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Ani-One Asia Licenses Iceblade Sorcerer Season 2, Reborn as a Goblin, Laid-Off Cheat-Granting Mage Anime

Ani-One Asia announced on Saturday and Monday that it has licensed the second season of The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World anime, the So What's Wrong with Getting Reborn as a Goblin? anime, and The Laid-Off Cheat-Granting Mage Enjoys a Second Lease on Life anime. Ani-One Asia will stream all three anime in October.

Ani-One Asia will stream the second season of the television anime based on Nana Mikoshiba's The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World (Hyōken no Majutsushi ga Sekai wo Suberu - Sekai Saikyō no Majutsushi de Aru Shōnen wa, Majutsu Gakuin ga Nyūgaku Suru) light novel series in Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam. The anime will debut in Japan on October 8.

Ani-One Asia describes the anime:

One of the Seven Grand Sorcerer, the world's strongest "Iceblade Sorcerer" Ray White left the battlefield traumatized by his own power. Three years later, he enrolls in the elite Arnold Academy of Sorcery as its only commoner. Overcoming noble contempt, Ray earns his peers' trust by defeating the villainous Eugenics group. Now, alongside irreplaceable friends, Ray enters the cross-academy "Magics War." But new threats emerge as the other Seven Great Sorcerers make their moves. The curtain rises once again on the school life of the strongest sorcerer, filled with friendship and turbulent drama!

The returning cast includes:

• Junya Enoki as Ray White
• Iori Saeki as Amelia Ros
• Akira Sekine as Ariane Olgren
• Azumi Waki as Rebecca Bradley
• Kaede Hondo as Clarisse Cleveland
• Yūichirō Umehara as Evi Armstrong
• Kōhei Amasaki as Albert Allium
• Atsumi Tanezaki as Stella White
• Sōichirō Hoshi as Lucas Forst
• Haruka Shiraishi as Lizelotte Eden

The new cast members include:

• Ryōhei Kimura as Julius Orphe 
• Aoi Koga as Bianca Miller 
• Konomi Kohara as Emma Clarke 

Miyu Kubota will voice Elisa Griffith. Kubota is replacing Nana Harumura, who retired from voice acting in January due to health reasons. Other new cast members include Hana Hishikawa as Olivia Arnold.

Masahiro Takata is returning to direct the anime, and is also returning to write and oversee the series scripts, and serve as sound director. Zero-G is now animating the series (Cloud Hearts animated the first season). Other scriptwriters include Tomoko Shinozuka (returning from the first season) and Takahito Ōnishi (Whisper Me a Love Song, My Happy Marriage). Mariko Kawamoto (Magica Wars) is the new character designer, replacing Makoto Shimojima. Sizuk will perform the opening theme song "Diamond Dust." Maaya Uchida will perform the ending theme song "Compression :[."

The first season of the television anime premiered in January 2023. Ani-One Asia streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.

Ani-One Asia will stream the television anime of writer Nazuna Miki and artist Tsukasa Araki's So What's Wrong with Getting Reborn as a Goblin? (Tensei Goblin dakedo Shitsumon Aru?) manga in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, the Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, the Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Vietnam. The anime will debut in Japan on October 5.

Ani-One Asia describes the anime:

Akira Yagami, a salaryman who is liked and trusted by his subordinates, dies saving a child who jumped into the road. But then he finds himself reincarnated as a “goblin”. Goblins only live for 7 days, but with his skill “Octogenarian,” he inherits tons of skills from the goblins that die before him. And then he finds himself surrounded by demons, elves, and even dragons. The ultimate overpowered fantasy about a goblin is about to begin!

The anime stars:

• Kikunosuke Toya as Akira
• Yōko Hikasa as Karen
• Azusa Tachibana as Chloe
• Banjō Ginga as Simon
• Sayumi Suzushiro as Eirene
• M.A.O as Dike
• Wakana Kuramochi as Eunomia
• Natsuki Hanae as Albert
• Hiro Shimono as Isis
• Yukari Tamura as Tenchi Kaibyaku (literally, Creation of Heaven and Earth)
• Yūko Sanpei as Shodai Hanzо̄ (Hanzо̄ I)
• Anna Nagase as Rokudaime Hanzо̄ (Hanzо̄ VI)
• Yukina Shutо̄ as Shodai Kinokuniya (Kinokuniya I)
• Kentarō Tone as Yondaime Echigoya (Echigoya IV)
• Yumiri Hanamori as Rokudaime Echigoya (Echigoya VI)
• Yume Miyamoto as Nanadaime Echigoya (Echigoya VII)
• Natsumi Hioka as Yondaime Masamune (Masamune IV)
• Minami Takahashi as Godaime Masamune (Masamune V)
• Hikaru Tōno as Shodai Hokusai (Hokusai I)
• Hiroyuki Yoshino as Sandaime Hokusai (Hokusai III)

Ryūta Kawahara (The Summer Hikaru Died, Orange, 86, Blend S episode director) is directing the anime at BAKKKA. Yūichirō Momose (So I'm a Spider, So What?, Africa Salaryman) is in charge of the series scripts, Hiroyuki Saita (Cardfight!! Vanguard Divinez, Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress, Revue Starlight) is designing the characters, Hiroto Morishita (Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear, Wistoria: Wand and Sword two seasons) is the sound director, and Takenoko Boy (The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess ending song arrangement, composition, and lyrics) is composing the music at INCS Toenter.

Sou performs the opening theme song "Hello," and musical artist AHUB performs the ending theme song "Chiisana Bokura" (Little Us).

Ani-One Asia will stream the television anime of Gyōmuyōmochi's manga adaptation of Asa Rokushima's Tsuihō Sareta Cheat Fuyo Majutsushi wa Kimamana Second Life o Ōka Suru. (The Laid-Off Cheat-Granting Mage Enjoys a New Life or Chi-Fuyo for short) novels in Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Timor-Leste, Thailand, and Vietnam. The anime will debut in Japan on October 6.

Ani-One Asia describes the anime:

Expelled from his guild, Rein, an Enchanter, shows no despair. Instead, he reclaims all the massive bonus points he previously applied to his teammates' gear and embarks on a new path. Joining him are deeply scarred outcasts: a traumatized genius adventurer, a grieving warrior, and a raised assassin. Rein accepts them all with unwavering warmth. Set in an unconventional fantasy world where modern tools exist, though overusing tech weakens magical power, ruthless monsters and underground lawbreakers clash through schemes and violence. Armed only with magic and conviction, Rein and his companions claim their own destiny and kick off a wild, carefree second life!

The anime will star:

• Daiki Yamashita as Rein Garland
• Lynn as Lily Flambert
• Yoshino Aoyama as Margaret Ells
• Miyu Tomita as Mirabelle
• Megumi Han as Elsie Zra
• Konomi Kohara as Nina
• Nobuhiko Okamoto as Hanbun (Half)
• Makoto Furukawa as Cornelius
• Rie Shibata as Mother of Assassins
• Takumi Yamazaki as Donguri and Donguri (Real)
• Taiten Kusunoki as Balius
• Megumi Toyoguchi as Glenda

Shū Honma (Ya Boy Kongming!, Mayonaka Punch, Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 "Sisters") is directing the anime at P.A. Works. Yōko Yonaiyama (Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk, mono, Ya Boy Kongming!) is in charge of the series scripts. Tadahito Kiyosawa is designing the characters, with Masami Gohda as the sub-character designer. Both Kiyosawa and Gohda also serve as chief animation directors. Rock band sumika will perform the anime's opening theme song "Ember Torch."

Source: Ani-One Asia's Facebook page (link 2, link 3)