The official website for the anime adaptation of Yuu Tanaka’s Reincarnated as a Sword manga revealed that season 2 will premiere on October 7. A new trailer and key visual have also released, alongside the opening and ending theme songs. The video previews the opening theme song, “DREAM OF BUTTERFLY,” which will be performed by FMZ, while Hanabi performs the ending theme song, “Baribari Buddy.”
Japanese streaming service ABEMA will begin streaming the anime one week early on September 30, ahead of its worldwide premiere on October 7. HIDIVE will stream the anime simultaneously with its Japanese broadcast and will host the North American premiere of the new season at Anime NYC on August 22. Studio C2C will return 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.
The first season premiered in 2022 and consisted of 12 episodes. The anime’s staff confirmed the second season after the premiere of season 1. Fans can watch the first season in both English and Japanese on HIDIVE. 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 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!
