Akane-banashi Season 2 Adds Six Cast Members and Sets January 2027 Debut
The second season moves Akane out of the school setting and into a working rakugo theater, and the cast list for the finale characters shows the production is carrying season 1's ending directly into the new arc rather than resetting.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
TV Asahi announced that Akane-banashi season 2 will debut in January 2027, with a teaser trailer and key visual. Taku Yashiro joins as Asagao Konjakutei and Yoji Ueda as Hassho Tsubakiya. Six actors who appeared in the season 1 finale also join: Hochu Otsuka, Ryotaro Okiayu, Hiroshi Naka, Mutsumi Tamura, Shinichiro Miki and Tomokazu Seki. The second season adapts the Zenza Arc, with Akane now training at the Yasaka-tei theater.
The announcement came with a teaser trailer and a key visual. TV Asahi describes the new arc as the Zenza Arc: Akane, now performing under the name Akane Arakawa, joins Shiguma's school after high school and begins training at Yasaka-tei, a rakugo theater crowded with Shin'uchi performers.
The six actors added from the season 1 finale are Hochu Otsuka as Miroku Kashiwaya, Ryotaro Okiayu as Shomei Tsubakiya, Hiroshi Naka as Enso Sanmeitei, Mutsumi Tamura as Urara Ransaika, Shinichiro Miki as Ryu'un Kenputei and Tomokazu Seki as Chocho Konjakutei.
- Taku Yashiro as Asagao Konjakutei: new cast
- Yoji Ueda as Hassho Tsubakiya: new cast
- Hochu Otsuka as Miroku Kashiwaya: appeared in season 1 finale
- Ryotaro Okiayu as Shomei Tsubakiya: appeared in season 1 finale
- Hiroshi Naka as Enso Sanmeitei: appeared in season 1 finale
- Mutsumi Tamura as Urara Ransaika: appeared in season 1 finale
- Shinichiro Miki as Ryu'un Kenputei: appeared in season 1 finale
- Tomokazu Seki as Chocho Konjakutei: appeared in season 1 finale
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- Anime News Network News Akane-banashi Season 2 Anime Reveals More Cast, Teaser Trailer