HIDIVE has announced that Chained Soldier Season 2 will be streaming uncensored when it premieres on January 8 at 10:30 a.m. EST (15:30 UTC). A graphic of the first uncensored episode for Chained Soldier Season 2 was also released to give fans a titillating teaser of what’s to come.
As previously announced, Chained Soldier Season 2 will be streaming on HIDIVE, just like the first season. In Japan, the anime will air on Tokyo MX, BS Asahi, MBS and AT-X, and a “reward version” will air on Anime Festa, d Anime Store, and DMM TV with less censored content.
Akari Kitō performs the opening theme song “Hikari yo, Boku ni,” Kana Hanazawa performs the first ending theme song “Cipher Cipher,” and Maaya Uchida performs the second ending theme song “LOVE LOVE Beam.”
The cast of Chained Soldier Season 2 includes:
- Kana Hanazawa as Ren Yamashiro
- Akari Kitō as Kyōka Uzen
- Kana Ichinose as Konomi Tatara
- Fairouz Ai as Mira Kamiunten
- Manaka Iwami as Bell Tsukiyono
- Fūka Izumi as Yakumo Ezo
- Maaya Uchida as Tenka Izumo
- Yukana as Fubuki Azuma
- Sayuri Sadaoka as Riu Myouga
- Hina Kino as Saki Tokoroyama
- Anna Yamaki as Kaiko Itsuki
- Shiori Isawa as Tobera Azuma
- Yuna Nemoto as Homare Azuma
- Kaori Maeda as Maia Azuma
Masafumi Tamura is directing the anime at studio Passione and Hayabusa Film. Keiya Nakano is handling the character design, while Kohta Yamamoto handles the music. Yasuhiro Nakanishi, Ohine Ezaki, Takahiro Nagase, and Kyōta Kanō are the scriptwriters.
Additional staff includes:
- Series Composition: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
- Concept Composite: Junpei Takatsu
- Art Director: Shino Ohara
- Color Design: Sakie Suzuki
- Assistant Color Designer: Mai Kabatani
- Director of Photography: Kōji Hayashi
- CG Director: Takayuki Taba (SANZIGEN)
- Editor: Ayako Tan
- Sound Director: Chikako Yokota
- Sound Production: Dax Production
Takahiro and Yōhei Takemura released the Chained Soldier manga on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ manga website in January 2019.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the second season, via HIDIVE:
The fight against the Shuuki continues as Chained Soldier returns with more monsters, supernatural action, and spicy ‘rewards’! In a world where only women can wield the power of supernatural “Peaches,” which grant unusual powers to those who eat them, Yuki (despite his gender) joins the Demon Defense Squad to combat evil demons called Shuuki from destroying human civilization.
