The official website for the television anime based on Ennki Hakari‘s Skeleton Knight in Another World (Gaikotsu Kishi-sama, Tadaima Isekai e Odekakechū or Skeleton Knight, going out to the parallel universe) light novel series unveiled a new promotional video and visual for the anime’s second season on Friday. The video reveals three new cast members for the anime.

The new cast members include:

The anime will debut on the AT-X channel on July 4 at 8:30 p.m. (7:30 a.m.), and will also debut streaming on d Anime Store and ABEMA at the same time. The first episode of the second season will then have a repeat broadcast on AT-X on July 6, before running on Tokyo MX and BS11 on July 9. The anime will also air on Sun TV, but it does not yet have a premiere date on the channel.

Crunchyroll will stream the new season.

The series stars:

Katsumi Ono returns to direct the second season at Aura Studio. Character designer Tōru Imanishi, monster designer Yoshihiro Nagamori, and sound director Satoshi Motoyama all return for the second season.

Toshizo Nemoto (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime fourth season, Inu X Boku Secret Service) is now in charge of series scripts, replacing Takeshi Kikuchi. First season sub-character designer Hideki Inoue is replaced by Chisa Shibata (7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life, Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy), and Jia Fang Lu (My Clueless First Friend) replaces art director Kenta Tsuboi. Other new staff includes color key artist Harue Ono (MAD BOX, replacing Chiho Nakamura), CGI director Tomotaka Aoki (Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 3), and animation producer Yasuhiro Uema. PelleK returns to perform the anime’s opening theme song “Rōman Kaidō, Osanpo Chū” (Strolling on the Highway of Dreams). The voice actor unit DIALOGUE＋ performs the ending theme song “Kiseki wa Okinai” (Miracles Don’t Happen).

Additional new and returning staff members include:

The anime’s first season premiered in Japan in April 2022. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired, and also streams an English dub.

Seven Seas Entertainment is publishing the light novel series and its manga adaptation in English, and it describes the story:

One day, a gamer played video games until he fell asleep…and when he woke up, he found himself in the game world–as a skeleton! Equipped with the powerful weapons and armor of his avatar but stuck with its frightening skeletal appearance, Arc has to find a place for himself in this new, fantastical land. All his hopes for a quiet life are dashed when he crosses paths with a beautiful elven warrior, setting him on a journey full of conflict and adventure.

Ennki Hakari launched the novels on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō (Let’s be Novelists) website in October 2014. Overlap published the first volume with illustrations by KeG in June 2015, and the 10th volume in March 2022. Seven Seas shipped the 10th volume in April 2023.

Akira Sawano (A Bridge to the Starry Skies character design) launched the ongoing manga adaptation on Overlap‘s Comic Gardo website in February 2017. Overlap shipped the 15th volume on June 20, and Seven Seas shipped the 14th volume on March 24.

Sources: Skeleton Knight in Another World anime’s website, Comic Natalie

The staff of the television anime of Yūgo Kobayashi‘s Aoashi manga revealed a new visual and the theme song artists for the anime’s second season on Friday. 10-FEET will perform the opening theme song for the first half of the second season (first 12 episodes), while Ai Higuchi will perform the ending theme song. The titles of the theme songs remain unrevealed.

In addition, the staff announced that the anime will have a panel at Anime Expo on July 3. The panel will show a behind-the-scenes look at the anime, and preview footage of the second season.

The second season will debut on NHK Educational on October 4.

Kazuki Yokoyama is replacing Akira Satō as the director. Asami Taguchi (Lupin Zero) and Junko Yamanaka (Lupin III vs. Cat’s Eye) are now credited as character designers alongside returning character designer Manabu Nakatake, with previous character designers Asuka Yamaguchi, Saki Hasegawa, and Toshie Kawamura no longer credited. The rest of the principal staff members, including script supervisor Masahiro Yokotani, sound director Shōji Hata, and composer Masaru Yokoyama, are returning. As previously announced, TMS Entertainment will animate the second season instead of Production I.G.

The manga centers on third-year middle school student Ashito Aoi, who lives in Ehime prefecture. Ashito has a strong talent in soccer, but he tries to hide it. Due to his very straightforward personality, he causes a disaster that serves as a huge setback for him. Then, Tatsuya Fukuya — a veteran of the strong J-Club team Tokyo City Esperion and coach of the club’s youth team — appears in front of Ashito. Tatsuya sees through Ashito and sees his talent, and invites him to try out for the youth team in Tokyo.

The first season of the anime premiered in April 2022. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.

Akira Satō (Release the Spyce) directed the first season at Production I.G. Masahiro Yokotani (Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club, All Out!!, Tropical-Rouge! Precure) was in charge of the series scripts. Manabu Nakatake, Toshie Kawamura, Asuka Yamaguchi, and Saki Hasegawa were all credited for character design, with Natake and Yamaguchi also credited as chief animation directors. Naho Seike, Yukiko Watabe, Miho Daidouji, and Eisuke Shirai were credited as sub-character designers. Kenichi Takeshita, Jun Soga, and Kenji Iizuka were credited for soccer supervision. Masaru Yokoyama composed the music.

Kobayashi (Fermat no Ryōri) launched the Aoashi manga in Weekly Big Comic Spirits
in January 2015, and ended it with its 40th volume in August 2025. Naohiko Ueno is credited for research and original story collaboration up to the manga’s 17th volume. The series won the Best General Manga at the 65th Shogakukan Manga Awards in 2020. Titan Manga is releasing the manga in English in omnibus format, and it released the first 3-in-1 omnibus volume on June 9.

The manga won the Best General Manga at the 65th Shogakukan Manga Awards. The series has over 15 million copies in circulation.

Sources: Press release, Aoashi anime’s website, Comic Natalie

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