Laid-Back Camp (season 3)
The third season of the Japanese animated television series Laid-Back Camp is based on the manga of the same name by Afro. Animated by Eight Bit, the season is directed by Shin Tosaka from a series composition by Masafumi Sugiura. Production on a third season had begun and was confirmed in October 2022. The staff working on the season at the new animation studio was announced in July 2023, replacing the ones at C-Station who had previously worked on the first two seasons of the series. Yumiri Hanamori, Nao Tōyama, Sayuri Hara, Aki Toyosaki, Rie Takahashi, Tomoyo Kurosawa, and Akio Otsuka were set to reprise their roles from previous seasons. Additional staff were announced in October 2023. The third season will broadcast in Japan in April 2024. Cast and characters
 Yumiri Hanamori as Nadeshiko Kagamihara
 Nao Tōyama as Rin Shima
 Sayuri Hara as Chiaki Ōgaki
 Aki Toyosaki as Aoi Inuyama
 Rie Takahashi as Ena Saitō
 Tomoyo Kurosawa as Ayano Toki
 Akio Otsuka as the narrator

Production

Development
In October 2022, the cast of Laid-Back Camp Movie revealed a third season for the Laid-Back Camp anime series during their stage greeting at the Marunouchi Piccadilly theater in Tokyo, with the franchise's official Twitter account confirming it to be already in production. In July 2023, Shin Tosaka, Masafumi Sugiura, and Hisanori Hashimoto were revealed as the director, series composer, and character designer, respectively, of the season at Eight Bit; they replaced the staff who had worked on the previous seasons and the film at C-Station. This was Hashimoto's debut in character designing. As the new director for the series, Tosaka stated that he wanted to do "an honest and careful portrayal of the charm of the [manga]" in the season. The director acknowledged the difference of the new character designs from the previous seasons due to incorporating the "taste of the original manga". Additional staff working on the season were revealed in October 2023, including Miho Hasegawa as the color designer, Taketo Gonpei as the art director, and Katsuto Ogawa as the director of photography. The Japanese background art production company Creative Freaks was also revealed to be producing the background arts for the season. Writing
According to Laid-Back Camp author Afro, the season would introduce his favorite "Death Road" story from the manga series, which is the fifty-ninth chapter in the eleventh volume (). Casting
In July 2023, Yumiri Hanamori, Nao Tōyama, Sayuri Hara, Aki Toyosaki, and Rie Takahashi were set to reprise their respective roles from the previous seasons of Laid-Back Camp as Nadeshiko Kagamihara, Rin Shima, Chiaki Ōgaki, Aoi Inuyama, and Ena Saitō. In September 2023, Tomoyo Kurosawa and Akio Otsuka were also set to return for their recurring roles as Ayano Toki and the narrator. Music
Akiyuki Tateyama was revealed to be composing the season in July 2023, after previously working on the first two seasons of Laid-Back Camp. In September 2023, the Japanese music unit Kiminone and Asaka were revealed as the performers of the opening and ending theme songs for the season, respectively. Eri Sasaki were also revealed to be producing the ending theme song. Marketing
The teaser visual for the third season of Laid-Back Camp was unveiled in July 2023; its other half was revealed alongside the release of a teaser trailer in September. A series of character visuals began releasing, starting with Nadeshiko taking a picture in front of an Abt-sytem rack railway train in October 2023. Release
The third season of Laid-Back Camp is set to be aired in Japan in April 2024. References

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