I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World 2nd Season Anime Reveals Teaser Video, New, Returning Cast & Staff, January 2027 Debut
Kadokawa revealed on Thursday the first teaser promotional video, first key visual, returning and new cast and staff members, and January 2027 debut for the second season of the anime based on Miku and illustrator Rein Kuwashima's I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World (Isekai de Cheat Skill o Te ni Shita Ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai o mo Musōsuru) light novel series.
New cast members for the second season are:
Ikumi Hasegawa as Iris Knowblade
Sora Amamiya as Mai Kagurazaka
Returning cast members include:
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Yūya Tenjō
- Akari Kitō as Kaori Hōjō
- Kaori Maeda as Lexia von Arcelia
- Ai Kakuma as Luna
- Rina Hidaka as Yuti
- Marina Inoue as Kuro
The first I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World anime chief director Shin Itagaki is returning to direct the new season at Millepensee. Hiromi Kimura also returns to design the characters, and UNLIMITED PRODUCE by TMS is again in charge of planning and production.
Additional returning and new staff members are:
- Art Directors: Hirofumi Sakagami, Kuniyuki Suzuki
- Art Setting: Hiroshi Katō, Yuichi Asami
- Color Design: Aiko Yamagami, Junko Nagaoka
- Compositing Directors of Photography: Arimasa Omi (new), Kotonari Hoashi (new)
- CG Director: Baku Ikeda
- Editing: Haruka Nunokawa
- Sound Directors: Ryōsuke Naya, Shin Itagaki
- Music: Akiyuki Tateyama, SHIKI (new)
The first anime premiered in April 2023 and aired for 13 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired, and also streamed an English dub. The franchise's television special streamed on March 29 and then aired on March 30.
Yen Press is releasing the light novels and manga adaptation in English, and it describes the story:
A door to another world stretches out before a boy who's been brutally bullied all his life. This alternate reality grants him access to all sorts of things, like cheat skills and a portal that lets him travel between his old and new worlds! Can this class loser turn his life around back home...?
The book franchise has 4 million copies in circulation, including spinoffs.
The franchise has a browser game titled Isekai de Cheat Skill o Te ni Shita Ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai o mo Musōsuru - Level Up wa Jinsei o Kaeta: Parallel Universe. The MMORPG debuted worldwide in Japanese, English, Traditional Chinese, and Korean on the G123 platform in July 2024. The game is free to play but has optional in-game purchases.
Source: Press release
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