{"rewrite":{"id":"r_d0676a66441e41d777f17887","clusterId":"c_002274ddf670ce664c6feee1","slug":"the-cat-and-the-dragon-gets-second-season-for-2027","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"The Cat And The Dragon Gets Second Season For 2027","summary":"The Cat and the Dragon (Neko to Ryu) will return for a second television season in 2027. The announcement came after the first season's finale aired on September 19, 2026. A season 2 announcement trailer was released together with celebratory illustrations. Author Amara, novel illustrator Mai Okuma, manga artist Izumi Sasaki, and co-character designers Chiaki Kurakazu and Rie Nishino each drew or shared an illustration to mark the news, according to Anime News Network. Crunchyroll will stream the second season. The first season was directed by Jin-Koo Oh at OLM, with Mitsutaka Hirota on series scripts, Rie Nishino and Chiaki Kurakazu designing characters, Takahiro Obata composing music, and Noriyoshi Konuma as sound director. The cast includes Takehito Koyasu as Nekoryu, Kikuko Inoue as Mama-nyan, Fuka Izumi as Shirotae, Show Hayami as Kurobane, Noriaki Sugiyama as Haibuchi, and Maki Kawase as Chiikuro.","whyItMatters":"A second season was confirmed before the first had finished its Japanese broadcast run, which ended September 19, 2026, and Crunchyroll has already picked up streaming rights for the new season.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe sequel was confirmed on the same day the first season\u0026#39;s finale aired. Crunchyroll announced it will stream the second season, following the first season\u0026#39;s run on Japanese services.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTakehito Koyasu as Nekoryu\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eKikuko Inoue as Mama-nyan\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFuka Izumi as Shirotae\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eShow Hayami as Kurobane\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNoriaki Sugiyama as Haibuchi\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMaki Kawase as Chiikuro\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eShinnosuke Tokudome as Kurotama\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAtsumi Tanezaki as Gally\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eChika Anzai as Anne Rossa\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eJunya Enoki as Stan\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eYu Serizawa as Haneko\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMakoto Koichi as Prince\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eKazuya Ichijo as King\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHinata Tadokoro as Greater Daemon\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eYoji Ueda as Monsha-Mosha IV\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSaho Shirasu as Mike-Mike\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNatsuki Hanae as Monaruka (Black)\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTomohisa Aso as Pomupora\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSinger suis from the band yorushika performed the first season\u0026#39;s opening theme \u0026#34;Nekohi\u0026#34; (Cat Day), and vocalist lia\u0026#39;s band shallm performed the ending theme \u0026#34;Tadaima no Basho\u0026#34; (A Place to Call Home). The first season streamed first on the d Anime Store and ABEMA on June 27, a week before its television broadcast, which began on Tokyo MX on July 4 and ran on BS NTV, Yomiuri TV, Nagasaki Culture Broadcasting, and AT-X. The source novel launched on Shosetsuka ni Naro in September 2013, Takarajimasha published the first hardcover light novel volume with Mai Okuma\u0026#39;s illustrations in April 2016, and the ninth volume shipped in November 2025. Circulation exceeds 1.4 million copies. Izumi Sasaki\u0026#39;s manga adaptation launched on Kono Manga ga Sugoi! web in September 2017 and began serialization on Manga Box in April 2020; the 13th compiled volume shipped on July 24.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The Cat And The Dragon's 2027 return keeps OLM's season one credits unconfirmed: neither director Jin-Koo Oh nor series composer Mitsutaka Hirota appears in the announcement materials.","twitterPost":"The Cat And The Dragon returns in 2027 with OLM's season one director Jin-Koo Oh and writer Mitsutaka Hirota absent from the announcement.","threadsPost":"The Cat And The Dragon returns in 2027, and the announcement names no director or series composer. Season one's Jin-Koo Oh at OLM and writer Mitsutaka Hirota are not listed, while Takehito Koyasu and Kikuko Inoue are tied to the first season's cast.","newsletterBlurb":"The Cat and the Dragon is coming back for a second season in 2027, confirmed on the same day the first season's finale aired. Crunchyroll has signed on to stream the new season. A trailer and celebratory illustrations from the author, novel illustrator, manga artist, and two character designers accompanied the announcement.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-19/the-cat-and-the-dragon-anime-gets-2nd-season-in-2027/.241986\",\"title\":\"The Cat and the Dragon Anime Gets 2nd Season in 2027\"},{\"source\":\"Anime Corner\",\"url\":\"https://animecorner.me/the-cat-and-the-dragon-season-2-announced-for-2027/\",\"title\":\"The Cat and the Dragon Season 2 Announced for 2027\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":9942,"outputTokens":1654,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789832662,"createdAt":"2026-09-19T15:38:36.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-19T15:43:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-19T15:43:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_002274ddf670ce664c6feee1","canonicalTitle":"The Cat and the Dragon Season 2 Announced for 2027","representativeArticleId":"a_8683ddb9cbafcaa31fd74f93","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":2,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"The Cat and the Dragon\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Amara\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-19T12:37:28.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-19T13:08:17.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-19T15:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-19/the-cat-and-the-dragon-anime-gets-2nd-season-in-2027/.241986","title":"News\nThe Cat and the Dragon Anime Gets 2nd Season in 2027"},{"source":"Anime Corner","url":"https://animecorner.me/the-cat-and-the-dragon-season-2-announced-for-2027/","title":"The Cat and the Dragon Season 2 Announced for 2027"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["The Cat and the Dragon"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Amara"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["The Cat and the Dragon will get a second television anime season in 2027.","The second season was announced on September 19, 2026, the day the first season's finale aired.","Crunchyroll will stream the second season.","The first season was directed by Jin-Koo Oh at OLM, with Mitsutaka Hirota on series scripts and Takahiro Obata composing music.","The source light novel series has more than 1.4 million copies in circulation, and the ninth volume shipped in November 2025."]}