Demon Lord, Retry! R, the sequel to the TV anime adaptation of Kurone Kanzaki's Demon Lord, Retry! light novel series, has revealed that it'll begin broadcasting this year. Alongside the confirmation of the 2024 premiere, the first teaser visual was revealed along with announcement of the anime's cast and staff. Studio GEKKOU is animating the series. Check out the new anime key visual for Demon Lord, Retry! R below:
Kenjiro Suda, who played Hakuto Kunai in the first series, will reprise his lead role alongside the rest of the voice cast:
Aku voiced by Momo Asakura (Maki in Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead)
Akane Fujisaki voiced by Azumi Waki (Hinata Tachibana in Tokyo Revengers)
Eagle voiced by Iori Noguchi of =LOVE (Nanami Totsuka in Shine Post)
Mink voiced by Minori Suzuki (Freyja Wion in Macross Delta)
Luna Elegant voiced by Aina Suzuki (Mari Ohara in Love Live! Sunshine!!)
Isami Tahara voiced by Wataru Komada (Asguiaro Ebern in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War)
Organ voiced by Mirai Tachibana (Kotono Nagase in Idoly Pride)
Zero Kirisame voiced by Kentaro Kumagai (Laios Touden in Delicious in Dungeon)
Demon Lord, Retry! R anime will be directed by Kazuomi Koga (Rent-A-Girlfriend Seasons 1 and 2), and the series composition is written by Katsuhiko Takayama (Protocol: Rain). MInori Homura (Isekai Onsen Paradise) is in charge of character designs while Ryo Aizawa of Starry Cube is producing the music from SUPA LOVE.
You can check out the source of the announcement from the anime's official X account below:
What is Demon Lord, Retry! about?
The Demon Lord, Retry! light novel series by Kurone Kanzaki was originally published under Futabasha's Monster Bunko imprint with illustrations by Kōji Ogata (first edition). The series moved to M Novels, fully revised and published with new illustrations by Amaru Minotake (second edition). It also received a manga adaptation by Kurone Kanzaki with illustrations by Amaru Minotake, and it was ongoing in Gaugau Monster from 2017 to 2019.
The sequel, Demon Lord, Retry! R, by the same artist, started in 2020 on the Web Comic Action platform. The light novel series and manga were licensed in English by J-Novel Club, and the company shared the following plot description:
What do you do when the MMO you’ve run for 15 years comes to an end? Akira Ono didn’t get much of a choice — he woke up trapped inside the world of his own game in the body of his in-game character: the Demon Lord. With an outcast child as his sidekick, he tries his best to survive the cruel fantasy world of his own creation, prosecution from the good guys, and of course, the final boss.
The first Demon Lord, Retry! TV anime series broadcasted in 2019, and all 12 episodes are available to stream on Crunchyroll.
