The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Katsuhisa Minami’s The Fable manga series confirms that a second season is in the works. The staff and cast of the first season will return, a new key visual for the second season of The Fable was revealed.
The returning cast includes:
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Akira Satō
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Yōko Satō
- Kana Hanazawa as Misaki Shimizu
- Akio Otsuka as Takeshi Ebihara
- Tetsuo Komura as Boss
- Jun Fukushima as Jackal Tomioka
- Kouji Ishii as Hiroshi Hamada (Oyaji)
- Ryōta Iwasaki as Kuroshio (Kuro)
- Yūdai Mino as Katsuya Takahashi
- Koujirou Takahashi as Shūichi Sunagawa
- Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi as Matsu
- Takeharu Ōnishi as Kenjirō Takōda (President Octopus)
- Takumi Asahina as Etsuji Kainuma
- Kazuya Ichijou as Master
- Yūki Kaji as Yūki Kawai (Be Daiyocha)
Ryōsuke Takahashi returns to direct the anime’s second season at Tezuka Productions. Yūya Takashima handles the series composition and writes the scripts with Mayumi Morita. Kyūma Ōshita and Saki Hasegawa are the character designers, Yasuyuki Urakami is the sound director, and Yo Tsuji is the new music composer.
The first season of The Fable premiered in April 2024, and the anime aired for two consecutive cours. Disney+ is streaming the anime worldwide, while Hulu streams it in the U.S. with an English dub.
Kodansha USA Publishing releases Minami’s manga in English and describes the story:
When you’re the infamous “genius killer” hitman The Fable, many things come easy. Being a normal person, however, isn’t one of them. In fact, being told that he can’t kill anyone for a while may just be the hardest job he’s ever taken…
Kodansha and Mono Entertainment previously released roguelike deckbuilder The Fable: Manga Build Roguelike for Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam on November 5, 2025.
