Saga of the Tanya the Evil II Sets July 8 Premiere, Theme Song Artists
The announcement locks in a premiere date and creative team for a long-awaited sequel that was first announced in 2021.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
Kadokawa revealed the second season of Saga of Tanya the Evil will premiere on July 8 on AT-X and other channels. MYTH&ROID returns for the opening theme, while Aoi Yūki performs the ending. A new mini-anime series will follow each episode. Takayuki Yamamoto directs at studio NUT, replacing Yutaka Uemura.
Kadokawa confirmed on Saturday that Saga of Tanya the Evil II will debut on July 8 at 9:30 p.m. on AT-X, with additional broadcasts on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, BS11, and TV Aichi. The band MYTH&ROID, which worked on the first season, returns to write, arrange, and perform the opening theme song "Why? RED induction." Aoi Yūki, the voice of Tanya Degurechaff, again performs the ending theme "Weiter! Weiter!" with lyrics by hotaru and music by Masayuki Nakano.
Takayuki Yamamoto takes over as director at studio NUT, replacing first-season director Yutaka Uemura. Kenta Ihara returns to oversee series scripts, and Yuji Hosogoe returns as character designer and chief animation director. The returning cast includes Saori Hayami as Visha, Shinichirō Miki as Rerugen, and Tesshō Genda as Rudersdorf, among others. New cast members include Tomokazu Sugita as Mikel and Yōko Hikasa as Lilya.
A new mini-anime titled "Yōjo Shenki 2" will air immediately after each main episode on AT-X, then stream on the Kadokawa Anime Channel on YouTube starting the following Thursday at midnight JST for two weeks. The mini-anime will feature new members of the Salamander Kampfgruppe.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.