{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3d7e1840bde9e0daed1c80cd","clusterId":"c_f0c3d982791c7400072dfd7b","slug":"draw-this-then-die-anime-gets-second-season-after-finale","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Draw This, Then Die! Anime Gets Second Season After Finale","summary":"The official website for the Draw This, Then Die! anime announced on Saturday that the series will get a second season. The 12th and final episode of season one aired Friday. The adaptation of Minoru Toyoda's manga stars Akira Sekine as Ai Yasumi and aired on NTV's Friday Anime Night block, with Crunchyroll streaming as it aired in Japan.","whyItMatters":"A second season greenlit the day after the finale keeps the adaptation of an award-winning manga moving while the first season's run is still fresh with the viewers who followed it weekly.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe announcement came from the anime\u0026#39;s official website one day after the twelfth episode closed the first season. The adaptation is directed by Hiroaki Akagi at Shinei Animation, with Hiroko Fukuda overseeing scripts and Takekazu Segawa designing characters. Akira Sekine leads the cast as Ai Yasumi, a high schooler on Izu Oshima whose search for her favorite manga creator drives the story. The manga, licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment, runs in Shogakukan\u0026#39;s Monthly Shonen Sunday.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Draw This, Then Die! lands season two after episode 12, and Ai Yasumi's arc is already past Toyoda's manga. The renewal covers material the source hasn't finished drawing yet.","twitterPost":"Draw This, Then Die! renews after episode 12, but Toyoda's manga is still running. Season two has to wait on source material.","threadsPost":"Draw This, Then Die! got a second season the day after episode 12 aired, and that timing is the tell. Toyoda's manga is still running, so the production committee greenlit a continuation before there was a finished source to adapt. Season two's schedule now depends on the manga's schedule, not the anime's.","newsletterBlurb":"The Draw This, Then Die! anime will get a second season, announced on the show's official website a day after the twelfth and final episode aired. The adaptation is directed by Hiroaki Akagi at Shinei Animation, with Akira Sekine voicing Ai Yasumi. The manga by Minoru Toyoda runs in Shogakukan's Monthly Shonen Sunday and is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-25/draw-this-then-die-anime-gets-2nd-season/.242193\",\"title\":\"'Draw This, Then Die!' Anime Gets 2nd Season\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4711,"outputTokens":525,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791084567,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T03:26:10.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T03:28:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:28:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_f0c3d982791c7400072dfd7b","canonicalTitle":"News\n'Draw This, Then Die!' Anime Gets 2nd Season","representativeArticleId":"a_c24f4c3ec039b013e63ca21b","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Draw This, Then Die!\"],\"manga_titles\":[\"Draw This, Then Die!\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Minoru Toyoda\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-25T15:15:06.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-25T15:15:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:28:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-25/draw-this-then-die-anime-gets-2nd-season/.242193","title":"News\n'Draw This, Then Die!' Anime Gets 2nd Season"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Draw This, Then Die!"],"manga_titles":["Draw This, Then Die!"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Minoru Toyoda"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}