Nano Invaders II

For the original series, see Nano Invaders.

Nano Invaders II is a Japanese-Chinese-Canadian-American anime series based off of the first anime. The project is animated at Studio Aura and co-produced by YTV Family (now YTV 2), NickFamily Studios, Jiubao Animation, and Seikunime. The anime premiered on TV Surge Nippon in Japan on May 11, 2019. NickFamily Studios held the broadcast rights to the edited version in North America.

On October 30th, 2019, Seikunime reported a financial loss of $6,790,500 USD, and that once both the edited and uncut US runs finished up, they would financially write-off the series. The write-off in turn made Nano Invaders II YTV 2's first co-produced series to be financially written-off (followed by Metal Rabbit Band in January 2020).

Production
The project was first announced in November 2018. Seikunime, Studio Aura, YTV Family, and NickFamily Studios were announced to be co-producing the anime. China-based Jiubao Animation is also co-producing the project, as well as overseeing the storyboards. Studio Comet, Studio Trigger, and Alpha Animation are producing the in-between animation for the project.

It is estimated that the Japanese version would air on TV Surge Nippon in the summer of 2019. The Japanese and edited English dubs are being produced simultaneously.

Seikunime has stated that the Italian cast from the first series would have to be replaced, should an Italian dub of II be produced. Ultimately, due to the show being written-off as a financial loss, an Italian dub was never produced.

In 2019, Ω+ Animation, a new company formed by former Aura animators and new animators, was announced by Seikunime to help Studio Aura with the animation.

Premise
One year after Hikaru defeated Mimi and her family, they made reprimands and decide to thwart another big invasion, this time led by someone more evil than Hikaru would imagine.

Episodes
TBA.

Broadcast
In Japan, the anime premiered on TV Surge Nippon on May 11, 2019, as part of a multi-year deal between Seikunime and Typewriter Japan.

In Canada, the edited dub aired on YTV Family's daytime schedule, alongside Morning Variety and Zoomer: The Series, beginning July 22nd, 2019. Due to Seikunime financially writing-off the series, the uncut version never aired in Canada.

Nickelodeon Family and Beta Cartoon share the US broadcast rights, with daytime Nickelodeon Family and Nicktoons Family initially having exclusive broadcast rights to the edited version, and Beta Cartoon having broadcast rights to the uncut version.

The edited version began airing on August 4th, 2019 in the United States and was placed on hiatus after October 27th, 2019; the remaining 11 episodes of the edited version were burned-off during the 2019 Christmas season on SurgeAnime Extra.

Home media
Shout! Factory holds the home media rights to both the edited and uncut versions of the series. Firebasket Licensing Eurasia acquired the home video rights in Asia, excluding South Korea and Japan.

Streaming
In January 2020, Studio Aura staff have mentioned that despite holding the master streaming rights at the time, they never licensed out streaming rights outside of Japan. The failure and write-off of Nano Invaders II resulted in almost every future series with animation by Aura Japan's studios (including the replacement to Nano Invaders II, Heroes of Light: A Story about Magic) being made available for streaming simultaneously with the Japanese premieres.

Trivia

 * This is Studio Aura's first collaboration with Seikunime.
 * Additionally, due to being a third-party work, neither NickFamily Studios nor AuraAnime Licensing have the master license to the series.