During a special broadcast, a new promotional video was revealed for the second season of the anime adaptation of the light novels written by Daisuke Aizawa and illustrated by Touzai , The Eminence in Shadow ( Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! ). The video confirms that the premiere of this long-awaited continuation is scheduled for next October and that it will have a total of 12 episodes. The HiDive platform will be in charge of distributing this sequel in the West.
New members joining the series' voice cast were also announced:
Ai Kakuma as Mary.
Shizuka Itou as Yukime.
Tsuyoshi Koyama as Juggernaut.
Tomokazu Seki as Crimson.
The first season premiered during the Fall-2022 season (October-December) and was confirmed with a total of twenty episodes, while the HIDIVE platform is in charge of its distribution in the West. Aizawa and Touzai began publishing the light novels through Kadokawa in November 2018, with a manga adaptation by Anri Sakano serializing in Monthly Comp Ace magazine since December 2018.
Sinopsis of The Eminence in Shadow
For as long as he can remember, Minoru Kagenou has been obsessed with becoming as strong as possible, which has led him to undergo all kinds of rigorous training. However, this desire is not born out of a desire to be recognized by others, rather Minoru tries his best to blend in with the crowd. So while during the day he pretends to be an ordinary student, at night he arms himself with a crowbar and mercilessly beats up the local biker gangs. However, when Minoru is in a truck accident, his ambitions seem to suddenly end. In his last moments, he laments his helplessness: no matter how hard he trained, there was nothing he could do to overcome his human limitations.
But instead of dying, Minoru awakens as Cid, the second son of the noble Kagenou family, in another world where magic is commonplace. With the power he so desired finally within his grasp, he calls himself "Shadow" and founds Shadow Garden: a group whose sole purpose is to combat the enigmatic Cult of Diablos, an organization born from Cid's imagination. However, as the Shadow Garden grows in both membership and influence, it becomes increasingly apparent that the Cult of Diablos is not as fictional as Cid made it out to be.
Source: Mantan
(c)Daisuke Aisawa/Published by KADOKAWA/Shadow Garden
