Sasaki and Peeps Season 2 Sets October Debut With New Director
The director change from Mirai Minato to Yushi Ibe, combined with multiple first-season episode staff moving into supervisory roles, signals a significant internal promotion track at SILVER LINK for the sequel.
Reporting from 3 sources: Anime News Network, Comic Natalie, Anime Corner.
Kadokawa announced on Monday that the second season of the Sasaki and Peeps television anime will premiere in October 2026. A new promotional video and key visual were released alongside the date. The season will be directed by Yushi Ibe at SILVER LINK, who previously served as episode and assistant director on the first season. Yamato Ouchi, a first-season episode director, is now assistant director. Kazunori Ozawa, who worked as animation director on season one, takes over action supervision. Yuko Shintani becomes compositing director of photography, and Tsutomu Ogasawara joins as 3D director. Series composition writer Deko Akao, character designer Saori Nakashiki, and sound director Nobuyuki Abe all return. New music producers Koji Fujimoto and Osamu Sasaki were previously announced. Crunchyroll will stream the second season. The first season aired from January to March 2024, totaling 12 episodes. The light novel series, written by Buncololi with illustrations by Kantoku, won the Tankobon and Novel categories in the 2022 Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! guidebook.
The new promotional video shows the neighbor, voiced by Akari Kitō, blushing in a brief scene. The key visual places Sasaki, Peeps, and the neighbor together while Abaddon's hand reaches in from behind. Mutsumi Tamura, who voices Abaddon, was added to the cast before the second season was announced at Anime Japan 2024.
New staff members not previously named include chief animation directors Yuki Sawairi, art director Yūki Araki, and color designer Shiho Mizumoto. The returning voice cast includes Tomokazu Sugita as Sasaki, Aoi Yūki as Peeps, Akari Kitō as the neighbor, Rie Takahashi as Hoshizaki, Naomi Ōzora as Shizuka Futari, Miyu Tomita as Elsa, Inori Minase as Magical Pink, Ryōtarō Okiayu as Akutsu, Hiroki Yasumoto as Viscount Mueller, and Mutsumi Tamura as Abaddon. Additional cast members listed by Comic Natalie include Jun Fukuyama, Daisuke Namikawa, Mitsuo Iwata, and Tesshō Genda.
The light novel series began as a web novel on Kakuyomu and Shōsetsuka ni Narō in December 2018 before being serialized under MF Bunko J in January 2021. The 13th novel volume shipped on March 25. A manga adaptation by Pureji Osho launched on Kadokawa's Shōnen Ace Plus in 2021, and the sixth compiled volume is scheduled for June 26. Yen Press publishes both the novels and manga in English. The first season's opening song was "FLY" by MADKID.
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