The official website of the Hikari no Ou (The Firecatcher Lord) television anime announced the staff and additional cast for the second season on Thursday. The anime is scheduled to premiere in January 2024.

Manaka Iwami ("Oshi no Ko") and Mao Ichimichi (M.A.O.) (Enen no Shouboutai) are joining the cast as Yururuho and Ruri Matsuri, respectively.

Staff
Director: Junji Nishimura (Basilisk: Ouka Ninpouchou)
Assistant Director: Sachiko Kanno (Vlad Love)
Series Composition, Script: Mamoru Oshii (Vlad Love)
Character Design: Takuya Saitou (Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On)
Chief Animation Director: Takuya Saitou, Kazuchika Kise (Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari), Toshihisa Kaiya (World Trigger)
Effect Animation Director: Kazunori Ozawa (Ryuuou no Oshigoto! effect supervision)
Image Illustration, Prop Design: Gouichi Iwahata (Isekai Ojisan prop design)
Art Design: Mika Nakajima (Chainsaw Man)
Mechanical Design: Kaoru Kamigiku (Najica Dengeki Sakusen storyboard)
Creature Design: Tomohiro Matsubara
Art Director: Seo-gu Lee (Shinka no Mi: Shiranai Uchi ni Kachigumi Jinsei) NEW
Color Design: Youko Watanabe (Giovanni no Shima)
Telop: Mayumi Katsumata (Calligrapher)
Picture in the Play: Uta Mizuno (Vlad Love visual design)
CG Director: Yusuke Nishimuta
CG Production: Reirs (Deemo Movie: Sakura no Oto - Anata no Kanadeta Oto ga, Ima mo Hibiku)
Title Design, 2D Works: Makiko Yamazaki (Psycho-Pass 2D works)
Special Effects: Hideaki Sakurai (D.N.Angel)
Director of Photography: Shigemi Ogawa (InuYasha: Kanketsu-hen) NEW
Editing: Junichi Uematsu (Yuukoku no Moriarty)
Music Production: flying DOG
Sound Production: Production I.G
Music: Kenji Kawai (Mob Psycho 100)
Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi (Vanitas no Karte)
Studio: Signal.MD

Note: The staff list includes members who have previously worked on the first season. The new members are denoted with the legend NEW.

Holp Shuppan began publishing Rieko Hinata's post-apocalyptic fantasy novel in December 2018, featuring artworks by Akihiro Yamada (The Twelve Kingdoms). The fourth volume shipped in September 2020.

Source: Comic Natalie