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A Returner's Magic Should Be Special Season 2's New Video Reveals October 7 Debut

The official website for the second anime season based on Wookjakga's A Returner's Magic Should Be Special (Kikansha no Mahō wa Tokubetsu Desu in Japanese) Korean webtoon revealed on Tuesday the anime's second promotional video, main key visual, and October 7 premiere. The video previews the opening theme song "Sorrow" by the rock band FLOW.

The new season will premiere in Fuji TV's "+Ultra" programming block on October 7, and it will run on Wednesdays at 24:45 (effectively, Thursdays at 12:45 a.m.). The anime will also run on Kansai TV on October 8, and on Tōkai TV and AT-X on October 10. The anime will first stream in Japan on the d Anime Store, d Anime Store Nico Nico Branch, d Anime Store for Prime Video and for LINE Manga, U-NEXT, and Anime Hōdai streaming services on October 7 at 25:15 JST (effectively Thursday at 1:15 a.m.). It will then stream on other streaming services in Japan on October 11. Crunchyroll will stream the new season.

The anime lists returning cast members Show Hayami as Jord Exarion and Ayako Kawasumi as Priscilla Heisilkeite. The anime also lists Tarusuke Shingaki as the Bird Mask.

Yen Press is releasing the series in English and it describes the story:

In a time when the Shadow World has taken over and most of humanity is wiped out, a party of six heroes strives and fails to save the world… But magician Desir Herman is given a second chance when he opens his eyes and finds that he's gone back thirteen years in the past! It's now up to him to gather his party once more and stop the greatest catastrophe in human history!

The anime's cast includes:

• Takuma Terashima as Desir Herman
• Sayumi Suzushiro as Romantica Eru
• Natsumi Fujiwara as Pram Schnaizer
• Asami Seto as Azrest Kingscrown

Taishi Kawaguchi returns to direct the anime at Arvo Animation, nad Takamitsu Kouno (She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man, Absolute Duo, We Without Wings - Under the Innocent Sky) returns to oversee and write the scripts. Hiromi Katō (Violinist of Hamelin, Kobato., Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut) is designing the characters, and Daisuke Negishi is the art director. Kenta Higashiohji (Pole Princess!!) returns to compose the music. Singer-songwriter krage performs the ending theme song "Everlasting."

Other staff include:

• Art Design: Satoshi Fujimoto, Taiga Saitō, Takeshi Mukai, Tetsuo Imaizumi
• Prop Design: Shōtarō Hashiguchi
• Color Key Artist: Aiko Matsuyama
• Compositing Director of Photography: Hideki Imaizumi
• Editing: Gō Sadamatsu
• Sound Director: Takatoshi Hamano
• Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama

The first season of the anime debuted in October 2023. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in English-speaking, Latin America, and European countries, along with an English dub.

Sources: A Returner's Magic Should Be Special anime's website, Comic Natalie