The official website for the Laid-Back Camp franchise has unveiled a teaser promotional video and announced the theme song artists for Yurukyan△ Season 3, the upcoming anime season based on Afro’s Yurucamp (Yurukyan△, Laid-Back Camp Δ) manga. Alongside this exciting announcement, the staff has presented a new “complete version” of the previously revealed anime visual.
Scheduled to premiere in 2024, Yurukyan△ Season 3 will feature the musical unit Kiminone performing the ending theme song. Additionally, Asaka, known for her contribution to the franchise, will return to perform the ending theme song.
Notably, there are changes in the animation studio and key staff members for this season. The animation studio transitions from C-Station to 8-Bit, with Shin Tosaka (known for Infinite Stratos 2) taking the helm as the new director. Masafumi Sugiura (recognized for Uma Musume Pretty Derby) will oversee series composition. Hisanori Hashimoto, known for his work on notable series like Attack on Titan and Guilty Crown, assumes the role of character designer. Akiyuki Tateyama returns as the composer, while Takeshi Takadera continues as the sound director.
Afro’s Yurucamp manga, initially launched in Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Forward magazine in 2015 before moving to Houbunsha’s Comic Fuz manga website in 2019. Yen Press began releasing the manga in English in March 2018.
The franchise’s first anime season premiered in January 2018, with Crunchyroll streaming the 12-episode series as it aired and later offering an English dub. The second season followed in January 2021.
In July 2022, an anime film based on the manga was released, subsequently streamed by Crunchyroll in November 2022. A live-action television series adaptation premiered in January 2019.
Expanding into the gaming world, the franchise inspired MAGES’ Yurucamp Have a Nice Day! game for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in November 2022. Gemdrops also introduced the Laid-Back Camp – Virtual – Lake Motosu (Yurucamp Virtual Camp Motosuko-hen) VR game in March 2021, followed by the Laid-Back Camp – Virtual – Fumoto Campsite (Yurucamp Virtual Camp Fumoto Camp Jō-hen) VR game in April 2022.
Laid-Back Camp All-in-one!!, the first smartphone game in the franchise, was released worldwide in June, extending the reach of the beloved series to fans across the globe.
