Image source: The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World anime’s website, Comic Natalie — via Anime News Network
The website for the second season of the television anime based on Nana Mikoshiba's The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World (Hyōken no Majutsushi ga Sekai wo Suberu – Sekai Saikyō no Majutsushi de Aru Shōnen wa, Majutsu Gakuin ga Nyūgaku Suru) light novel series revealed on Thursday the anime will debut on TBS on October 8 at 1:23 a.m. and will then air on October 9 at 11:00 p.m. The website also revealed that Sizuk will perform the opening theme song "Diamond Dust," and Maaya Uchida will perform the ending theme song "Compression :[." Both artists performed theme songs for the first season.
The staff also revealed a new key visual on Wednesday.
The returning castincludes:
Miyu Kubota will voice Elisa Griffith. Kubota is replacing Nana Harumura, who retired from voice acting in January due to health reasons. Other new cast members include Hana Hishikawa as Olivia Arnold.
Masahiro Takata is returning todirect the anime, and is also returning to write and oversee the series scripts, and serve as sound director. Zero-G is now animating the series (Cloud Hearts animated the first season). Other scriptwriters include Tomoko Shinozuka (returning from the first season) andTakahito Ōnishi (Whisper Me a Love Song, My Happy Marriage). Mariko Kawamoto (Magica Wars) is the new character designer, replacing Makoto Shimojima.
Other staff members include:
The first season of the television anime premiered in January 2023. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan, and also streamed an English dub.
Mikoshiba's original story launched on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō (Let's BecomeNovelists) website in October 2019. The light novel series debuted in July 2020, with illustrations by Riko Korie. Kodansha publishes the light novels in print in Japan.
Norihito Sasaki's manga adaptation launched on Magazine Pocket in June 2020, and endedin January 2024. The manga's 16th and final volume shipped in April 2024.
Kodansha USA Publishing licensed the manga, and it describes the story:
A Hyōkenno Majutsushi ga Sekai wo Suberu II: Sekai Saikyō no Majutsushi de Aru Shōnen wa, MajutsuGakuin ga Nyūgaku Suru sequel manga launched on May 27. Nao Kagami illustrates the mangaand Ishiya Ōgane is in charge of composition. Niconico Manga publishes the manga under Kodansha's "Suiyōbi no Sirius" label.