Ace of the Diamond Act II Season 2 Second Cour Premieres in October
The second cour picks up the long-awaited Seido vs. Inashiro match, a key rivalry from the manga that the previous anime adaptation did not reach.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
The staff for *Ace of the Diamond Act II Second Season* announced on June 28 that the second cour will premiere in October 2026 on TV Tokyo Network, AT-X, and other broadcasters. The new episodes will continue the Seido vs. Inashiro match. Glay will perform the opening theme, and OxT will perform the ending theme. A new key visual was also released. Hideaki Ōba is directing the season at OLM, replacing Mitsuyuki Masuhara. Kenji Konuta returns to oversee series scripts, and Yasukazu Shōji is the new character designer, replacing Minoru Ueda and Satoshi Tasaki. Hajime Hyakkoku returns as composer. The main cast, including Takahiro Sakurai as Kazuya Miyuki and Ryota Osaka as Eijun Sawamura, is returning. The first cour debuted on April 5, 2026, and is streaming on Netflix in Japan and Crunchyroll internationally. The series adapts Yūji Terajima's *Ace of the Diamond Act II* manga, which ran from 2015 to 2022.
OLM is animating the season, taking over from Madhouse, which handled the previous Ace of the Diamond Act II anime. Hideaki Ōba, whose previous credits include Kunon the Sorcerer Can See and I'm in Love with the Villainess, is directing. Kenji Konuta returns to oversee series scripts, a role he has held across the franchise's previous three anime. Yasukazu Shōji, known for his work as chief animation director on Major 2nd, is the new character designer. Hajime Hyakkoku returns as composer.
The returning main voice cast includes Takahiro Sakurai as Kazuya Miyuki, Ryota Osaka as Eijun Sawamura, Natsuki Hanae as Haruichi Kominato, Nobunaga Shimazaki as Satoru Furuya, Shintaro Asanuma as Yoichi Kuramochi, Yuma Uchida as Koshu Okumura, Daiki Yamashita as Takuma Seto, Shunsuke Takeuchi as Masashi Yuki, Ayumu Murase as Kaoru Yui, and Tasuku Hatanaka as Hirofumi Asada.
The first cour debuted on April 5, 2026, and is streaming on Netflix in Japan and Crunchyroll internationally. Twelve episodes have aired so far. The second cour picks up the Seido vs. Inashiro match, a key rivalry from the manga that the previous anime adaptation did not reach.
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