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I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince 2nd Season Anime Reveals 2 New Cast, July Premiere
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Bandai Namco Filmworks revealed on Saturday that the second season for the television anime of Kenkyo na Circle's I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince So I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability (Tensei Shitara Dainana Ōji Datta no de, Kimamani Majutsu o Kiwamemasu) light novel series will premiere in July, and also revealed a teaser visual and two new cast members.
The newly announced cast are:
The anime will have a special stage at the AnimeJapan 2025 event on March 22.
The anime's first season cast and staff are returning for the second season.
The anime stars:
- Makoto Koichi as Lloyd
- Fairouz Ai as Grim
- Lynn as Sylpha
- Akira Sekine as Tao
- Rie Takahashi as Ren
- Shun Horie as Albert
- Yūya Hirose as Dian
- Akane Kumada as Alieze
- Eriko Matsui as Shiro
Jin Tamamura (The Girl in Twilight) directed the anime at Tsumugi Akita Anime Lab. R.O.N (STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION) composed the music for the anime. Naoki Tozuka (Meiji Gekken: 1874) handled the script, series composition, and art management. Yuuichi Abe (Dimension High School) was the action director. Mai Ono (Yo-kai Watch: The Movie) was the color key artist. Yūki Yano was the compositing director of photography. Ryō Tanaka (Seitokai Yakuindomo) was the sound director at Ai Addiction.
Yōsuke Kokuzawa and character designer Meru launched a manga based on Kenkyo na Circle's novels in Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app in 2020. Kodansha will published the manga's 18th compiled book volume on February 7.
Kodansha USA Publishing licensed the manga, and it describes the story:
Prince Lloyd wasn't always a prince...in fact, his previous life is one he remembers perfectly: he was a sorcerer, of sorts. So when he was forced to reincarnate, he decided to continue his studies, prince of the realm or no! But his new life has its own sets of challenges...including being a 10-year-old! What's the 7th prince/sorcerer to do?!
Kenkyo na Circle premiered the series on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō (Let's Become Novelists) website in October 2019. Kodansha began publishing the light novels with illustrations by Meru in July 2020. The light novels' eighth volume shipped in Japan in July 2024.
Source: Press release
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