Animation studio Passione has been announced as the new animation production company for Chained Soldier Season 2, with two new main staff members taking over the director and character designer positions.
The changes in the staff and studio were announced shortly after the end of a special event for the series in Japan. It has not yet been announced when the upcoming second season will be broadcast. More information about the second season will be revealed at a later date.
The second season’s new staff include Masafumi Tamura (The Misfit of Demon King Academy, Two Car) as director and Keiya Nakano (AOKANA: Four Rhythm Across the Blue, Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky) as character designer.
The first season was directed by Goro Kuji (Bungo to Alchemist assistant director), with Junji Nishimura (Vlad Love director) as chief director, Hiroyuki Yoshii (Just Because!) as character designer, Yasuhiro Nakanishi (A Couple of Cuckoos) as series screenwriter, and KOHTA YAMAMOTO (Attack on Titan Final Season co-composer) as music composer. SevenArcs was the animation production company for the first season.
Meanwhile, the main voice cast includes:
- • Yuuya Hirose as Yuki Wakura
- • Akari Kito as Kyoka Uzen
- • Yume Miyamoto as Himari Azuma
- • Mari Hino as Shushu Suruga
- • Hina Tachibana as Nei Ookawamura
- • Maaya Uchida as Tenka Izumo
- • Tomori Kusunoki as Aoba Wakura
The first 12-episode season aired from January to March of this year. HIDIVE is streaming the anime in select territories outside Japan.
The anime is based on the dark fantasy action manga series written by Takahiro and drawn by Yohei Takemura, which began serialization on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ on January 5, 2019 and has released 16 tankobon volumes as of July 2024.
HIDIVE describes the synopsis of Chained Soldier as:
Two supernatural forces appeared simultaneously on Earth: entrances to another dimension known as Mato, and Peaches, resources that give unique abilities to women. From the Mato come Yomotsu Shuuki, dangerous monsters that leave destruction in their wake. The government’s Anti-demon Corps stands against these creatures, employing women empowered by Peaches to face the monstrous threat.
Yuuki Wakura watches these forces clash from a distance, but when he unexpectedly runs afoul of a Yomotsu Shuuki, he’s rescued by Kyouka Uzen, the chief of the Seventh Unit of the Anti-demon Corp—and she sees something in him that could turn the tide of the monster incursion. Yuki holds the unique power to make Peaches more effective, but he’ll have to become Kyoka’s willing slave to join the fight against the Yomotsu Shuuki and save the world.
Source: Chained Soldier Official Anime Twitter, Official anime Website
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