The official Twitter account for the TV anime adaptation of Yuri Kitayama and Riv's Seirei Gensouki - Spirit Chronicles light novels has announced that the anime's second season is set to premiere sometime in 2024.
An illustration celebrating the announcement of Season 2 was released from anime character designer Kyoko Yufu.
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The anime's first season premiered on July 5, 2021.
Marika Kōno performed the opening theme song titled, "New story" and Aguri Ōnishi performed the ending theme song titled, "Elder flower."
Osamu Yamasaki directed the anime at TMS Entertainment, in collaboration with Wao World. Yamasaki wrote the scripts alongside Mitsutaka Hirota, Megumu Sasano, and Yoshiko Nakamura. Kyoko Yufu designed the characters. Osahiko Segawa directed the art, and Tomoko Kohioki was the color key artist. Norimasa Teramoto was the compositing director of photography, while Keisuke Yanagi was in charge of editing. Yasuyuki Yamazaki composed the music, with Nippon Columbia and TMS Music producing the music. Hiroto Morishita directed the sound, while Suara Pro's Shota Yaso was in charge of sound effects. KANON produced the sound.
J-Novel Club is releasing both the novels and Futago Minaduki's manga adaptation, and describes the story as:
Meet Rio: a callous orphaned boy living in the slums. At only 7-years-old, he realizes he's actually the reincarnation of Haruto Amakawa, a Japanese university student with a tragic past. While still reeling from this shocking epiphany, Rio also comes to learn that he possesses extremely potent magical abilities and uses his new powers to solve the kidnapping case of a little girl. His good deed is acknowledged, and he's rewarded by being enrolled into… a prestigious academy for noble children...?
Meet Rio: a callous orphaned boy living in the slums. At only 7-years-old, he realizes he's actually the reincarnation of Haruto Amakawa, a Japanese university student with a tragic past. While still reeling from this shocking epiphany, Rio also comes to learn that he possesses extremely potent magical abilities and uses his new powers to solve the kidnapping case of a little girl. His good deed is acknowledged, and he's rewarded by being enrolled into… a prestigious academy for noble children...?