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Ishura Season 2 Reveals January 8 Debut, Theme Song Artists

Kadokawa revealed the January 8 television and streaming premiere of the second anime season of Keiso and Kureta's Ishura light novel series, on Tuesday. The anime will exclusively stream on Disney+. Kadokawa also revealed that singer Mayu Maeshima is performing the opening theme song "True Peak," and the band sajou no hana will perform the ending theme song "THE IOLITE." Maeshima's frequent collaborator R.O.N composed the music and wrote the lyrics for her new song, while sajou no hana's vocalist sana tries her hand at writing lyrics for the first time with the band's new song.

New second season cast includes (Note: Some character name Romanizations are not confirmed):

• Mariya Ise as Kūro the Cautious
• Miku Itō as Cuneigh the Wanderer
• Rikiya Koyama as Mele the Horizon's Roar
• Nao Tōyama as Linaris the Obsidian
• Daisuke Ono as Toroa the Awful
• Ayumu Murase as Mestelexil the Box of Desperate Knowledge
• Kujira as Kiyazuna the Axle
• Megumi Ogata as Hiroto the Paradox
• Kenshō Ono as Rosclay the Absolute
• Kikuko Inoue as Lucnoca the Winter
• Hikaru Midorikawa as Psianop the Inexhaustible Stagnation
• Atsushi Ono as Neft of the Equinox
• Yasuhiro Mamiya as Yukiharu the Twilight Diver
• Tetsu Inada as Uhak the Silent
• Hōchū Ohtsuka as Romzo of the Star Map
• Nana Mizuki as Kazuki the Black Tone
• Yurika Kubo as Tu the Magic
• Hiroaki Hirata as Ozonezma the Capricious
• Wataru Takagi as Zigita Zogi the Thousandth
• Kappei Yamaguchi as Krafnir the Hatch of Truth

The anime's first season premiered in Japan on January 3 on 22 channels including TOKYO MX, BS Nippon Corporation, and KBS Kyoto. The anime is streaming exclusively on Disney+ worldwide and on Hulu in the U.S.

Takeo Takahashi (Hinako Note, The Island of Giant Insects) is the chief director, and Yuki Ogawa (FLCL Progressive, Mieruko-chan) is directing the anime at Passione. Kenta Ihara (Mieruko-chan, Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-) is supervising and writing the series scripts, and the studio SANZIGEN is in charge of CG animation. sajou no hana performed the first season's opening theme song "Shura ni Otoshite" (Falling into the Carnage), and Konomi Suzuki performed the ending theme song "Hakka" (White Flower).

Yen Press is releasing the novels in English, and it describes the series:

In a world where the Demon King has died, a host of demigods capable of felling him have inherited the world: a master fencer who can figure out how to take out their opponent with a single glance; a lancer so swift they can break the sound barrier; a wyvern rogue who fights with three legendary weapons at once; an all-powerful wizard who can speak thoughts into being; and an angelic assassin who deals instant death. Eager to attain the title of “One True Hero,” these champions each pursue challenges against formidable foes and spark conflicts themselves. The battle to determine the mightiest of the mighty begins.

The novel began serialization on both the Shōsetsuka ni Narō and Kakuyomu websites in 2017. Kadokawa began publishing the series in print in September 2019. The novel series topped the tankōbon, novel, and new title categories of the 2021 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel Is Amazing!) guidebook with the most number of votes ever recorded for a light novel series in the guidebook's history.

Meguri launched a manga adaptation in Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine in March 2021.

Source: Press release

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