Oshi no Ko Season 2 Reveals Promo Video, More Cast and July 3 Debut
Oshi no Ko anime live stream program on Sunday debuted the first promotional video, main visual and new character for the season. The video revealed two more cast members, the opening theme song, and the July 3 premiere for the season. Sunday's program also announced a preview screening of the first two episodes at Anime Expo with guests.
Promotional Video
New Visual
Announced Characters
- Ayane Sakura (left in image) as Abiko Samejima
- Daisuke Ono (right in image) as GOA
The musical artist GEMN performs the second season's opening theme song "Fatale,". The staff will announce more details about this artist in the future, as the artist's official website opens today.
The season will premiere on July 3 at 11:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. EDT) on Tokyo MX and over 29 other channels throughout Japan. It will also stream on the ABEMA service in Japan. The Marunouchi Piccadilly theater will host an advance screening (with live streaming to other theaters) of the first episode with the cast on June 30.
HIDIVE previously confirmed at Anime Expo 2023 that it will stream the second season.
The manga won first place in the seventh "Next Manga Awards" in 2021, and also won in the Best General Manga category in the 46th annual Kodansha Manga awards in 2022. The series was nominated for the 26th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2022, and has also been nominated for the 14th and 15th Manga Taisho Awards. The manga ranked at #7 on the top 20 list of manga for male readers in the 2022 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook. The manga has over 3 million copies in circulation.