The Dark Gathering manga is on a one-month break from Jump SQ. and returns in the October issue. The television anime's second season premieres in 2027, moving the story to Kyoto.
The second Dark Gathering television anime season is set for a 2027 premiere, Pony Canyon announced. The season shifts the story to Kyoto and starts adapting the manga from Chapter 34, titled Journey to the Capital, which appears in Volume 9. The main cast returns: Yū Sasahara as Yayoi Hōzuki, Nobunaga Shimazaki as Keitarō Gentōga, Kana Hanazawa as Eiko Hōzuki, and Rina Kawaguchi as Ai Kamiyo. OLM animates again, with Hiroshi Ikehata directing and Shigeru Murakoshi on series composition. The first season ran from July to December 2023 over two consecutive cours, and HIDIVE streamed it as it aired.
The manga side is in a short pause. Kenichi Kondo's series skips Jump SQ.'s September issue, which ships Tuesday, and returns in the October issue on September 4, according to the magazine's official X account. The break lands just after the 20th compiled volume shipped on July 3. Kondo launched the manga in Shueisha's Jump SQ. in March 2019, and Viz Media releases it in English. The manga has surpassed 3 million copies in circulation.
Both threads point the same direction: the property is between installments. The manga resumes in about a month; the anime's next season is two years out, with a Kyoto arc and a returning production team already named.
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Sep 3
Pony Canyon announced on Friday that the second season of the Dark Gathering television anime will premiere in 2027. The announcement came with a new visual depicting the spirit of A Dam standing in a dimly lit inspection tunnel. Season 2 moves the story to Kyoto and begins adapting the manga from Chapter 34, 'Journey to the Capital,' which comes from Volume 9. The main cast returns, with Yū Sasahara as Yayoi Hōzuki, Nobunaga Shimazaki as Keitarō Gentōga, Kana Hanazawa as Eiko Hōzuki, and Rina Kawaguchi as Ai Kamiyo. OLM returns to animate, with Hiroshi Ikehata directing and Shigeru Murakoshi handling series composition. The first season aired from July to December 2023 over two consecutive cours, and HIDIVE streamed it as it aired. Kenichi Kondō launched the manga in Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine in March 2019, and Viz Media releases it in English. The manga has surpassed 3 million copies in circulation.
Aug 5
Kenichi Kondo's Dark Gathering manga will not publish a new chapter in Jump SQ.'s September issue, which ships Tuesday. The series is scheduled to return in the magazine's October issue, shipping September 4. The announcement came from the magazine's official X account.