Chained Soldier Gets 2nd Season, Teases Ren Yamashiro

The Chained Soldier anime will have a second season. The announcement includes an announcement trailer and a commemoration visual featuring Kana Hanazawa‘s Ren Yamashiro, the head of the Demon Defense Force and its 10th unit.

Chained Soldier premiered in January and ran for a cour. The anime is an adaptation of the Shueisha-published dark fantasy ecchi action manga series written by Takahiro and drawn by Youhei Takemura, which began serialization on Shonen Jump+ in 2019 and has 15 tankoubon volumes as of February 2024. 

Yen Press describes the manga as:

Decades ago, gates to an otherworldly and dangerous dimension known as Mato-the “Demon City”-appeared across Japan. Those who partook in the “peaches” growing there gained unique abilities-but only if they’re girls. When down-in-the-dumps high school boy Yuuki Wakura finds himself caught up in a gate, he’s saved by Kyouka Uzen, the beautiful commander of the 7th squad of the Demon Defense Force, who…orders him to become her slave?!

Season 1 was directed by Goro Kuji (Bungo to Alchemist assistant director) at SevenArcs. The other main staff include:

• Chief director: Junji Nishimura (Vlad Love director)
• Character designer: Hiroyuki Yoshii (Just Because!)
• Series composer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi (A Couple of Cuckoos)
• Music composer: KOHTA YAMAMOTO (Attack on Titan Final Season co-composer) 

Ⓒタカヒロ・竹村洋平/集英社・魔防隊広報部

The cast includes Yuuya Hirose as Yuki Wakura, Akari Kitou as Kyoka Uzen, Yume Miyamoto as Himari Azuma, Mari Hino as Shushu Suruga, Hina Tachibana as Nei Ookawamura, Maaya Uchida as Tenka Izumo, and  Tomori Kusunoki as Aoba Wakura.


Source: @mabotai_kohobu