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Spy×Family Reveals 2nd Season Anime's October Premiere, Film's December 22 Debut
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A stage presentation at the AnimeJapan 2023 event for the SPY×FAMILY franchise revealed on Sunday that the anime's second season will premiere in October on TV Tokyo and other channels.
The event also revealed a visual for the upcoming theatrical film in the franchise, titled Gekijōban SPY×FAMILY Code: White. The film will open on December 22.
Kazuhiro Furuhashi is returning to direct the second season at WIT STUDIO and CloverWorks. Takahiro Harada is also returning as the assistant director. Ichirō Ōkouchi (Code Geass, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury) is the new series script supervisor, replacing Furuhashi. Assistant series script supervisors include Daishiro Tanimura and Ayumu Hisao. Kazuaki Shimada is returning as the character designer, and [K]NoW_NAME is again the music producer. Shōji Hata is the sound director.
The film will be an all-new work with an original story. Original manga creator Tatsuya Endō is credited with the original work and original character designs for the film, and is also supervising the film. WIT STUDIO and CloverWorks are again animating the film. Takashi Katagiri is directing the film, and Ichirō Ōkouchi is the scriptwriter. Kazuaki Shimada is the character designer, and Kana Ishida is the sub-character designer. Kyoji Asano is the chief animation director and also drew the above visual. Kazuhiro Furuhashi is the animation supervisor. [K]NoW_NAME is the music producer, and Shōji Hata is the sound director.
Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Mobile Suit Gundam UC, Rurouni Kenshin, Getbackers, 2019 Dororo) directed the anime at Wit Studio and CloverWorks. Kazuaki Shimada (The Promised Neverland) designed the characters, and [K]NoW_NAME (Fairy gone, Dorohedoro, Sakura Quest) was the music producer.
Viz Media is publishing Tatsuya Endō's original manga in English, and it describes the story:
Master spy Twilight is the best at what he does when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions in the name of a better world. But when he receives the ultimate impossible assignment—get married and have a kid—he may finally be in over his head!Not one to depend on others, Twilight has his work cut out for him procuring both a wife and a child for his mission to infiltrate an elite private school. What he doesn't know is that the wife he's chosen is an assassin and the child he's adopted is a telepath!
Shueisha is simulpublishing the manga in English on its MANGA Plus service. Viz Media added the manga to its app as part of its Shonen Jump subscription in September 2019. The company is also publishing the manga in print.
The manga is inspiring a stage musical adaptation in March-May 2023.
Source: AnimeJapan 2023 stage event
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