The anime adaptation of Ryo Shirakome's Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest light novel. series is getting ready to return for its highly-anticipated third season, which is scheduled to premiere in Fall 2024. The third season was officially announced on September 10, 2022, during the advance screening of Season 2's OVA. Studio Asread is producing the animation of Arifureta Season 3, and the first trailer has been released today, and it features Shea's family and the bunny people. Watch the trailer for Arifureta Season 3 here:
Arifureta Season 3 is being directed by Akira Iwanaga, who's known for directing episodes of The Faraway Paladin. The second season was directed by the same staff while the first season was directed by Kinji Yoshimoto at animation studios Asread and Whitefox, in 2019. The main cast of the anime includes: Toshinari Fukamashi as Hajime Nagumo, Yuki kuwahara as Yue, and Minami Takahashi as Shea Haulia. Last month, the production team released a fantastic visual for Arifureta Season 3 along with the announcement of its premiere.
What is Arifureta about?
The harem isekai fantasy anime is based on Ryo Shirakome’s light novel series Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest (Arifureta Shokugyo de Sekai Saikyo) light novel series. The series was serialized by Overlap with illustrations by Takayaki from 2015 to 2022, and there's a total of 13 volumes in ciruculation. The series was licensed in English by J-Novel Club, and it's being printed by Seven Seas Entertainment.
The third season of Arifureta anime is based on Volume 7 of the light novel series, and you can read its plot desciption below:
With the battle at the capital settled, Hajime’s next destination is the Empire. Together with Liliana and Kouki, he takes to the skies with his newly built airship—only to discover that the Haulia have been fighting against both the empire and the demons, and that Verbergen has been sacked. Suddenly, Hajime has a new reason to head to Hoelscher’s capital!
The first two seasons of Arifureta are available to stream on Crunchyroll in North America and other regions. For more information about Arifureta Season 3, check out the official website of the anime.
