Thesecond seasonof Key’sKaginadocrossover anime series will premiere on April 12, the official website announced on Friday. The second season was announced in late December.
The series will premiere on Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, Niigata TV 21, AT-X, BS NTV, Hokuriku Asahi Broadcasting, and Asahi Broadcasting Nagano on April 12 at 25:00 JST.
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A new visual teases a handful of newAngel Beats!characters that will be joining the cast, consisting of:
Kaginadofirst aired during theFall 2021 season. The series features a myriad of characters from popular Key titles likeKanon, Air, Clannad, Little Busters!,andRewrite. The art is done in a chibi style, similar to another popular crossover series,Isekai Quartet.
Liden Films Kyoto Studio produces the series, with Kazuya Sakamoto (Nichijou, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) serving as the director, and Tohya Okano (Prima Doll) and Takashi Aoshima (No Game, No Life, Gabriel DropOut) serving as scriptwriters.
Key was founded by Itaru Hinoue, Naoki Hisaya, Jun Maeda, and Shinji Orito in 1998. The visual novel developer put out its first title,Kanon, in 1999 which was then followed byAirin 2000. In 2004, Key releasedClannad, which remainsone of their most recognizable and popular works. All three games received anime adaptations over the years.
Another popular Key visual novel,Little Busters!, was released in 2007. Twoanime produced byJ.C.Staff were produced between 2012 and 2013, and an 8-episode series titledLittle Busters! EXwas released the year after. In 2015, Key released a visual novel adaptation ofAngel Beats!
The developer released two new visual novels,LoopersandLunaria: Virtualized Moonchild, this past year. Kaginado streams worldwide on Crunchyroll, Funimation, HIDIVE, Wakanim, Aniplus-Asia, bilibili, and Muse Asia.
