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Ragna Crimson Anime Reveals Key Visual, January 13 Premiere for 2nd Part
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The official website for the television anime of Daiki Kobayashi's Ragna Crimson manga announced on Thursday that the anime's second cours (quarter of a year) will premiere on January 13. The website also revealed the second cours' key visual, and opening theme song artist, saji.
The series' second cours will premiere in Japan on January 13 on the Tokyo MX and BS11 channels at 25:00 JST (effectively, January 14 at 1:00 a.m. JST). It will then air on MBS. The anime will stream in Japan at an earlier time on January 13 at 24:00 JST (effectively, January 14 at 12 midnight JST), on the d Anime Store, U-NEXT, and Anime Hōdai streaming services.
A special program titled "Zettai Kyōsha e no Michi" (The Path to Becoming the Absolute Strongest) will air in Japan on December 23, featuring the anime's cast and saji, the artist for the second cours' opening theme song.
The first cours premiered on September 30 on Tokyo MX, MBS, and BS11 with a one-hour first episode. HIDIVE is streaming the anime.
Ken Takahashi (Butlers x Battlers, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 3rei!!) is directing the anime at SILVER LINK., and Deco Akao (Amanchu!, Arakawa Under the Bridge, Noragami) is writing and overseeing the series scripts. Shinpei Aoki (key animator for Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya franchise) is designing the characters. Kōji Fujimoto (Sus4 Inc.) and Osamu Sasaki are composing the music. The band ulma sound junction performs the first cours' opening theme song "ROAR."
Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series.
Square Enix Manga & Books is publishing the manga in English, and it describes the story:
Dragon hunters: warriors armed with special silver weapons who kill their prey for bounty. Lowest among their ranks is Ragna, who forms an improbable partnership with the young genius Leonica, a master dragon slayer with more kills to her name than almost any other. All Ragna wants is to stay by Leonica's side, but his dream is shattered by an attack from the deadliest dragon imaginable…
Kobayashi launched the manga in Gangan Joker in March 2017. Square Enix had announced in April 2021 that the manga was nearing its "final battle," and the manga entered its final arc with the 11th volume, which shipped in August 2022.
Sources: Ragna Crimson anime's website, Comic Natalie
