A new trailer for Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Season 2 confirms that the anime will premiere on October 6 at 11:30 p.m. JST on Tokyo MX and BS NTV. The anime will air on the Sun TV, MBS, and AT-X channels as well.
Kiyono Yasuno performs the opening theme song “Algorithm.” i☆Ris performs the ending theme song “Yume no Hitokakera (Fragment of a Dream).”
The cast includes:
- Kenshō Ono as Krai Andrey
- Miyu Kubota as Tino Shade
- Haruka Shiraishi as Lapis Fulgor
- Yū Serizawa as Kris Argent
- Satomi Amano as Chloe Welter
- Hana Hishikawa as Éclair Gladis
The staff from the anime’s first season includes:
- Director: Masahiro Takata
- Studio: Zero-G
- Sound Production: Saber Links
- Scripts: Hideki Shirane
- Character Designer: Yūsuke Isouchi and Shingo Fujisaki
- Composer: Ryōhei Sataka
- Music Production: Avex Pictures
All 13 episodes of Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Season 1 are streaming on Crunchyroll.
Tsukikage initially launched Let This Grieving Soul Retire! in January 2018, and its story ended that following December. The 13th volume released on September 30, 2024, and J-Novel Club will release the seventh novel volume in English on May 19, 2025.
Additionally, Kadokawa published a manga adaptation in April 2019 by Rai Habino. Kadokawa released 10 compiled book volumes of the manga thus far. Yen Press publishes the manga in English.
Here’s an overview of the series via Crunchyroll:
Six childhood friends make a vow one day to become treasure hunters, and eventually grow to be the strongest heroes in the world. During his first quest, Krai Andrey realizes he isn’t cut out for the job. Even so, his friends make him their leader. Underpowered in the face of great expectations, Krai embarks on a reluctant hero’s tale of glory, headaches, and wanting to retire early.
