The Misfit of Demon King Academy Season 2 revealed a new trailer, ahead of the January 7, 2023 premiere date. The first trailer and key visual were revealed during this year’s Aniplex Online Fest, in September. The second season will be spit into two cours.
Yuichiro Umehara is replacing Tatsuhisa Suzuki and voicing Anos, while the rest of the main cast is returning. SILVER LINK is animating the sequel (the same studio worked on the first season) and the staff includes:
- Chief Director: Shin Onuma
- Director: Masafumi Tamura
- Character Designs: Kazuyuki Yamayoshi
- Series Composition: Jin Tanaka
- Art Director: Asuka Komiyama
- Music: Keiji Inai
The Misfit of Demon King Academy series is based on a light novel written by Shu and illustrated by Yoshinori Shizuma. The light novel started serialization in Dengeki Bunko in 2018, with a manga adaptation by Kayaharuka following in MangaUp! magazine. As Kayaharuka passed away last year, after battling pancreatic cancer, the manga has been put on indefinite hiatus.
Square Enix licensed the manga and describes the plot as:
Anos, the Demon King of Tyranny, has defeated humans, spirits, and gods alike. But even demon kings get tired of all the fighting sometimes! Hoping for a more peaceful life, Anoth decides to reincarnate himself. When he wakes two thousand years later, though, he finds the world has become too peaceful–his descendants have grown weak and magic is in serious decline. Intending to reclaim his rightful place, he enrolls in Demon King Academy, where he finds that his magical power is off the charts. Literally. And because they can’t measure his power, the faculty and other students regard Anoth as a misfit. With the support of Misha, the one student he manages to befriend, the misfit (Demon King) begins his climb up the demon ranks!
Source: Aniplex Online 2022, Official Twitter
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