{"rewrite":{"id":"r_0488e0cdca04399fd72e3666","clusterId":"c_d785ce9a4a1fb166cc534c5a","slug":"daemons-of-the-shadow-realm-gets-second-season-after-finale","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Daemons Of The Shadow Realm Gets Second Season After Finale","summary":"The staff of the Daemons of the Shadow Realm television anime announced a second season after the final episode of the first season aired on Sunday. The first season ran for two consecutive cours and 24 episodes, adapting Hiromu Arakawa's manga. Masahiro Ando, whose credits include Sword of the Stranger, directed the anime at Bones Film. Noboru Takagi oversaw the series scripts, Nobuhiro Arai designed the characters and worked as chief animation director, and Kenichiro Suehiro composed the music. Kensho Ono voices Yuru and Yume Miyamoto voices Asa, with Yuichi Nakamura as Dera, Misaki Kuno as Gabu-chan, Takako Honda as Left, Rikiya Koyama as Right, and Miyuri Shimabukuro as Hana. The anime premiered on April 4 on Tokyo MX, BS11, Gunma TV, and Tochigi TV, and Crunchyroll streamed it with a same-day English dub. Arakawa launched the manga in Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan in December 2021.","whyItMatters":"The second season arrives while the manga is still running monthly in Shonen Gangan, so the production has a moving source to adapt rather than a finished story to close out.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe second season announcement came with a teaser video posted to the anime\u0026#39;s official website and X account, and the news landed through Aniplex\u0026#39;s YouTube channel and Comic Natalie.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBones Film handled the first season. Masahiro Ando directed, and his earlier work includes Sword of the Stranger, which Anime Corner named in its report. Noboru Takagi\u0026#39;s script supervision credits include Kingdom seasons 3 through 6 and the first four seasons of Golden Kamuy. Character designer and chief animation director Nobuhiro Arai worked on Bungo Stray Dogs. Kenichiro Suehiro, who composed the music, also scored Golden Kamuy and the Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- franchise.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cast beyond the leads includes Junichi Suwabe as Jin, Akira Ishida as Asuma Kagemori, Shinichiro Miki as Ivan Yosano, Kappei Yamaguchi as Hikaru Kagemori, and Yoshiko Sakakibara as Kai.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBroadcast reached HTB Hokkaido TV, Aomori Broadcasting, Miyagi TV, Sakuranbo TV, TV-U Fukushima, and Television Niigata Network, among other channels, after the April 4 premiere on Tokyo MX, BS11, Gunma TV, and Tochigi TV at 11:30 p.m. local time. Square Enix published the manga\u0026#39;s 13th compiled volume on July 10. Square Enix Manga \u0026amp; Books releases the series in English.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The Daemons Of The Shadow Realm staff are carrying Hiromu Arakawa's monthly manga pace straight into a second season order that lands before any episode of it exists.","twitterPost":"A second season for Daemons Of The Shadow Realm arrives on a monthly manga's schedule, not a weekly one.","threadsPost":"Daemons Of The Shadow Realm's second season is confirmed the same day its first ends, which puts Hiromu Arakawa's monthly manga chapters well behind the anime. Bones Film's staff are committing to material that has to be drawn before it can be adapted.","newsletterBlurb":"Daemons of the Shadow Realm is coming back for a second season, confirmed moments after the first season's finale aired. The debut run covered 24 episodes across two cours, directed by Masahiro Ando at Bones Film, with Kensho Ono and Yume Miyamoto leading the cast as the twins Yuru and Asa.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-19/daemons-of-the-shadow-realm-anime-gets-2nd-season/.241990\",\"title\":\"Daemons of the Shadow Realm Anime Gets 2nd Season\"},{\"source\":\"Anime Corner\",\"url\":\"https://animecorner.me/daemons-of-the-shadow-realm-season-2/\",\"title\":\"Daemons of the Shadow Realm Season 2 Announced With Teaser Video\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":9644,"outputTokens":1342,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789843462,"createdAt":"2026-09-19T18:38:38.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-19T18:43:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-19T18:43:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_d785ce9a4a1fb166cc534c5a","canonicalTitle":"Daemons of the Shadow Realm Season 2 Announced With Teaser Video","representativeArticleId":"a_2c65760b5452810d62ded34c","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":2,"writeAttempts":2,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Daemons of the Shadow Realm\"],\"manga_titles\":[\"Daemons of the Shadow Realm\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Hiromu Arakawa\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-19T15:03:51.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-19T15:43:09.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-19T18:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-19/daemons-of-the-shadow-realm-anime-gets-2nd-season/.241990","title":"News\nDaemons of the Shadow Realm Anime Gets 2nd Season"},{"source":"Anime Corner","url":"https://animecorner.me/daemons-of-the-shadow-realm-season-2/","title":"Daemons of the Shadow Realm Season 2 Announced With Teaser Video"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Daemons of the Shadow Realm"],"manga_titles":["Daemons of the Shadow Realm"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Hiromu Arakawa"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Daemons of the Shadow Realm was announced for a second season after the first season's final episode aired on Sunday.","The first season ran for two consecutive cours and 24 episodes.","Masahiro Ando directed the anime at Bones Film.","The anime premiered on April 4 on Tokyo MX, BS11, Gunma TV, and Tochigi TV, and Crunchyroll streamed it with a same-day English dub.","Hiromu Arakawa launched the manga in Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan in December 2021, and Square Enix published the 13th volume on July 10."]}