{"rewrite":{"id":"r_4a023cbfcd4ccbf83cff69e9","clusterId":"c_a826ff67afc820d557e85e6c","slug":"victoria-of-many-faces-anime-gets-second-season-and-special-episode","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Victoria of Many Faces Anime Gets Second Season and Special Episode","summary":"Kadokawa announced on Wednesday that the television anime of Syuu and Nanna Fujimi's light novel series Victoria of Many Faces will receive a second season and a new special episode. The announcement came alongside a new visual. The first season premiered on TV Tokyo and its affiliated channels on July 7 and concluded with its ninth episode on Tuesday. A recap episode is scheduled for next Tuesday. The anime is directed by Nobukage Kimura at Studio DEEN, with Naohiro Fukushima overseeing series scripts and Mina Osawa designing the characters. The cast includes Chika Anzai as Victoria, Shion Wakayama as Nonna, Yōhei Azakami as Jeffrey, and Kenji Nojima as Lancome. Haku. performs the opening theme song \"Isshin,\" and KI_EN performs the ending theme song \"En no Tsuki.\" The light novel series began on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in December 2021, and Kadokawa published the fourth volume on June 25. A manga adaptation by Komo Ushino launched on Kadokawa's Flos Comic website in December 2022, with its seventh compiled volume shipped on July 17. Yen Press publishes both the light novel and manga in English.","whyItMatters":"The quick renewal, announced just one day after the first season's finale, signals strong early performance for the series on streaming platforms like Crunchyroll and Ani-One Asia, though no specific viewership figures were disclosed.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDaisuke Ono as Edward Asher, Saeko Akiho as Yolana Haynes, Hiroshi Yanaka as Bernard Fitcher, Makoto Furukawa as Zaharo, Kenshō Ono as Cedric Ashbury, Ryōta Ōsaka as Conrad Ashbury, and Megumi Han as Clark Anderson round out the supporting cast.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFrontier Works is credited for the original work planning.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAnime News Network notes the light novel\u0026#39;s latest update on Shōsetsuka ni Narō was in February 2022, while Anime Corner places the original launch in September 2021. Kadokawa published the fourth volume on June 25.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAnime Corner adds that Media Factory acquired the series and began publishing it under the MF Books imprint in July 2022, and places the manga\u0026#39;s serialization on Kadokawa\u0026#39;s ComicWalker website, where Anime News Network names Flos Comic.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eYen Press\u0026#39;s English description of the light novel frames the story around Chloe, a spy who fakes her death after her boss betrays her and rebuilds her life as Victoria in the neighboring kingdom of Ashberry, only for the second prince and others to take an interest in her.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBoth sources confirm the first season is available on Crunchyroll and Ani-One Asia.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Victoria of Many Faces is getting a second season and a special episode, announced just one day after the first season's finale. A recap episode airs next Tuesday.","twitterPost":"Studio DEEN's Victoria of Many Faces anime renewal comes with a new visual. The light novel's fourth volume hit shelves in June, and the manga's seventh volume shipped in July.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Kadokawa has confirmed a second season and a special episode for the Victoria of Many Faces anime, following the first season's nine-episode run. 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