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Puniru is a Kawaii Slime 2nd Season Anime Reveals New Cast, Opening Song, July 6 Debut in New Video

The official website for the television anime of Maedakun's Puniru is a Kawaii Slime (Puniru wa Kawaii Slime) web manga series revealed on Thursday the second season anime's key visual, new cast, promotional video, and July 6 premiere. The video reveals and previews the opening song "Brun-Brun" by Puniru, as voiced by Yū Sasahara.

Sumire Uesaka will join the anime's cast as Gelee, a mysterious beautiful girl who calls herself "the perfect AI."

The anime's second season will premiere on July 6 on TV Tokyo and its affiliates at 5:30 p.m. JST.

The anime's first season premiered on October 6 at 11:45 p.m. on TV Tokyo and its affiliates. Crunchyroll streamed the first season as it aired.

The romantic comedy manga tells the story of Kotarō, who created a slime and named it Puniru. Seven years pass, and Puniru transforms into a beautiful young lady.

The anime stars:

• Yū Sasahara as Puniru
• Shūichirō Umeda as Kotarō
• Risa Shimizu as Mami Kirara
• Junya Enoki as Yūsuke Nanpa
• Yumiri Hanamori as Alice Okanega
• Shunsuke Takeuchi as Gо̄-yan
• Kōsuke Echigoya as Hone-chan
• Kazuya Nakai as Hiroshi Mado
• Ikue Ōtani as Runrūn

Yūshi Ibe (Tearmoon Empire) returns to direct the second season at TOHO animation STUDIO. Michiko Yokote (Shirobako, Prison School, Cowboy Bebop, Rurouni Kenshin) is again overseeing the series scripts, and Aya Tanaka (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation II sub-character designer, chief animation director) is again designing the characters. Izumi Mori also returns to compose the music.

Other returning and new staff are:

• Script: Michiko Yokote, Miharu Hirami, Rintarō Ikeda
• Art Director: Miu Miyamoto
• Art Setting: Miu Miyamoto, Erika Mihara, Ami Takasusuki, Hiroshi Izumi (new)
• Color Design: Asami Kitsukawa, Mayu Takata
• Director of Photography: Haruka Gotō
• Editor: Misaki Enokida
• Sound Director: Yuji Tange
• Sound Production: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation

Maedakun launched the manga in Shogakukan's "Shūkan Coro Coro Comics" ("Weekly Coro Coro Comics") online publication in March 2022. The manga ranked #4 in the Web Manga category of the "Next Manga Awards" (Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taishō) in 2022. Shogakukan will publish the manga's eighth compiled book volume on July 28.

Sources: Puniru is a Kawaii Slime anime's website, MoCa News