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The Devil Is a Part-Timer!! Anime's Sequel Series Unveils More Cast, Songs, July 13 Debut in 2nd Video
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The official website for The Devil Is a Part-Timer! (with two exclamation points), the second anime based on Satoshi Wagahara's The Devil Is a Part-Timer! light novel series, started streaming the sequel's second promotional video on Wednesday. The video previews the new anime's opening and ending theme songs and also announces three new cast members and its July 13 premiere.
The anime's website also revealed the key visual for the sequel:
The newly announced cast members are:
- Tomokazu Sugita as Farfarello
- Megumi Han as Erone
- Chikahiro Kobayashi as Camael
The anime previously revealed that Madoka Asahina will also join the cast as Acieth Alla.
Singer Liyuu performs the ending theme song "bloomin'" and nano.RIPE performs the opening theme song "Hikari no Nai Machi" (A City Without Lights).
The sequel will premiere on July 13 on the TOKYO MX and BS11 channels at 11:30 p.m. (10:30 a.m. EDT). It will also stream exclusively in Japan on Disney+ Star on July 13 at 11:30 p.m. (10:30 a.m. EDT). The anime will then air on the MBS and AT-X channels.
The staff titles the sequel series as a "2nd season," but this is only in reference to the The Devil Is a Part-Timer! (with two exclamation points) series (as opposed to the first The Devil is a Part-Timer! anime series, which only has one exclamation point). The upcoming July series will be the third overall television anime season for the franchise.
The Devil Is a Part-Timer! premiered in July 2022. The anime also started streaming in Japan exclusively on Disney+ on the same day and time as the broadcast premiere. Crunchyroll streamed the show as it airs in Japan.
Daisuke Tsukushi (Isekai Cheat Magician, Girl Friend Note) and Studio 3Hz replaced Naoto Hosoda and White Fox on the new season. Masahiro Yokotani, Ryosuke Nakanishi, Akemi Tejima (Wish), Jin Aketagawa, and Lantis returned as the series script supervisor, musical composer, color key artist, and music production company respectively. Character designer Yūdai Iino and chief animation director Yoshihiro Takeda replaced Atsushi Ikariya, who served both roles in the first season. nano.RIPE will perform the opening theme song "Hikari no Nai Machi" (Town Without Light), and Liyuu will perform the ending theme song "bloomin'."
The returning cast members include:
- Ryota Ohsaka as Sadao Maō/Demon King Satan
- Yōko Hikasa as Emi Yusa/Heroine Emilia
- Nao Tōyama as Chiho Sasaki
- Yūki Ono as Shirō Ashiya/Demon General Alciel
- Hiro Shimono as Hanzō Urushihara/Demon General Lucifer
- Kanae Itō as Suzuno Kamazuki
Hina Kino plays Alas Ramus, a mysterious little girl born from an apple.
The first television anime adaptation premiered in 2013. Funimation streamed the anime as it aired, and released the anime on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in 2014.Yen Press publishes both the original light novels and Akio Hiiragi's manga adaptation, and it describes the story:
After being soundly thrashed by the hero Emilia, the Devil King and his general beat a hasty retreat to a parallel universe... only to land plop in the middle of bustling, modern-day Tokyo! Lacking the magic necessary to return home, the two are forced to assume human identities and live average human lives until they can find a better solution. And to make ends meet, Satan finds gainful employment at a nearby fast food joint! With his devilish mind set on working his way up the management food chain, what will become of his thirst for conquest?!
Wagahara launched the light novels with illustrations by 029 in 2011. Hiiragi's manga adaptation launched in Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh magazine in December 2011. Kurone Mishima drew another manga spinoff called Hataraku Maou-sama! High School! in Kadokawa's Dengeki Maoh magazine from 2012 to 2015. Yen Press also published all five volumes of the manga.
The ComicWalker website launched a gourmet-themed manga spinoff titled Hataraku Maou-sama no Meshi! in August 2021. Oji Sadō is drawing the manga. The manga adapts the latest spinoff volume in the light novel series, which also has the same title. The novel volume shipped in February 2019.
Sources: The Devil Is a Part-Timer!! anime's website, Comic Natalie
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