The Eminence in Shadow season 2 has been officially announced on February 22, 2023, exactly one week after the first season’s final episode (episode 20) on February 15. The upcoming season will revolve around Lawless City, where the vampires live if the series continues with the light novels’ plot. The official announcement came during a special program attended by the main cast:
- Seichiro Yamashita (Cid Kagenou)
- Rina Hidaka (Claire Kagenou)
- Asami Seto (Alpha)
- Hisako Kanemoto (Epsilon)
A teaser visual is also available:
The staff of season 2 includes:
- Director: Kazuya Nakanishi
- Series Composition/Screenplay: Katou Kanichi
- Character Design: Makoto Lino
- Animation Production: Studio Nexus
Anri Sakano, the illustrator of The Eminence in Shadow manga, made a commemorative illustration for the season 2 announcement:
The first season of The Eminence in Shadow premiered on October 5, 2022, and it had a total of 20 episodes with 2 cours. Kazuya Nakanishi directed it at studio Nexus. HIDIVE had the simulcast rights and now has the whole series available to stream.
The Eminence in Shadow (Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!) is a Japanese light novel series by Daisuke Aizawa. Enterbrain has been serializing it with Tozai’s illustrations since 2018, and it currently has 5 volumes available. Anri Skano is also working on a manga adaptation that is being published by Kadokawa Shoten, and as of now, it has 10 volumes available. Yen Press is publishing both light novels and manga in English. The second season of the anime will adapt volume 3 of the light novel series and you can read the synopsis below:
Deep within the Lawless City lies the Blood Queen, a Progenitor Vampire, slumbering in her coffin for many moons. An expert at landing himself in trouble, Cid should know better than to go after her…but he’s dying to get a piece of the action. It’s time he shed his daytime persona to take on the role of Shadow! It seems, however, that he’s not the only one with this idea. Soon enough, he finds the three rulers of the Lawless City—Juggernaut the Tyrant, Yukime the Spirit Fox, and Crimson the vampire—are all on his tail. To complicate things even further, the Shadow Garden descends on the scene as the hour of the Blood Queen’s awakening looms closer and closer…
Source: Official Twitter, KADOKAWA Special Livestream
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