The official website for the anime adaptation of Yuu Tanaka’s Reincarnated as a Sword released a key visual for the upcoming second season. Additionally, during the Anime Expo 2025 Q&A sessions, it was confirmed that HIDIVE will exclusively stream the Reincarnated as a Sword Season 2 when it premieres in 2026.
Reincarnated as a Sword Season 2 was initially announced after the first season’s finale in December 2022. The first season premiered in 2022 and consisted of 12 episodes. Fans can watch the first season in both English and Japanese on HIDIVE.
Studio C2C is returning to animate Season 2, with Shinji Ishihira at the helm as director. Takahiro Nagano is handling the series composition, and Atsuki Saito is the character designer.
Yu Tanaka first released the novel on the Shosetsuka ni Naro website in October 2015 with illustrations by LLO. A manga adaptation by Tomoo Maruyama was later released in 2016. The series also inspired a spin-off manga titled Reincarnated as a Sword: Another Wish by Hinako Inoue, which debuted in 2020.
Seven Seas Entertainment licenses both the manga and novel and describes it as follows:
Reincarnated as a sentient weapon with memories of his past life, but not his name, a magical sword saves a young beast girl from a life of slavery. Fran, the cat-eared girl, becomes his wielder and wants only to grow stronger, while the sword wants to know why he is here. Together, the strange duo’s journey has only just begun!
