{"rewrite":{"id":"r_15b0c3e3d651f71a7e41856b","clusterId":"c_e39e5a6d3470137bf1ddb541","slug":"the-fable-season-2-adds-six-cast-members-ahead-of-january-9-premiere","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"The Fable Season 2 Adds Six Cast Members Ahead Of January 9 Premiere","summary":"The Fable anime's second season will premiere on NTV on January 9 at 12:55 a.m. JST, with six new cast members joining: Takanori Hoshino as Azami, Koichi Yamadera as Yamaoka, Hiroyuki Yoshino as Yukari, Taiten Kusunoki as Jiro, Satoshi Mikami as Koji Mizuno, and Seiyu Fujiwara as Suzumushi. Kazuyuki Okitsu, Miyuki Sawashiro, and Kana Hanazawa return, along with director Ryosuke Takahashi at Tezuka Productions and composer Yo Tsuji.","whyItMatters":"With the premiere date fixed and the returning production core plus a new music composer confirmed, the season's remaining unknowns are now the broadcast dates themselves rather than who is making it.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eSix new voice actors join a cast that keeps Kazuyuki Okitsu as Akira Sato, Miyuki Sawashiro as Yoko Sato, and Kana Hanazawa as Misaki Shimizu, among a long list of returning names. Ryosuke Takahashi returns to direct at Tezuka Productions, with Yuya Takashima on series composition and scripts alongside Mayumi Morita. Kyuma Oshita and Saki Hasegawa return as character designers, Yasuyuki Urakami as sound director, and Yo Tsuji takes over music composition.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The Fable Season 2 stacks six newcomers around a returning core of Kazuyuki Okitsu, Miyuki Sawashiro and Kana Hanazawa. That split keeps the series' two leads stable while every new conflict gets a fresh voice.","twitterPost":"The Fable Season 2 adds six cast members but keeps Kazuyuki Okitsu, Miyuki Sawashiro and Kana Hanazawa intact. The new faces carry the new arcs.","threadsPost":"The Fable Season 2 brings in six new cast members, with Takanori Hoshino as Azami and Koichi Yamadera as Yamaoka among them, while Kazuyuki Okitsu, Miyuki Sawashiro and Kana Hanazawa return. Director Ryosuke Takahashi stays at Tezuka Productions.","newsletterBlurb":"The Fable's second season has a date: January 9 on NTV, at 12:55 a.m. JST. Six new voice actors join the cast, including Takanori Hoshino and Koichi Yamadera, while Kazuyuki Okitsu, Miyuki Sawashiro and Kana Hanazawa return as Akira, Yoko and Misaki. Ryosuke Takahashi directs at Tezuka Productions, and Yo Tsuji is the new music composer.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-13/the-fable-season-2-tv-anime-reveals-more-cast-january-9-premiere/.242788\",\"title\":\"The Fable Season 2 TV Anime Reveals More Cast, January 9 Premiere\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4812,"outputTokens":713,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791913932,"createdAt":"2026-10-13T17:47:11.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-13T17:51:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-13T17:51:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_e39e5a6d3470137bf1ddb541","canonicalTitle":"News\nThe Fable Season 2 TV Anime Reveals More Cast, January 9 Premiere","representativeArticleId":"a_806ffa8bfebd3bb6d568ba53","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"The Fable Season 2\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Takanori Hoshino\",\"Koichi Yamadera\",\"Hiroyuki Yoshino\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-13T15:31:39.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-13T15:31:39.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-13T17:51:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-13/the-fable-season-2-tv-anime-reveals-more-cast-january-9-premiere/.242788","title":"News\nThe Fable Season 2 TV Anime Reveals More Cast, January 9 Premiere"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["The Fable Season 2"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Takanori Hoshino","Koichi Yamadera","Hiroyuki Yoshino"],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}