The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 will premiere in the US at this year’s Anime Expo. The subbed version will premiere on July 1 while the dubbed version is coming on July 4. Seiichiro Yamashita (Japanese voice of Cid/Shadow), Adam Gibbs (English voice of Cid/Shadow), and Christina Kelly (EN voice of Alpha) will be present during the premiere. HIDIVE is presenting the US premiere, after acquiring the title for an exclusive simulcast that will begin in October of this year.
Nexus returns to animate The Eminence in Shadow season 2, under the direction of Kazuya Nakanishi. The first season of the anime premiered on October 5, 2022, and it had a total of 20 episodes with 2 cours. The main cast includes Seichiro Yamashita as Cid Kageno/Shadow, Kana Hanazawa as Alexia Midgar, and Yoko Hikasa as Iris Midgar. Other cast members include:
- Asami Seto as Alpha
- Inori Minase as Beta
- Fairouz Ai as Delta
- Hisako Kanemoto as Epsilon
- Reina Kondo as Eta
- Suzuko Mimori as Gamma
- Ayaka Asai as Zeta
The Eminence in Shadow is a Japanese light novel series written by Daisuke Aizawa and illustrated by Toza. It started serialization in 2017 and also has manga and 4-koma adaptations going. Yen Press licensed the light novel and describes the plot as:
Even in his past life, Cid’s dream wasn’t to become a protagonist or a final boss. He’d rather lie low as a minor character until it’s prime time to reveal he’s a mastermind…or at least, do the next best thing-pretend to be one! And now that he’s been reborn into another world, he’s ready to set the perfect conditions to live out his dreams to the fullest. Armed with his overactive imagination, Cid jokingly recruits members to his organization and makes up a whole backstory about an evil cult that they need to take down. Well, as luck would have it, these imaginary adversaries turn out to be the real deal-and everyone knows the truth but him!
Source: Press Release
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