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I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince 2nd Season Anime's Promo Video Reveals More Cast, Opening Theme, July 9 Premiere
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The staff for the second season for the television anime of Kenkyo na Circle's I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince So I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability (Tensei Shitara Dainana Ōji Datta no de, Kimamani Majutsu o Kiwamemasu) light novel series revealed on Saturday a new promotional video, visual, more cast, and July 9 premiere. The video reveals and previews the opening theme song "CALLING†" by Kaede Higuchi.
The newly announced cast includes:
Higuchi also performed the opening theme song ""Kyunrious" for the first season.
Other new cast members are:
- Manaka Iwami as Iisha, a kind-hearted sister who serves at a church in the Dane district
- Minami Tsuda as Saria, Lloyd's older sister and the fourth princess of Saloum kingdom
The anime's first season cast and staff are returning for the second season.
The anime's first season premiered on TV Tokyo and BS NTV in April 2024. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.
The anime stars:
- Makoto Koichi as Lloyd
- Fairouz Ai as Grim
- Lynn as Sylpha
- Akira Sekine as Tao
- Rie Takahashi as Ren
- Shun Horie as Albert
- Yūya Hirose as Dian
- Akane Kumada as Alieze
- Eriko Matsui as Shiro
Jin Tamamura (The Girl in Twilight) directed the anime at Tsumugi Akita Anime Lab. R.O.N (STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION) composed the music for the anime. Naoki Tozuka (Meiji Gekken: 1874) handled the script, series composition, and art management. Yuuichi Abe (Dimension High School) was the action director. Mai Ono (Yo-kai Watch: The Movie) was the color key artist. Yuki Yano was the compositing director of photography. Ryo Tanaka (Seitokai Yakuindomo) was the sound director at Ai Addiction.
Yōsuke Kokuzawa and character designer Meru launched a manga based on Kenkyo na Circle's novels in Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app in 2020. Kodansha published the manga's 18th compiled book volume on February 7.
Kodansha USA Publishing licensed the manga, and it describes the story:
Prince Lloyd wasn't always a prince...in fact, his previous life is one he remembers perfectly: he was a sorcerer, of sorts. So when he was forced to reincarnate, he decided to continue his studies, prince of the realm or no! But his new life has its own sets of challenges...including being a 10-year-old! What's the 7th prince/sorcerer to do?!
Kenkyo na Circle premiered the series on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō (Let's Become Novelists) website in October 2019. Kodansha began publishing the light novels with illustrations by Meru in July 2020. The light novels' ninth volume shipped in Japan on March 31.
Source: Press release
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