The Apothecary Diaries anime will be having a special live program on May 16, as announced on their official X (formerly Twitter) account. The program will be featuring the male voice cast, including Takeo Otsuka (Jinshi), Katsuyuki Konishi (Gaoshun), Tatsumaru Tachibana (Basen), as well as a new cast member yet to be revealed.
The special live program will be using the anime’s time slot on May 16 at 11 PM JST, which means there will be no new episode that week. In turn, the broadcast of The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 Episode 19 (overall Episode 43) is scheduled to resume on May 23.
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The anime’s calendar was also posted, which revealed the complete broadcast schedule for May 2025:
- April 25: Episode 40
- May 2: Episode 41
- May 9: Episode 42
- May 16: Special Live Program
- May 23: Episode 43
- May 30: Episode 44
The Apothecary Diaries is a Japanese light novel series written by Natsu Hyuga and illustrated by Toko Shino. Shunfunotomo’s Hero Bunko publishes the light novel series, J-Novel Club digitally publishes it in English, and Square Enix publishes the English novels in print. TOHO Animation and OML animated the first season in 2023, while the second season is currently ongoing. J-Novel Club describes the plot of The Apothecary Diaries:
In the East is a land ruled by an emperor, whose consorts and serving women live in a sprawling complex known as the hougong, the rear palace. Maomao, an unassuming girl raised in an unassuming town by her apothecary father, never imagined the rear palace would have anything to do with her—until she was kidnapped and sold into service there. Though she looks ordinary, Maomao has a quick wit, a sharp mind, and an extensive knowledge of medicine. That’s her secret, until she encounters a resident of the palace at least as perceptive as she is: the head eunuch, Jinshi. He sees through Maomao’s façade and makes her a lady-in-waiting to none other than the Emperor’s favorite consort… so she can taste the lady’s food for poison! At her lady’s side, Maomao starts to learn about everything that goes on in the rear palace—not all of it seemly. Can she ever lead a quiet life, or will her powers of deduction and insatiable curiosity bring her ever more adventures, and ever more dangers?
Source: The Apothecary Diaries X (formerly Twitter)
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