{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3a075255f7f84acf80771837","clusterId":"c_8cb4682491c74c7ab2145f67","slug":"magilumiere-magical-girls-season-2-trailer-reveals-new-cast-ending-song-july-4","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. Season 2 Reveals July 4 Premiere, New Cast, Ending Song","summary":"The official website for the Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. anime released the first promotional video for its second season on May 26, 2026, announcing a July 4 premiere on NTV in Japan. The video previews the ending theme song \"BooooM!!!\" performed by VTuber Marine Houshou. Two new cast members were revealed: Sayumi Watanabe joins as Iroha Akasaka, and Mariko Higashiuchi takes over the role of Hitomi Koshigaya, replacing Yumiri Hanamori, who stepped down. The season introduces several new staff members, including assistant director Hiroyasu Oda, sound director Yoshikazu Iwanami, and art director Shun Yoshii. Toshinori Fukushima directs the season at J.C.Staff, replacing first-season director Masahiro Hiraoka. Michiko Yokote handles series composition and scripts, while Masahiro Fujii returns as character designer and Makoto Miyazaki returns as composer. The first season aired from October to December 2024, and the manga by Sekka Iwata and Yu Aoki concluded in July 2025 with 160 chapters.","whyItMatters":"The recasting of Hitomi Koshigaya and the change in director signal a significant creative shift for the series as it adapts the final arc of the now-completed manga.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe season also promotes several staff who worked on the first season. Asuka Hino, the first season's episode color coordinator, is now the color key artist. Yusuke Noguchi, who handled compositing and cinematography on first-season episodes, has been promoted to compositing director of photography. New additions include CG director Shunsuke Kasuga and editor Yuji Kondo.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe returning main cast includes Fairouz Ai as Kana Sakuragi, Daiki Yamashita as Kazuo Nikoyama, Rikiya Koyama as Koji Shigemoto, and Ryota Osaka as Midorikawa. Chika Anzai and Akira Ishida also return as Mei Tsuchiba and Kei Koga. The English dub, directed by Mimi Maynard and Paulette Victor-Lifton at Blue Digital Group Studios, features Courtney Lin as Kana Sakuragi and Jenny Yokobori as the original Hitomi Koshigaya.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first season aired from October to December 2024, directed by Masahiro Hiraoka at Moe and J.C.Staff, with series composition by Shingo Nagai and character designs by Hidehiro Asama. Amazon Prime Video streamed the first season globally.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Marine Houshou performs the ending theme, a VTuber track for a magical girl workplace comedy. The casting choice aligns the show with a fanbase that overlaps VTuber and anime audiences.","twitterPost":"Marine Houshou, a VTuber, performs the ending theme. The show targets the overlapping anime and VTuber fanbase directly.","threadsPost":"Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. Season 2 cast VTuber Marine Houshou for the ending theme. It is a direct appeal to the overlapping anime and VTuber fanbase, a demographic cross-section the industry is increasingly targeting.","newsletterBlurb":"Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. Season 2 will premiere on July 4, with a new trailer revealing cast changes and the ending theme by VTuber Marine Houshou. Mariko Higashiuchi takes over the role of Hitomi Koshigaya, and Sayumi Watanabe joins as Iroha Akasaka.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-26/magilumiere-magical-girls-inc-season-2-1st-promo-video-reveals-new-cast-and-staff-ending-song-july-/.237830\",\"title\":\"Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. Season 2's 1st Promo Video Reveals New Cast \u0026 Staff, Ending Song, July 4 Debut\"},{\"source\":\"Crunchyroll News\",\"url\":\"https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2026/5/26/magilumiere-magical-girls-inc-season-2-anime-premieres-on-july-4\",\"title\":\"Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. 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