{"rewrite":{"id":"r_b8f7f1c6f6069780b908831b","clusterId":"c_2b227f49e7cafcba641a83fd","slug":"dark-gathering-season-2-anime-premieres-in-2027","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Dark Gathering Season 2 Anime Premieres in 2027","summary":"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.","whyItMatters":"The visual is the first in a planned series of horror visuals, and the shift to Kyoto signals a new story arc the production is using to set the sequel's darker tone.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe season 2 staff brings in a new character designer. Yuri Ichinose takes over the role from Shin\u0026#39;ya Segawa, who designed the first season\u0026#39;s characters. The music team from season 1 returns, with Kohta Yamamoto, Shun Narita, and Yūsuke Seo composing. Other first-season staff include Taijirō Nagata as art director, Yuho Ando as director of photography, Takahiro Uezono as 3D director, Ritsuko Utagawa as color designer, and Kōhei Yoshida as sound director.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story follows Keitarō Gentōga, a university student with a spiritual medium constitution. After a junior high school incident in which he got someone else wrapped up in a spirit possession, he became a shut-in for more than two years. He returns to society as a private tutor and meets Yayoi Hōzuki, a girl searching for the soul of her mother, who was taken by an evil spirit. Keitaro joins Yayoi and his childhood friend Eiko Hōzuki as they battle spirits across Japan, with the recurring phrase \u0026#34;Let\u0026#39;s go! Suto!\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKondō previously created the Cheer Danshi!! GO BREAKERS manga.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Dark Gathering Season 2 is coming in 2027, and the first horror visual shows the spirit of A Dam looming in a dark inspection tunnel. The story moves to Kyoto, adapting from Volume 9, Chapter 34.","twitterPost":"Dark Gathering returns in 2027 with OLM back on animation and the main cast reprising their roles. The sequel shifts to Kyoto and picks up the manga at Chapter 34. The series' manga has passed 3 million copies in circulation.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Pony Canyon has confirmed that Dark Gathering Season 2 will premiere in 2027, with a new visual showing the spirit of A Dam in a tunnel. The sequel moves the story to Kyoto and brings back the main cast and OLM. The first season aired in 2023 over two consecutive cours.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-03/dark-gathering-season-2-anime-premieres-in-2027/.241321\",\"title\":\"Dark Gathering Season 2 Anime Premieres in 2027\"},{\"source\":\"Anime Corner\",\"url\":\"https://animecorner.me/dark-gathering-season-2-to-release-in-2027-first-horror-visual-revealed/\",\"title\":\"Dark Gathering Season 2 to Release in 2027, First Horror Visual Revealed\"},{\"source\":\"OtakuKart Anime\",\"url\":\"https://otakukart.com/dark-gathering-season-2-confirmed-for-2027-with-first-horror-visual-revealed/\",\"title\":\"Dark Gathering Season 2 Confirmed for 2027 With First Horror Visual Revealed\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":10771,"outputTokens":9392,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1788527141,"createdAt":"2026-09-03T15:59:31.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-03T16:03:27.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-04T01:29:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_2b227f49e7cafcba641a83fd","canonicalTitle":"News\nDark Gathering Season 2 Anime Premieres in 2027","representativeArticleId":"a_931d53a83bc401281a25d3cf","sourceCount":3,"writtenSourceCount":3,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Dark Gathering\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Kenichi Kondō\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"written","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-03T15:18:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-04T01:11:42.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-04T01:29:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-03/dark-gathering-season-2-anime-premieres-in-2027/.241321","title":"News\nDark Gathering Season 2 Anime Premieres in 2027"},{"source":"Anime Corner","url":"https://animecorner.me/dark-gathering-season-2-to-release-in-2027-first-horror-visual-revealed/","title":"Dark Gathering Season 2 to Release in 2027, First Horror Visual Revealed"},{"source":"OtakuKart Anime","url":"https://otakukart.com/dark-gathering-season-2-confirmed-for-2027-with-first-horror-visual-revealed/","title":"Dark Gathering Season 2 Confirmed for 2027 With First Horror Visual Revealed"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Dark Gathering"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Kenichi Kondō"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Pony Canyon announced that the Dark Gathering Season 2 anime will premiere in 2027.","The Season 2 announcement came with a visual depicting the spirit of A Dam 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,' from Volume 9.","The main cast returns, including Yū Sasahara as Yayoi Hōzuki and Nobunaga Shimazaki as Keitarō Gentōga.","The first season aired from July to December 2023 over two consecutive cours, and HIDIVE streamed it as it aired."]}