Premieres Fall 2024. Source for the teaser image is from the official Twitter account. This announcement comes as the finale for season 1 aired today. Check out the ANN article for additional information. Season 1 synopsis from AniList:

The story begins with Igarashi, who was disqualified as a pro golfer after a certain “incident” and thus moves to Kagoshima Prefecture’s Tokara Islands to step out of the limelight. On these islands known as “Japan’s last unexplored wilderness,” he encounters a naive girl named Tonbo.

As it turns out, these supposedly unexplored islands have a homemade golf course, where Tonbo plays every day. She demonstrates genius-level prowess, playing every kind of shot with just one golf club, a 3-iron. Igarashi is amazed at Tonbo’s talent, even as he harbors doubts about her only using a 3-iron. Yet, hidden deep in Tonbo’s heart lies a painful, sad past….

  • wjs018OPMEnglish
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    5 months ago

    If you were like me and wondered to yourself, “Is golf even popular in Japan?” Then, you might be surprised to know there is a long history of golf anime in the country. If you want to learn more, @LiteralGrill@ani.social wrote an excellent piece about golf anime and the surprising, recent influence that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on them over at Anime Herald. Definitely recommended reading.

    • LiteralGrillEnglish
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      5 months ago

      This is so sweet of you to share my work like this, thank you! I’m also pretty excited for Season 2 of Tonbo! as it was a surprisingly touching tale emotionally, even with all the technical golf talk.

    • Kadath (she/her)@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      I clearly remember a golf anime from the mid 80s. After a quick search, the original name was Ashita tenki ni naare.

      Never really watched it at the time, but a lot of my elementary class school mates were into it.

  • SatouKazumaEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Did this even get streamed in the West? I wanted to watch it but couldn’t find it anywhere…

    • wjs018OPMEnglish
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      5 months ago

      I didn’t watch this series, but the only option I could find after a quick search in my region (US) is streaming through Amazon Prime. Otherwise, sailing the high seas is a fallback for when other routes fail.

    • zabadohEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Wow, I wasn’t expecting anyone to say that.

      What made the show good for you?