to find and watch new shows, more anime fans will be persuaded to giveWorld Triggera chance.
World Trigger’s third season will begin airing on October 9th, 2021.
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