A Returner’s Magic Should Be Special Season 2 Anime Reveals Same-Day Dub Release, Cast

Crunchyroll revealed on Tuesday that it will stream a same-day English dub for the second anime season based on Wookjakga‘s A Returner’s Magic Should Be Special (Kikansha no Mahō wa Tokubetsu Desu in Japanese) Korean webtoon, beginning on Wednesday.

The dub (featuring returning members) stars:

• Anastasia Muñoz as Azest
• Austin Tindle as Desir
• Sarah Roach as Romantica
• Macy Anne Johnson as Pram
• John Archer II as Wilhelm
• William Ofoegbu as Hawk
• Corey Pettit as Priscilla
• Jamie Lee as Mysterious Girl
• Rebecca Chiara Marano as Lirika
• Jim Foronda as Zod
• Aiden Call as Emil
• Ben Bryant as Jeffran

The dub staff includes:

• Studio: Crunchyroll
• Studio Producers: Justin Cook, Michael Harcourt, Nathanael Harrison
• Producer: Samantha Herek
• Adaptation Supervisor: Jarrod Greene
• Adaptation: Chris Cason
• Adaptation Prep: Michael Nicholson
• Voice Director: Jeremy Inman
• Assistant Voice Director: Michael Stimac
• Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams, Brittni Hurley
• Engineer Managers: Gino Palencia, Brandon Peters
• Engineer: Seth Aulds
• Assistant Engineer: Darius Blackmon
• Mixer: Neal Malley

The new season will premiere in Fuji TV‘s “+Ultra” programming block on Wednesday, and it will run on Wednesdays at 24:45 (effectively, Thursdays at 12:45 a.m.). The anime will also run on Kansai TV on Thursday, and on Tōkai TV and AT-X on Saturday. The anime will first stream in Japan on the d Anime Store, d Anime Store Nico Nico Branch, d Anime Store for Prime Video and for LINE Manga, U-NEXT, and Anime Hōdai streaming services on Wednesday at 25:15 JST (effectively Thursday at 1:15 a.m.). It will then stream on other streaming services in Japan on Sunday. Crunchyroll will stream the new season.

The anime lists returning cast members Show Hayami as Jord Exarion and Ayako Kawasumi as Priscilla Heisilkeite. The anime also lists Tarusuke Shingaki as the Bird Mask.

Yen Press is releasing the series in English and it describes the story:

In a time when the Shadow World has taken over and most of humanity is wiped out, a party of six heroes strives and fails to save the world… But magician Desir Herman is given a second chance when he opens his eyes and finds that he’s gone back thirteen years in the past! It’s now up to him to gather his party once more and stop the greatest catastrophe in human history!

The anime’s cast includes:

• Takuma Terashima as Desir Herman
• Sayumi Suzushiro as Romantica Eru
• Natsumi Fujiwara as Pram Schnaizer
• Asami Seto as Azrest Kingscrown

Taishi Kawaguchi returns to direct the anime at Arvo Animation, nad Takamitsu Kouno (She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man, Absolute Duo, We Without Wings – Under the Innocent Sky) returns to oversee and write the scripts. Hiromi Katō (Violinist of Hamelin, Kobato., Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut) is designing the characters, and Daisuke Negishi is the art director. Kenta Higashiohji (Pole Princess!!) returns to compose the music. Rock band FLOW perform opening theme song “Sorrow.” Singer-songwriter krage performs the ending theme song “Everlasting.”

Other staff include:

• Art Design: Satoshi Fujimoto, Taiga Saitō, Takeshi Mukai, Tetsuo Imaizumi
• Prop Design: Shōtarō Hashiguchi
• Color Key Artist: Aiko Matsuyama
• Compositing Director of Photography: Hideki Imaizumi
• Editing: Gō Sadamatsu
• Sound Director: Takatoshi Hamano
• Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama

The first season of the anime debuted in October 2023. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in English-speaking, Latin America, and European countries, along with an English dub.

Source: Crunchyroll (Liam Dempsey)

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