The Ramparts of Ice Season 2 Trailer Previews THE BEAT GARDEN Opening Theme
The season 2 rollout is widening beyond the anime itself, with a Tokyo exhibition of Agasawa's original manga set for November 28 to December 13, 2026, and a second venue in Osaka after that.
Key Facts
- The Ramparts of Ice Season 2 premieres on October 1, airing Thursdays at 11:56 p.m. on TBS and 27 affiliated channels in Japan.
- THE BEAT GARDEN performs the opening theme "Escort" and Superfly performs the ending theme "Hanakage."
- Mankyu directs The Ramparts of Ice at Studio KAI, with Yasuhiro Nakanishi on series scripts and Miki Ogino designing characters.
- An exhibition of Kocha Agasawa's The Ramparts of Ice manga runs in Tokyo from November 28 to December 13, 2026, then in Osaka from February 6 to 21, 2027.
- Shueisha published the 14th and final compiled volume of The Ramparts of Ice manga in February 2025.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
The official website for The Ramparts of Ice anime began streaming a second promotional video on Monday. The video previews the opening theme song "Escort" by the four-piece band THE BEAT GARDEN. Superfly performs the ending theme, "Hanakage." The second season premieres October 1 on TBS and 27 affiliated channels, airing Thursdays at 11:56 p.m. in Japan, and streams on Netflix. Mankyu returns as director at Studio KAI, with Yasuhiro Nakanishi on series scripts, Miki Ogino designing characters, and Kanade Sakuma and Natsumi Tabuchi composing the music. The cast includes Anna Nagase as Koyuki Hikawa, Fuka Izumi as Miki Azumi, Shoya Chiba as Minato Amamiya, Satoshi Inomata as Yota Hino, Chiaki Kobayashi as Tsubasa Igarashi, and Sakura Shinfuku as Tsukiko Shimojima. The anime adapts Kocha Agasawa's manga about Koyuki, a high school student who builds a wall between herself and other people, and Minato, who keeps getting closer to her.
The four-piece band THE BEAT GARDEN performs "Escort" on the opening, with Superfly on the ending theme "Hanakage." Mankyu directs at Studio KAI, the same setup as the first season, with Yasuhiro Nakanishi writing the series scripts, Miki Ogino designing characters, and Kanade Sakuma and Natsumi Tabuchi composing.
Six more cast members are confirmed beyond the six lead roles. Akari Kito is Momoka Kuriki, Kakeru Hatano is Yuki Azumi, and Natsumi Kawaida is Akine Atagawa.
Anime Corner reports the season will stream weekly exclusively on Netflix, while Anime News Network says it will also be available on other services in Japan. The first season also premiered April 2 at 11:56 p.m. on TBS and 27 affiliates before its Netflix debut the same day.
The manga began as a webtoon on the LINE Manga app from January 2020 to April 2022, and Shueisha published the 14th and final compiled volume in February 2025. It ranked #15 for male readers in the 2024 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook, was nominated for the 69th Shogakukan Manga Awards, and placed second in the "Vertical Scroll Comic" section of the second Rakuten Kobo E-book Awards in May 2024.
An exhibition of Agasawa's original manga runs in Tokyo from November 28 to December 13, 2026, then at Namba Marui in Osaka from February 6 to 21, 2027. A collaboration with Priroll will produce printed sweets featuring scenes of the four main characters.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.