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Kamisama Hajimemashita's 2nd Season's 2nd Promo Streamed
posted on by Karen Ressler
The official website for the second season of the Kamisama Hajimemashita (Kamisama Kiss) anime adapting Julietta Suzuki's manga began streaming a second promotional video on Wednesday. The second season, titled Kamisama Hajimemashita ◎, will premiere in January. The video introduces the main characters, including images of new characters and a preview of Daiki Yamashita as Mamoru.
The main cast will be returning from the first season with the following members:
Shinnosuke Tachibana as Tomoe
Suzuko Mimori as Nanami Momozono
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Mizuki
Daisuke Kishio as Kurama
Hiroki Takahashi as Otohiko
Akira Ishida as Mikage
Junichi Suwabe as Kirihito/Akuraō
Satomi Satou as Ami Nekota
Shūta Morishima as Isobe
Naoko Matsui as Onikiri
Chika Ookubo as Kotetsu
Vanilla Yamazaki as Narrator
However, Naoko Matsui will be replacing Natsuyo Arashi as the role of Onikiri. Other new cast members include:
Hinata Kusunoki as Mamoru (young monkey form)
Daiki Yamashita as Mamoru (child form)
Showtaro Morikubo as Ōkuni-nushi
Wataru Hatano as Jirō
Akira Kamiya as Sōjōbō
Hiro Shimono as Yatori
Daisuke Hirakawa as Suirō
Ayaka Saitō as Botanmaru
Pop singer Hanae will perform the opening theme "Kamisama no Kamisama" and the ending theme "Ototoi Oide" for the series.
The staff will be returning as well, with Akitarō Daichi directing the series at TMS Entertainment. Junko Yamanaka will provide character designs, and will also serve as animation director.
The story of Julietta Suzuki's original manga begins with Nanami, a girl who finds herself homeless after her father leaves. She comes to the home of a man who offers to let her stay over — only to discover it is a Shinto shrine. The man happened to be a deity who has just transferred his status and his yōkai to Nanami. That yōkai's name is Tomoe, and a contract between him and Nanami can only be sealed in one way: with a kiss.
Suzuki launched the manga in Hana to Yume in 2008, and Hakusensha published the 19th compiled volume in Japan on September 19. Viz Media published the 16th volume in North America on October 16.
The series already inspired a 13-episode television anime season, and Funimation streamed the series as it aired in Japan. Funimation released the series on Blu-ray and DVD on February 11.
[Via Ota-Suke]
Thanks to Kagayaki for the embedded video.
