'Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou' 2nd Season Airs in January 2022

by Vindstot
Apr 17, 2021 3:07 AM | 15 Comments

The Overlap Bunko 8th Anniversary event revealed new staff, additional voice cast, first promotional video, and a key visual (pictured) for the second season of Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou (Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest) on Saturday. The new season will begin airing in January 2022.

Staff
Director: Akira Iwanaga (Kingdom 2nd Season, Tegamibachi)
Series Composition, Script: Shouichi Satou (Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou, Shakugan no Shana script)
Character Design, Chief Animation Director: Chika Kojima (Big Order, Mirai Nikki)
Studio: Asread, Studio Mother

Voice actresses Noriko Shibasaki (Aguu: Tensai Ningyou) and Rina Satou (Rokka no Yuusha) are joining the cast as Liliana S. B. Heiligh and Noint, respectively.

Cast
Hajime Nagumo: Toshinari Fukamachi (Kami no Tou)
Yue: Yuuki Kuwahara (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon)
Shia Haulia: Minami Takahashi (Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e)
Tio Clarence: Youko Hikasa (Trinity Seven)
Kaori Shirasaki: Saori Oonishi (Seireitsukai no Blade Dance)
Shizuku Yaegashi: Yumiri Hanamori (Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho)
Kouki Amanogawa: Tetsuya Kakihara (Hangyakusei Million Arthur)
Aiko Hatayama: Ai Kakuma (Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu)

The first season, co-produced by Asread and White Fox, aired in 13 episodes in Summer 2019. Funimation simulcast the anime with subtitles and subsequently streamed an English dub. The second and third Blu-ray volume each bundled an unaired episode.

Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou adapts Ryou Shirakome's adventure fantasy light novel, which he originally launched on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website in November 2013. Overlap began publishing the novel with illustrations by TakayaKi in June 2015 and shipped the 11th volume last July. The light novel has a cumulative 5 million copies of its volumes in print, including digital editions.

RoGa began drawing a manga adaptation on the Comic Gardo web manga portal in February 2016. The seventh compiled volume shipped on October 24 last year.

J-Novel Club licensed the light novel in February 2017 and released the 11th volume digitally on December 14. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed both the light novel and its manga adaptation for physical release in July and September 2017, respectively. The publisher shipped the sixth manga volume on March 9 and the 11th light novel volume on April 13.

PV

Source: animate Times, Comic Natalie

15 Comments Recent Comments

This is great news, Arifureta is one of my Top 3 Anime's EVER. Please ignore the elitist about the story and the animation of season 1. They did a way better job then the garbage Manga and this was not a anime that was going to get 47 seasons. They had to cut stuff. Long Live Shia and Yaegashi.

Jul 5, 2021 10:49 PM by MikadoWu1

January? Well, better than nothing :s
Hoping it will be like the first few eps of s1, or like ep 11 or 13...and not like the rest =D

Apr 18, 2021 10:01 AM by FullyCharged

evoniee said:
looking forward to watching s2 despite the abomination that happened in s1.
the LN somewhat ok but s1 adaptation narrative and creative-wise are an absolute disaster.

I think the more you read, the better the LN gets, but certainly is not for everyone, but there are some really damm amazing fights later on, plus I just came to enjoy the harem girls a lot, especially Shea, so an improved S2 would be a sweet deal, not that I have watched S1, but I plan to eventually.

Apr 18, 2021 5:08 AM by Playcool

AnonymousGuy9 said:
The studio isn't White Fox this time but looking at the PV, there wasn't much improvement.
Although rushed it's nice that they're still adapting this.

I'm not too surprised since from what I heard White Fox was just helping Asread finish the first season.

Apr 17, 2021 4:26 PM by TheFlyingOrange

looking forward to watch s2 despite the abomination that happened in s1.
the LN somewhat ok but s1 adaptation narrative and creative wise are absolute disaster.

Apr 17, 2021 11:22 AM by evoniee

Finally, we got some news about this. January 2022 is going to be a long wait. Now I just need some news about volume 12.

Apr 17, 2021 10:56 AM by Leo

Right on. I was hoping this would get a continuation.

Apr 17, 2021 10:47 AM by akihikosama

How is this #12 in the Top Upcoming Anime?
And by the end of 2021 it will be even higher...

Apr 17, 2021 9:49 AM by TodAboT

It's looks so nice! But 2022, so to full release we need to wait almost 1 year, damn.

Apr 17, 2021 9:10 AM by BankaiGoku

excited for it, hopefully it takes it's time going through the volumes this time

Apr 17, 2021 6:17 AM by FriskKoshimizu

Now you will remove this from huppy list

Apr 17, 2021 5:00 AM by LexTyler

Maybe the new studio and the new director mean finally a somewhat better adaptation?

Apr 17, 2021 4:29 AM by JanPri

We finally have a date and it's still months away lol.

Apr 17, 2021 3:57 AM by MegamiRem

new director so hopefully this time it is not half a book

Apr 17, 2021 3:39 AM by -lazyknight-

The studio isn't White Fox this time but looking at the PV, there wasn't much improvement.
Although rushed it's nice that they're still adapting this.

Apr 17, 2021 3:13 AM by AnonymousGuy9