Four new cast members have been announced to join the upcoming second season of Ishura, which will begin broadcasting in Japan in January 2025.
The new cast members for the second season include:
- • Yurika Kubo as Tu the Magic
- • Hiroaki Hirata as Ozonezma the Capricious
- • Wataru Takagi as Zigita Zogi the Thousandth
- • Kappei Yamaguchi as Krafnir the Hatch of Truth
Meanwhile, the first season’s main voice cast stars:
- • Yuki Kaji as Soujiro the Willow-Sword
- • Reina Ueda as Yuno the Distant Talon
- • Aoi Yuki as Kia the World Word
- • Mamiko Noto as Elea the Red Tag
- • Jun Fukuyama as Alus the Star Runner
- • Romi Park as Taren the Punished
- • Koichi Yamadera as Shalk the Sound Slicer
- • Miku Ito as Cuneigh the Wanderer
- • Rikiya Koyama as Mele the Horizon’s Roar
Takeo Takahashi (Wasteful Days of High School Girls) is serving as the series’ chief director, with Yuki Ogawa (Mieruko-chan) as director, Kenta Ihara (The Marginal Service) as series screenwriter and scriptwriter, Yoko Kikuchi (Kuroko’s Basket) and Yuka Takashina (Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha) as character designers, and Masahiro Tokuda (Platinum End) as music composer. Passione is the animation production company for the series, with Sanzigen providing CG animation assistance.
Other staff members working on the series include Kazuo Ogura (Attack on Titan Final Season) and Yuki Hatakeyama (The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes) as art directors, Seiji Handa (Yu-Gi-Oh: Arc-V main monster designer) and Hiroya Iijima (Mazinger-Z:Infinity character designer) as monster designers, and Kanta Suzuki (Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars) as mechanical designer. Takuya Asaoka (Immoral Guild director), Fujiaki Asari (Love Flops), Takahiro Majima (Mieruko-chan), and Hironori Aoyagi (Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World) are serving as assistant directors.
Ishura is currently being streamed on Hulu in the U.S. and on Disney+ in select English-speaking countries and territories.
The series originally began as a web novel by Keiso that began serialization on Kakuyomu and Shosetsuka ni Naro on June 30, 2017. It was then published by ASCII Media Works as a light novel series with illustrations by Kureta on September 17, 2019, which is published under the Dengeki no Shinbungei label. Nine volumes have been released as of February 2024. The light novels were also the first-ranked title in This Light Novel is Amazing 2021’s tankobon/novels category.
The light novels also inspired a manga adaptation by Meguri on March 5, 2021 that is currently serialized in Kodansha’s Monthly Shonen Magazine.
Yen Press releases the Ishura light novel series in English, describing the main synopsis 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.
Source: Ishura Official Anime Twitter, Comic Natalie
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