Iceblade Sorcerer Season 2 Sets October 8 Premiere, Reveals Theme Songs
The season brings a studio change to Zero-G and a new character designer, marking a production shift that could alter the visual style of the sequel.
Key Facts
- The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World Season 2 premieres on TBS on October 8 at 1:23 a.m., with a second airing on October 9 at 11:00 p.m.
- Sizuk performs the opening theme "Diamond Dust," and Maaya Uchida performs the ending theme "Compression:[".
- Miyu Kubota voices Elisa Griffith, replacing Nana Harumura, who retired from voice acting in January.
- Zero-G animates the second season, replacing Cloud Hearts, which animated the first season.
- The first season of the anime premiered in January 2023.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
The second season of the television anime based on Nana Mikoshiba's The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World light novel series will premiere on TBS on October 8 at 1:23 a.m., followed by an October 9 airing at 11:00 p.m. The announcement came from the anime's official website on Thursday, which also revealed the theme song performers and a new key visual. Sizuk will perform the opening theme "Diamond Dust," and Maaya Uchida will perform the ending theme "Compression:[". Both artists previously contributed theme songs to the first season. Crunchyroll will stream the anime as it airs. Masahiro Takata returns to direct, write, and oversee scripts, and serve as sound director. Zero-G is now animating the series, replacing Cloud Hearts, which animated the first season. Mariko Kawamoto takes over as character designer from Makoto Shimojima. The returning cast includes Junya Enoki as Ray White, Iori Saeki as Amelia Ros, Akira Sekine as Ariane Olgren, and others. Miyu Kubota will voice Elisa Griffith, replacing Nana Harumura, who retired from voice acting in January due to health reasons. The first season premiered in January 2023.
- Elisa Griffith casting: Miyu Kubota replaces Nana Harumura, who retired from voice acting in January due to health reasons. Anime Corner's cast list still names Harumura as Elisa, an apparent holdover from the first season.
- New cast addition: Hana Hishikawa joins as Olivia Arnold.
- Additional scriptwriters: Tomoko Shinozuka returns from the first season, joined by Takahito Ōnishi (Whisper Me a Love Song, My Happy Marriage).
- Key visual: The new key visual was revealed Wednesday, a day before the Thursday announcement.
- Production staff: david production handles art direction and backgrounds, with Junichirō Nishikawa on art setting, Fuyuto Muraguchi on color design, and Cre-p Co., Ltd. on 3D. Tomomi Saitō is director of photography, Masaki Utsunomiya handles editing, and Bit Grooove Promotion manages sound production.
- Music staff: Tatsuhiko Saiki and Natsumi Tabuchi compose the music, with Nichion handling music production. Takuji Obayashi is animation producer.
- Source material: Mikoshiba's story launched on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in October 2019, with the light novel debuting in July 2020 with illustrations by Riko Korie. Norihito Sasaki's manga adaptation ran on Magazine Pocket from June 2020 to January 2024, ending with its 16th volume in April 2024.
- Sequel manga: A sequel manga, illustrated by Nao Kagami with composition by Ishiya Ōgane, launched May 27 on Niconico Manga under Kodansha's Suiyōbi no Sirius label.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.