While it was pretty much a given considering they released the first season, Sentai Filmworks has announced the acquisition of Chaika: Avenging Battle, the second cour adaptation of the original work. The distributor intends to bring it out on home video in the near future along with additional streaming locations in the coming weeks.
Check out our review of the season on Blu-ray.
The second season clocks in at two fewer episodes at just ten instead of twelve. The show is animated by Bones with directer Soichi Masui directing. The series was adapted by Touko Machida while Nobuhiro Arai handled the character designs. Known as Hitsugime no Chaika in Japan, the novels began back in 2010 and a manga adaptation kicked off in late 2011.
Plot concept: The story revolves around Toru Acura, a 20-year-old retired soldier who struggles to cope with ordinary life now that the war has ended. He meets Chaika Trabant, a 14-year-old sorceress carrying a coffin, and follows her in hopes of finding meaning to his life again. The two also travel with Toru’s adopted sister Akari, who is their main source of income.
