With the 2017 and 2019 anime adaptations of the Kakegurui series, we learned back in August that we’re going to get a home video release for it. Sentai Filmworks at that time announced their pickup of the series with plans for a November 30th, 2021 release, so we should be getting details soon. Now, Sentai Filmworks has announced that they’ve acquired the second season as Kakegurui XX with plans for a Q1 2022 release for the project with details to come for it.
Yuuichirou Hayashi directed it based on the series composition by Yasuko Kobayashi and character designs by Manabu Akita. MAPPA is on board to produce the animation. The music is being handled by TECHNOBOY’S PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND.
The Japanese cast includes Saori Hayami as Yumeko Jabami, Minami Tanaka as Meari Saotome, Tatsuya Tokutake as Ryouta Suzui, Yuki Wakai as Itsuki Sumeragi, Karin Nanami as Yuriko Nishinotōin, Mariya Ise Midari Ikishima, and Miyuki Sawashiro as Kirari Momobami.
The series is published in English by Yen Press.
Plot Concept: During daylight hours, an exclusive, elite private school prepares its illustrious students for careers in business, politics, and high society. But when darkness falls, the halls of this esteemed establishment transform into an underground gambling den where bright-eyed youngsters learn the timeless art of bluffing, backdoor dealings and social manipulation. In this school for the rich and elite, money is power, and the tyrant of the betting books rules with an iron fist. So when the beautiful Yumeko Jabami upsets the academy hierarchy with her voracious appetite for the thrill of the gamble, the entire student body mobilizes to send her house of cards tumbling down.
