A teaser visual for Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World‘s second season, featuring heroine Aliceliese Lou Nebulis IX and her sisters Sisbell and Elletear, has been released.
Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World season II is set to premiere in 2024 (it was originally meant to begin this year). The premise sees male protagonist Iska infiltrating the Nebulis Sovereignty after striking a deal with Alice’s sister Sisbell, while Alice heads for the same location as part of a search party for Sisbell. The two have a chance reunion, but complicating matters are the shadowy activities of an Imperial informant and an Imperial plot to capture the Nebulis Sovereignty’s queen.
The anime is based on the KADOKAWA-published Fantasia Bunko light novel series written by Kei Sazane and illustrated by Ao Nekonabe, which began in 2017 and has 18 volumes (including short story anthologies) as of June 2023. The first season aired in 2020’s fall anime season with 12 episodes. The second season, which features a different core staff make-up and is a co-production with Studio Palette, was announced in October 2021.
Yen Press describes the light novel series as:
For years, a great war has raged on between the scientifically advanced Empire and a paradise of witches known as the Nebulis Sovereignty. This age-old battle sets the scene for a fateful encounter between two young combatants: an imperial swordsman, Iska, and the witch princess, Aliceliese. As sworn enemies, they vow to cut each other down in order to unite their worlds, and yet Iska finds himself entranced by her beauty and righteousness, while Aliceliese is moved by his strength and resolve. In the midst of a never-ending war that forbids them from being together, they have no choice but to destroy each other—or can they find another way?
Staff
• Director: Tomoki Inaba (KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World)
• Series composition: Studio Palette
• Character designer: Kaori Yoshikawa (KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World)
• Sound director: Yukio Nagasaki (Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War Arc)
• Music composer: Elements Garden’s Ryouta Tomaru, Seima Iwahashi, and Ryuutarou Fujinaga
• Animation production: Studio Palette and SILVER LINK
Cast
• Yuusuke Kobayashi as Iska
• Sora Amamiya as Aliceliese Lou Nebulis IX
• Kaori Ishihara as Nene Alkastone
• Nao Shiraki as Mismis Klass
• Shunichi Toki as Jhin Syulargun
• Ayana Taketatsu as Risya In Empire
• Yumiri Hanamori as Rin Vispose
• Azumi Waki as Sisbell Lou Nebulis IX
Source: @kimisen_project
