The Ishura anime’s second season has received a teaser trailer, which includes a preview of Mariya Ise‘s performance as Kuuro the Cautious.
In addition to Ise, Miku Ito and Rikiya Koyama have been cast as Cuneigh the Wanderer and Mele the Horizon’s Roar, respectively. A January 2025 premiere window was revealed as well.
Ishura adapts the light novel series written by Keiso with illustrations from Kureta, which began in 2019 and has nine volumes as of February 2024. Yen Press describes the premise of the books as:
In a world where the Demon King has died, a host of demigods capable of felling him have inherited the world. A master fencer who can figure out how to take out their opponents with a single glance; a lancer so swift they can break the sound barrier; a wyvern rogue who fights with three legendary weapons at once; an all-powerful wizard who can speak thoughts into being; an angelic assassin who deals instant death. Eager to attain the title of “True Hero,” these champions each pursue challenges against formidable foes and spark conflicts among themselves. The battle to determine the mightiest of the mighty begins.
The light novels are published under KADOKAWA’s Dengeki no Shinbungei imprint and have inspired a manga adaptation by Meguri. Ishura was the first-ranked title in This Light Novel is Amazing 2021’s tankoubon/novels category.
Ishura was originally a web novel that began serialization on Kakuyomu and Shousetsuka ni Narou in 2017. Season 1 of the anime aired during the Winter 2024 anime season and was streamed by Hulu in the US and on Disney+ for the rest of the world.
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Staff (Season 1)
• Chief director Takeo Takahashi (Wasteful Days of High School Girls)
• Director Yuki Ogawa (Mieruko-chan)
• Assistant director: Takuya Asaoka (Immoral Guild director)
• Assistant director: Fujiaki Asari (Love Flops)
• Assistant director: Takahiro Majima (Mieruko-chan)
• Assistant director: Hironori Aoyagi (Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World)
• Series composer and scriptwriter: Kenta Ihara (The Marginal Service)
• Character designers: Yoko Kikuchi (Kuroko’s Basket) and Yuka Takashina (Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha)
• Art directors: Kazuo Ogura (Attack on Titan Final Season) and Yuki Hatakeyama (The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes)
• Monster designers: Seiji Handa (Yu-Gi-Oh: Arc-V main monster designer) and Hiroya Iijima (Mazinger-Z:Infinity character designer)
• Mechanical designer: Kanta Suzuki (Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars)
• Music composer: Masahiro Tokuda (Platinum End)
• Animation production: Passione
Source: @ishura_anime