{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-22T19:40:32.504Z","story":{"id":"r_32cf0bf9ec064e5f81eb86d7","slug":"hell-mode-season-2-adds-four-cast-members-including-kiyono-yasuno-and-hikaru","url":"https://yomimono.id/hell-mode-season-2-adds-four-cast-members-including-kiyono-yasuno-and-hikaru","headline":"Hell Mode Season 2 Adds Four New Cast Members","summary":"The official website for the Hell Mode anime announced four new cast members for its second season on May 20, 2026. Reiji Kawashima will voice Keel, a boy with a strong attachment to money. Kiyono Yasuno will play Sophialohne, the princess of an Elven kingdom. Hikaru Midorikawa will voice Volmaar, Sophialohne's guard. Miyu Tomita will play Meruru, a dwarf with exceptional military leadership skills. The second season is scheduled to premiere in Japan in July 2026 on Tokyo MX, MBS, and BS Nippon Television. The staff previously announced that Takahiro Sakurai will join the season as Helmios. Masato Tamagawa directs the anime at Yokohama Animation Lab, with Daishiro Tanimura handling series scripts and Kei Tsushima designing characters. The first season aired 12 episodes in Winter 2026. HIDIVE streamed the first season and is also streaming an English dub. The light novel series by Hamuo and illustrated by Mo began on Shōsetsuka ni Narō in November 2019 and is published in print by Earth Star Entertainment. J-Novel Club licenses the light novel and manga adaptation for digital English release.","why_it_matters":"The casting of veteran actors like Hikaru Midorikawa and Miyu Tomita alongside newer talent signals the production's investment in expanding the supporting cast for a second season that will air only months after the first season concluded.","published_at":"2026-05-20T12:45:20.000Z","source_count":3,"sources":["Anime News Network","MyAnimeList","Anime Trending"],"citations":[{"source":"Anime News Network","title":"Hell Mode Anime Season 2 Announces 4 More Cast Members","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-20/hell-mode-anime-season-2-announces-4-more-cast-members/.237556"},{"source":"MyAnimeList","title":"Additional Cast for 'Hell Mode 2nd Season' Announced","url":"https://myanimelist.net/news/74256604"},{"source":"Anime Trending","title":"Hell Mode Season 2 Adds 4 New Voice Cast Members","url":"https://anitrendz.net/news/2026/05/20/hell-mode-season-2-adds-4-new-voice-cast-members"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":["Hell Mode"],"manga_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Reiji Kawashima","Kiyono Yasuno","Hikaru Midorikawa","Miyu Tomita"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false}}}