Magilumiere Magical Girls Season 2 Trailer Reveals New Cast, Ending Song, July 4 Premiere
The recasting of Hitomi Koshigaya and the change in director signal a significant behind-the-scenes shift for the sequel to a workplace magical girl comedy that concluded its source material just months before the new season's premiere.
Reporting from 3 sources: Anime News Network, Crunchyroll News, Anime Corner.
The official website for the Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. television anime released the first promotional video for its second season on Tuesday, revealing new cast members, staff changes, the ending theme song, and a July 4 premiere date. The video previews the ending theme "BooooM!!!" performed by VTuber Marine Houshou. Mariko Higashiuchi joins the cast as Hitomi Koshigaya, replacing Yumiri Hanamori who stepped down from the role. Sayumi Watabe also joins as Iroha Akasaka. The season will premiere on NTV on July 4 at 24:55 JST (effectively July 5 at 12:55 a.m.). Riki Fukushima takes over as director at J.C.Staff, replacing Masahiro Hiraoka. Michiko Yokote is the new script supervisor, while Masahiro Fujii returns as character designer and Makoto Miyazaki returns to compose the music. New staff include assistant director Hiroyasu Oda, sound director Yoshikazu Iwanami, art director Shun Yoshii, CG director Shunsuke Kasuga, and editor Yuji Kondo. The first season aired from October to December 2024. The manga, written by Sekka Iwata and illustrated by Yu Aoki, ran on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ from October 2021 to July 2025, with its 18th and final volume shipping on September 4.
The new director, Riki Fukushima, previously directed Beyblade the Movie: Fierce Battle and Skate-Leading Stars. Assistant director Hiroyasu Oda worked as an episode director on Delico's Nursery and Honey Lemon Soda. Sound director Yoshikazu Iwanami has credits on Ajin and Ghost in the Shell: Arise. Art director Shun Yoshii provided background art for 2.5 Dimensional Seduction and One Punch Man season 3. CG director Shunsuke Kasuga was the 3D director on Honey Lemon Soda. Editor Yuji Kondo has worked on Fate/strange Fake and Sword Art Online: Alicization.
First season episode color coordinator Asuka Hino has been promoted to color key artist for the new season. Yusuke Noguchi, who handled compositing and cinematography on first season episodes, has been promoted to compositing director of photography.
The returning main cast includes Fairouz Ai as Kana Sakuragi, Rikiya Koyama as Koji Shigemoto, Daiki Yamashita as Kazuo Nikoyama, and Ryota Osaka as Midorikawa.
Viz Media and MANGA Plus publish the manga in English. Viz Media describes the story as a workplace magical girl comedy where job applicant Kana Sakuragi ends up recruited by Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. after a monster crashes her interview.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- Anime News Network News Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. Season 2's 1st Promo Video Reveals New Cast & Staff, Ending Song, July 4 Debut
- Crunchyroll News Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. Season 2 Anime Reveals Premiere Date, New Trailer and More
- Anime Corner Magilumiere Magical Girls Season 2 Reveals New Trailer, Cast, Ending Theme Song