3-Gatsu no Lion

3-gatsu no lion (English title: March Comes in like a Lion) is a new anime now playing on Japanese TV. (Currently at episode 20, it is scheduled to have 22 episodes in all for season 1).  The main character is a teenager who plays Japanese chess or shogi professionally, but even if you don’t know anything about shogi, you can still fully enjoy this heartwarming anime, which illustrates all kinds of interactions between different types, ages, and classes of people in Japan.  Season 2 is scheduled to start in October this year.