With Crunchyroll having been involved with the In/Spectre series in co-production, it’s been quiet since the show ended beyond Anime Limited picking up the UK home video rights. We learned in November 2020 that the winter 2020 anime series was getting another season and that as of last fall it would definitely arrive in 2022. And just under two months ago we learned that it was slotted for an October 2022 premiere
Now, the official site has updated to reveal that the new season is being pushed back to January 2023. No reason was given beyond the usual various circumstances boilerplate but we’ve seen several productions in the last couple of months being pushed back as various echo effects of COVID-19 continue to impact production houses.
The recently announced additional new cast includes:
- Makoto Furukawa as Masayuki Muroi
- Aoi Yūki as Yuki-Onna
The only change in terms of production is that Kentarou Matsumoto is on board for the character designs, after serving as the animation director last time around. He’ll be the chief animation director this time in addition to the character designer.
Keiji Gotoh is directing based on the scripts by Noboru Takagi. Kentarou Matsumoto is on board with the character designs and Brain’s Base is handling the animation production.
The manga series is known as Kyoukou Suiri in Japan and comes from Kyo Shirodaira with artwork by Chasiba Katase. Shirodaira should certainly be a familiar name to Western audiences as he was behind Spiral, Record of a Fallen Vampire and Blast of Tempest. This series is Katase’s first known published work. In/Spectre began publication in Japan in 2015 as serialized in Shounen Magazine R with nine volumes published so far and Kodansha Comics publishing it in English.
The Japanese cast so far includes Akari Kito as Kotoko Iwanaga, Mamoru Miyano as Kuro Sakuragawa, Misato Fukuen as Saki Yumihara, Sumire Uesaka as Karin Nanase, Kenji Hamada as Shinichi Terada.
The English cast includes Lizzie Freeman as Kotoko Iwanaga, Brandon Winckler as Kuro Sakuragawa, Lauren Landa as Saki Yumihara, Kayli Mills as Karin Nanase, and Cristina Vee as Rikka Sakuragawa.
放送延期のお知らせ
10月より放送を予定しておりました『虚構推理 Season2』は、諸般の事情により放送を延期させて頂くことになりました。
現在、2023年1月からの放送を予定しております。
何卒ご理解いただきますよう、宜しくお願い申し上げます。
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— 「虚構推理」TVアニメ公式【Season2放送中！】 (@kyokou_suiri) May 2, 2022
Check out our review of the first volume of the manga.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: The 17-year-old Kotoko has a unique situation. When she was a child, she was kidnapped by spirits called yōkai, and returned missing one leg and one eye. Since then, she has been able to communicate with otherworldly forces, both benevolent and dangerous. Kotoko is alone in her power until she learns that the crush she’s watched from afar, Kurō, has had his own encounter with yōkai! As if being touched by the supernatural wasn’t enough, Kurō’s personal life is also in shambles. With their shared experiences and understanding, Kotoko and Kurō form a partnership to deal with mysteries, from ancient demons to the ghost of an idol. But for a girl who’s used to dealing with spirits, winning love might prove to be the bigger challenge!
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