Ace of the Diamond Act II Season 2 Trailer Previews Seido vs Inashiro
The shift from Madhouse to OLM for the sequel marks a production change, but the returning staff in Konuta, Shoji, and Hyakkoku keeps continuity for the franchise's key creative roles.
Key Facts
- The second part of Ace of Diamond Act II Second Season will premiere in October on TV Tokyo Network and AT-X.
- Hideaki Oba directs the season at OLM, replacing Mitsuyuki Masuhara, while Madhouse animated the previous Ace of Diamond Act II series.
- GLAY will perform the opening theme and OxT will perform the ending theme for the second cour.
- The anime debuted on April 5 and has thirteen episodes out so far, streaming on Crunchyroll.
- Mad Cave Studios' Nakama Press imprint will release the Ace of Diamond Act II manga in English in a 3-in-1 omnibus format starting March 23, 2027.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
The staff for Ace of Diamond Act II Second Season presented a teaser promotional video for its second cours on Saturday, previewing the continuation of the Seido vs Inashiro match. The second part of the season will premiere in October on TV Tokyo Network (TXN) and AT-X, among other broadcasters. The anime debuted on April 5 on TV Tokyo and its affiliates, and also on AT-X, with thirteen episodes out so far. Hideaki Oba directs the season at OLM, replacing Mitsuyuki Masuhara, while Madhouse animated the previous Ace of Diamond Act II series. Kenji Konuta returns from the previous three anime in the franchise to oversee the series scripts. Yasukazu Shoji is the current character designer, replacing Minoru Ueda and Satoshi Tasaki. Hajime Hyakkoku returns from Ace of Diamond Act II to compose the music. GLAY will perform the opening theme, while OxT will perform the ending theme for the second cour. Both artists previously contributed songs to the anime. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime.
The teaser follows a new visual that previously hinted at the Seido vs Inashiro match. The returning voice cast includes Takahiro Sakurai as Kazuya Miyuki, Ryota Osaka as Eijun Sawamura, Natsuki Hanae as Haruichi Kominato, Nobunaga Shimazaki as Satoru Furuya, and Shintaro Asanuma as Yoichi Kuramochi. Additional cast members include 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 full staff list also includes Junichi Fujisaku and Takahiro Udagawa on screenplay, Gen Ittetsu on music, Kenji Kato as art director, and Atsushi Sato as director of photography. Animation production is handled by OLM Team Yoshioka. The anime is also streaming on Netflix in Japan. Yuji Terajima launched the Ace of Diamond manga in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine in 2006, ending it in January 2015 with 47 volumes. The sequel manga Ace of Diamond Act II ran from August 2015 to October 2022, with 34 volumes. Mad Cave Studios' Nakama Press imprint will release the manga in English in a 3-in-1 omnibus format starting March 23, 2027.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.