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Disney Twisted-Wonderland Episode of Savanaclaw Starts December 23 on Disney+
Disney+ will begin streaming Episode of Savanaclaw, the second season of Disney Twisted-Wonderland The Animation, on December 23. The season runs eight episodes and will release weekly on the service.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
Why it matters
The second season moves the adaptation to the Savanaclaw dorm and its Lion King basis, and introduces a new lead character in place of the Heartslabyul protagonist, so the series restarts its cast around a different arc rather than continuing one storyline.
Key Facts
- Disney Twisted-Wonderland The Animation: Episode of Savanaclaw begins streaming on Disney+ on December 23 and runs eight episodes.
- Fairouz Ai voices Yuuka Hirasaka, the protagonist of Episode of Savanaclaw, a high school student who excels at judo.
- Yuichiro Umehara voices Leona Kingscholar, Taito Ban voices Jack Howl and Aoi Ichikawa voices Ruggie Bucchi in the Savanaclaw dorm cast.
- Shin Katagai directs Disney Twisted-Wonderland The Animation at Yumeta Company and Graphinica, with Takahiro Natori as chief director.
- The Disney Twisted-Wonderland anime is planned for three seasons: Episode of Heartslabyul, Episode of Savanaclaw and Episode of Octavinelle.
Disney+ also released a new visual for the season, which adapts the Savanaclaw arc of the game's manga. Fairouz Ai joins the cast as Yuuka Hirasaka, a high school student skilled in judo who is taken to Twisted-Wonderland by a mysterious carriage on her way home from a judo tournament. The Savanaclaw dorm cast returns from the first season, with Yuichiro Umehara as Leona Kingscholar, Taito Ban as Jack Howl and Aoi Ichikawa as Ruggie Bucchi. The anime is planned for three seasons, each adapting one of the manga's dormitory arcs. Takahiro Natori is chief director and handles series scripts, Shin Katagai directs at Yumeta Company and Graphinica, and Yoichi Kato is the main writer.
The first season, Episode of Heartslabyul, ran eight episodes and streamed on Disney+ in October 2025, with an English dub arriving on Disney+ and Hulu the same day the anime premiered. The third season, Episode of Octavinelle, is already named as the final arc of the three-season plan.
Yana Toboso, the creator of Black Butler, is credited with character design, concept and scenario for the original Disney Twisted-Wonderland game, which Aniplex and Walt Disney Japan produced. The game launched in Japan on March 18, 2020, and its English localization followed on January 20, 2022. Hanaka Nakano and Akane Sato design the anime characters, and Takumi Ozawa, who composed the game's music, scores the anime as well.
Episode of Heartslabyul drew on Alice in Wonderland, while Episode of Savanaclaw takes its basis from The Lion King. A fourth manga adaptation, covering the Scarabia arc, released its first volume on February 27.
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