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A teaser visual was also revealed.","whyItMatters":"The series gets a third season with its season two cast and director intact, after a second season that ran four episodes in July 2024 and then restarted from episode one in April 2025 following its quality delay.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe announcement came with a teaser visual drawn by character designer Kaori Yoshikawa and confirmation that Yuki Inaba directs at Studio Palette and SILVER LINK, the same arrangement as the second season.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe third season follows a second that aired its first four episodes in July 2024, delayed the rest in August 2024 to maintain quality, and then resumed from the first episode in April 2025. The second season had originally been set for 2023. Yen Press publishes Kei Sazane and Ao Nekonabe\u0026#39;s light novels and the manga adaptation in English.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Yuki Inaba returns to direct Our Last Crusade at Studio Palette and SILVER LINK and writes the scripts. One person holding both roles makes season three's pacing a single decision, not a negotiation.","twitterPost":"Yuki Inaba directs and writes Our Last Crusade season three, so pacing rests on one person rather than a director-writer split.","threadsPost":"Yuki Inaba returns to direct Our Last Crusade at Studio Palette and SILVER LINK, and also handles series scripts. Holding both roles means the adaptation's pacing is one person's call, with no director-writer negotiation to slow it down.","newsletterBlurb":"A third season of Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World is in production, revealed at the Fantasia Bunko Grand Thanksgiving Festival 2026 Online. Yuki Inaba returns to direct at Studio Palette and SILVER LINK with Kaori Yoshikawa on character design, and the second season cast is back. 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