The official website of the television anime adaptation of Yuri Kitayama's Seirei Gensouki (Spirit Chronicles) light novel revealed on Tuesday the production staff, additional cast, teaser visual (pictured), and a teaser promotional video for the second season. The new season is scheduled to premiere in October 2024 on TV Tokyo, BS Fuji, and other stations.

Hiroyuki Yoshino (Boku no Hero Academia) joins the cast as Hiroaki Sakata.

Staff
Chief Director, Series Composition: Osamu Yamasaki (Seirei Gensouki director)
Director: Hiroshi Kubo (Animegataris assistant director) NEW
Script: Osamu Yamasaki, Mitsutaka Hirota (Kanojo ga Koushaku-tei ni Itta Riyuu), Megumu Sasano (Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta...), Yoshiko Nakamura (Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san)
Character Design: Kyouko Yufu (Gleipnir prop design)
Sub-character Design: Shouta Ueno (Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai chief animation director) NEW, Touko Nakamura (4-nin wa Sorezore Uso wo Tsuku chief animation director)
Art Director: Scott MacDonald (Kenja no Deshi wo Nanoru Kenja) NEW
Color Design: Tomoko Kohioki (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Crystal)
Director of Photography: Norimasa Teramoto (Shin no Nakama ja Nai to Yuusha no Party wo Oidasareta node, Henkyou de Slow Life suru Koto ni Shimashita 2nd)
Editing: Keisuke Yanagi (Benriya Saitou-san, Isekai ni Iku)
Music: Yasuyuki Yamazaki (Seirei Gensouki)
Music Production: Nippon Columbia, TMS Music
Sound Director: Hiroto Morishita (Saihate no Paladin)
Sound Effects: Youko Sakurai (Hametsu no Oukoku) NEW
Sound Production: Kanon
Animation Director: Masayuki Nishimura (Gallery Fake), Kiyomitsu Aoki (Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai)
Animation Production Cooperation: WAO World
Studio: TMS Entertainment

Note: New staff involved with the anime series are denoted with the legend NEW.

Kitayama launched the adventure fantasy novel on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website in February 2014 and also began publishing side stories on Hobby Japan's Novel Up+ website in December 2019. The publisher began printing the novel with illustrations by Riv the following October. The 25th volume was shipped on February 1.

A manga adaptation by tenkla began on the Comic Fire website in October 2016, but discontinued in February 2017 due to the artist's poor health. Futago Minazuki launched a new manga adaptation on the same website in July 2017. Hobby Japan published the tenth volume in September 2023.

J-Novel Club licensed both the light novel and second manga adaptation in English for digital release in July and November 2018, respectively. The 10th manga volume went on sale on April 25, with the 24th light novel volume released on May 8.

Teaser PV


Source: Comic Natalie