BODY: The official website for the second season of the television anime adaptation of Nana Mikoshiba's light novel Hyouken no Majutsushi ga Sekai wo Suberu (The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World) announced five additional cast members, MyAnimeList reports. The new season premiered on TBS on October 9 at 1:28 a.m., followed by BS11 at 11 p.m. the same day, and is listed as a Fall 2026 anime.
The new cast members are Yuuki Wakai as Cathy Alphelius, Toshiyuki Morikawa as Abel Alphelius, Tetsu Inada as Cyril Alphelius, Daiki Hamano as Rald Alphelius, and Riona Imaizumi as Mia. MyAnimeList lists Morikawa's credit as Hiroshi Nohara in Nohara Hiroshi: Hiru Meshi no Ryuugi.
Masahiro Takata returns to direct the second season and also takes over series composition and sound director duties at Zero-G. The scripts are by Masahiro Takata, Tomoko Shinozuka and Takahito Oonishi. Mariko Kawamoto designs the characters, replacing Makoto Shimojima, and Tatsuhiko Saiki and Natsumi Tabuchi compose the music.
The first season, produced by Cloud Hearts, aired as a 12-episode series in Winter 2023, and Crunchyroll simulcast it with subtitles and dubs in multiple languages.
Mikoshiba began writing the light novel on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website in October 2019, and Kodansha began publishing it under its Ranobe Bunko imprint in July 2020, with illustrations by Riko Korie. The ninth volume was published on June 2, and the tenth is scheduled for December 2. A manga adaptation by Norihito Sasaki began in Magazine pocket in June 2020, and a sequel manga by Nao Kagami began serialization on the Suiyoubi no Sirius web service on May 27.
Originally reported by News - MyAnimeList (English).