I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World Season 2 Debuts January 2027
Season 2 moves the story into an official match against a Sword Saint, a structure the first season's 13-episode run did not have.
Key Facts
- I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too Season 2 will debut in January 2027.
- Ikumi Hasegawa joins the cast as Iris Knowblade and Sora Amamiya joins as Mai Kagurazaka.
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka returns as Yuya Tenjo and Akari Kito returns as Kaori Hojo.
- Shin Itagaki returns to direct the second season at Millepensee, with UNLIMITED PRODUCE by TMS on planning and production.
- The first anime season aired 13 episodes from April to June 2023, and the franchise has 4 million copies in circulation including spinoffs.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
Kadokawa revealed the first teaser video, first key visual, and a January 2027 debut for the second season of the I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too anime on Thursday. Ikumi Hasegawa joins as Iris Knowblade, a Sword Saint who faces the protagonist Yuya Tenjo in an official match, and Sora Amamiya joins as Mai Kagurazaka, a former shrine maiden summoned to another world as the Saintess. Yoshitsugu Matsuoka returns as Yuya, with Akari Kito as Kaori Hojo, Kaori Maeda as Lexia von Arcelia, Ai Kakuma as Luna, Rina Hidaka as Yuti, and Marina Inoue as Kuro. Shin Itagaki returns to direct at Millepensee, with Hiromi Kimura on character design and UNLIMITED PRODUCE by TMS handling planning and production. Akiyuki Tateyama returns for music, joined by SHIKI.
Iris Knowblade is one of the strongest Saints, a master swordswoman searching for a man stronger than herself. She takes an interest in Yuya after they meet during their official match.
Season 2 picks up after Yuya defeats the Fist Saint and gains a new power connected to the Evil. He trains to make that power his own while the forces of Evil keep growing. Mai Kagurazaka, like Yuya and Kaori, comes from the real world. She was a shrine maiden before she was summoned as the Saintess, and her power can purify Evil.
The first anime ran for 13 episodes from April to June 2023.
- Art directors: Hirofumi Sakagami, Kuniyuki Suzuki
- Art setting: Hiroshi Kato, Yuichi Asami
- Color design: Aiko Yamagami, Junko Nagaoka
- Directors of photography: Arimasa Omi, Kotonari Hoashi
- CG director: Baku Ikeda
- Editing: Haruka Nunokawa
- Sound directors: Ryosuke Naya, Shin Itagaki
Ayumu Murase voices Shingo Kurata, Sayaka Senbongi plays Miu Mido, and Nobuhiko Okamoto is Ryo Igarashi. The franchise has 4 million copies in circulation, including spinoffs.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.