A second season has been announced for the Daemons of the Shadow Realm TV anime series, with a new visual and trailer also being released. A premiere date for the second season has not been revealed, as of the time of writing.
The first season of Daemons of the Shadow Realm aired for two cours containing 24 total episodes from April 2026 to September 2026.
Masahiro Ando (Sword of the Stranger, CANAAN, Blast of Tempest) directed the anime’s first season, with Noboru Takagi (Golden Kamuy) as series composer and Nobuhiro Arai (Bungo Stray Dogs) as character designer. Bones Film handled the animation production.
Other staff included Koji Sugiura (Hajime no Ippo character designer) and Yoshiyuki Ito (The Case Study of Vanitas character designer) as Tsugai designers, Yukari Goto (Bungo Stray Dogs) as color designer, Tatsuro Onishi (Insomniacs After School) as background art director, Zhang Yingying (The Case Study of Vanitas) as composting director, and Kenichiro Suehiro (The Eminence in Shadow) as music composer.
Meanwhile, the anime’s voice cast stars:
- • Kensho Ono as Yuru
- • Yume Miyamoto as Asa
- • Yuichi Nakamura as Dera
- • Misaki Kuno as Gabu-chan
- • Rikiya Koyama as Right
- • Takako Honda as Left
- • Miyuri Shimabukuro as Hana
- • Junichi Suwabe as Jin
The supernatural adventure manga series by Hiromu Arakawa (also known in Japanese as Yomi no Tsugai) was first launched in Square Enix’s Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine on December 10, 2021. Thirteen tankobon volumes have been released in Japan as of July 2026. Square Enix Manga & Books releases the manga in English.
Crunchyroll is streaming the Daemons of the Shadow Realm anime in several countries and territories. It describes the synopsis as:
In a world where certain humans command mighty supernatural duos called Daemons, it is the birthright of “the children who sunder day and night” — twins Yuru and Asa — to rule over these powerful entities.
Separated from a young age and unaware of the truth of their birth, brother and sister must fight to make their way back to each other, claim their birthright, and save the world…
Sources: Daemons of the Shadow Realm Official X/Twitter (2), Anime News Network
