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Clevatess II Anime Reveals New Cast, Returning Staff, July Debut in 1st Promo Video
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Kadokawa revealed the first promotional video and the first key visual on Sunday for Clevatess II -Majū no Ō to Itsuwari no Yūsha Denshō- (Clevatess II -The King of Magical Beasts and the Legend of the False Hero-), the second season of the anime of Yuji Iwahara's Clevatess -Majū no Ō to Akago to Shikabane no Yūsha- (Clevatess - The King of Magical Beasts, the Baby, and the Corpse Hero) manga. Kadokawa also revealed the season's July 2026 debut, staff members, new cast, and a key visual.
The new cast members include (character name romanizations are not confirmed):
Kiyotaka Taguchi (kaiju designer for SSSS.Dynazenon film) returns to direct the anime at Lay-duce. Keigo Koyanagi (Brave Bang Bravern!, The Rising of The Shield Hero) is again in charge of series scripts, and Souichirou Sako (Buddy Daddies, Magi: Adventure of Sinbad) is again the character designer and chief animation director. Natsuko Kondou is a new sub-character designer and chief animation director. Nobuaki Nobusawa (Mr. Villain's Day Off, Police in a Pod, Steins;Gate 0) is again composing the music.
Other returning staff include:
- Animation Director: Takurō Tsukada
- In-Between Animation Check Chief: Ikue Yoshima
- Art Director: Atsushi Morikawa
- Color Design: Reiko Iwasawa
- Director of Photography: Shigeki Asakawa
- CG Director: Naoki Tsuji
- Editing: Gō Sadamatsu
- Sound Director: Kiyotaka Taguchi
- Sound Effects: Yuji Furuya
- Recording Adjustment: Tetsuya Satake
- Animation Producer: Masaichirō Kuriyama
The first season premiered in July 2025. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in Japan.
The story begins with Alicia — who has aspired to be a brave hero since she was little — after she has been chosen by the king to be one of 13 heroes for a quest. Wielding legendary swords, the heroes set out to subjugate the lord of magical beasts, Clevatess. However, these very heroes might bring about the realm's deadliest catastrophe that would wipe out all humanity. The world's last remaining hope lies in a baby entrusted to the lord of magical beasts.
Iwahara (Darker than Black character designer; King of Thorn, Dimension W manga creator) launched the manga on the LINE Manga app in August 2020. Kadokawa started serializing the manga on its Comic Alive+ website in April 2024. Kadokawa is publishing a new edition of the manga's compiled book volumes.
Source: Press release
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