The Chained Soldier panel at Pony Canyon’s AnimeJapan 2025 stage today announced that the anime’s second season is now scheduled to premiere in 2026. A key visual depicting Ren Yamashiro, the Chief of the Anti-Demon Corps’ 10th Unit, front and center was also revealed, along with production staff details.
Chained Soldier Season 2 Key Visual
As previously reported, Masafumi Tamura (The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat) directs Chained Soldier Season 2 at studios Passione and Hayabusa Film, with series composition by Yasuhiro Nakanishi, character designs by Keiya Nakano and music by KOHTA YAMAMOTO. Additional staff members include:
Scripts: Yasuhiro Nakanishi, Ohine Ezaki, Takahiro Nagase, Keita Kano
Concept Composites: Junpei Takatsu
Art Director: Shino Ohara
Color Designer: Sakie Suzuki
Color Design Assistant: Mai Kabatani
Director of Photography: Koji Hayashi
CG Director: Takamasa Taba
Editor: Ayako Tan
Sound Director: Chikako Yokota
The first season, which aired for 12 episodes from January 2024, was directed by Junji Nishimura and Goro Kuji at studio Seven Arcs.
The original Chained Soldier manga is written by Takahiro, illustrated by Yohei Takamura and published by Shueisha in Shonen Jump+ magazine. An English language version is also available from Yen Press. HIDIVE streams the first season and describes the anime:
To save the world, Yuuki must be willing to become Commander Kyouka’s servant both on the battlefield and at home.
Source: MoCa News
