Yasuharu Takanashi
The anime is produced by Studio Deen and directed by Shinji Ishihira, along with series composition by Toshizo Nemoto, character designs by Tetsuya Kumagai based on the original designs by Kazuhiro Hara, art direction by Masakazu Miyake, sound direction by Shoji Hata and soundtrack music by Yasuharu Takanashi. The season premiered on October 4, 2014 on NHK Educational TV and ran for 25 episodes. The series was picked up by Crunchyroll for online simulcast streaming in North America and other select parts of the world. The Anime Network later obtained the series for streaming. NHK Enterprise has released the series in Japan on eight Blu-ray and DVD volumes beginning on January 28, 2015 and in 2016, the season got an English DVD and Blue-ray release. The anime was licensed for a home video release by Sentai Filmworks in North America.