Voice actresses Maria Sashide and Kokoa Amano are joining the voice cast of Laid-Back Camp Season 3, which premieres in Japan on April 4, 2024.
Amano will voice new Outdoor Activities Circle member Mei Nakatsugawa, while Sashide will voice her friend, Ema Mizunami.
The first two seasons of Laid-Back Camp premiered in 2018 and 2021. An anime film following the cast as adults was released in Japan in July 2022. An anime adaptation of the Room Camp spin-off also premiered in 2020. Crunchyroll is streaming all previous seasons of the series.
The anime’s third season is produced by Eight Bit this time, taking over from C-Station, who worked on the first two seasons. Some staff changes have also been made.
Shin Tosaka (Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars) is directing the anime’s third season, with Masafumi Sugiura (Uma Musume: Pretty Derby co-series screenwriter) as series screenwriter, Naofumi Hashimoto (Ryman’s Club sub-character designer) as character designer, Gakuto Gonbei (Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead) as art director, Hiyori’s Miho Hasegawa (Helck) as color designer, Chiptune’s Katsuhito Ogawa (Alice Gear Aegis: Expansion) as compositing director, and Akiyuki Tateyama returning as music composer.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast includes:
- • Yumiri Hanamori as Nadeshiko Kagamihara
- • Nao Toyama as Rin Shima
- • Sayuri Hara as Chiaki Ogaki
- • Aki Toyosaki as Aoi Inuyama
- • Rie Takahashi as Ena Saito
- • Tomoyo Kurosawa as Ayano Toki
- • Akio Ootsuka as the Narrator
The anime series is based on the slice of life camping manga by Afro, which began serialization in Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Forward magazine in July 2015 until 2019, when it moved to the Comic Fuz app. Sixteen tankobon volumes have been released as of March 2024.
Yen Press releases the manga in English and describes the synopsis as:
Rin enjoys camping by the lakeshore, Mt. Fuji in view. Nadeshiko rides her bike to see Mt. Fuji, too. As the two eat cup noodles together, what scenery will they behold? This series will make readers fall in love with camping!
Source: Yuru Camp Official Website