The fall 2018 anime adaptation of Kumo Kagyu’s property Goblin Slayer is the kind of show where the second season is announced, you feel like it was already and then realize that it’s taken way too long to get to this point. The GA Fes 2021 event back in January 2021 revealed that a second season of Goblin Slayer is indeed coming with details to come in the future.
The first season of the series was directed by Takaharu Ozaki and based on the series composition by Hideyuki Kurata. They’re both back but Ozaki is now serving as the chief director with Misato Takada being the hands-on director. Hiromi Kato replaces Takashi Nagayoshi on the character designs while White Fox is replaced with LIDENFILMS for the animation production. It’s listed with a planned 2023 debut.
With the show getting an October 6th, 2023 premiere, Crunchyroll is now doing some clips from it. This one comes from the second episode of the season where rumor has it that, in a certain guild in the middle of nowhere, there is an extraordinary man who has climbed all the way to the Silver rank just by killing goblins. At the same guild, a priestess who’s just become a new adventurer has formed her first party… and the man who ends up rescuing that party when they get into trouble is none other than the Goblin Slayer.
Check out our review of the series.
The Japanese cast includes Yuichiro Umehara as Goblin Slayer, Yui Ogura as Priestess, Nao Tōyama as High Elf Archer, Yuka Iguchi as Cow Girl, Maaya Uchida as Guild Girl, Yūichi Nakamura as Dwarf Shaman, Tomokazu Sugita as Lizard Priest, Yōko Hikasa as Witch, and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Spearman.
Mili performs the opening theme song “Entertainment” and Yuki Nakashima performs the ending theme song “Kasumi no Mukō e.”
The light novels from Kumo Kagyu began in 2016 with seven volumes out as of March 2018. A manga adaptation by Kosuke Kurose began in 2016 as well with Yen Press releasing both of them in North America.
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Plot Concept: A young priestess has formed her first adventuring party, but almost immediately they find themselves in distress. It’s the Goblin Slayer who comes to their rescue–a man who’s dedicated his life to the extermination of all goblins, by any means necessary. And when rumors of his feats begin to circulate, there’s no telling who might come calling next…
