SHY Season 2 Reveals 'Tokyo Dakkan-hen' Trailer, Cast & Key Visual

The anime adaptation of Bukimi Miki's SHY superhero manga series has released a new trailer and key visual for Season 2, Tokyo Dakkan-hen (Tokyo Recapture Arc). The premiere date of the anime has also been revealed: July 1, 2024 (effectively July 2 at 12 AM JST). Animation studio Eight Bit is returning to produce the animation for SHY Season 2, which was officially announced after the broadcast of the Season 1 finale in December 2023.

The staff also announced additional cast members: Wataru Hatano, Hiro Shimono, and Izumi Kitta, who will be playing the American superhero Century, the ninja Tokimaru, and the villain Kuabara, respectively. The trailer previews the opening theme song, WILLSHINE, performed by PassCode. You can check out the new visual for SHY Season 2 below:

Credit: © Bukimi Miki (Akita Shoten) / SHY Production Committee

SHY Season 1 aired during the Fall 2023 anime season, with Muse Asia and Crunchyroll streaming overseas. The first season was directed by Masaomi Andou (Astra: Lost in Space). Kousaku Taniguchi was the assistant director while Yasuhiro Nakanishi (Kaguya-sama: Love Is War) wrote the script, and Yuuichi Tanaka (A Certain Scientific Railgun) worked on the character designs. Kazuto Shimoyama was the art director (Assassination Classroom) and Hinako Tsubakiyama (Sabikui Bisco) was the music composer for SHY Season 1.

You can check out the previously announced voice cast below:

• Shino Shimoji as Teru Momijiyama (SHY)

• Tomokazu Sugita as Ebio

• Sayumi Suzushiro as Lady Black

• Ayumu Murase as Mian Long

• Nao Touyama as Iko Koishikawa

• Mamiko Noto as Spirit

• Shinichiro Miki as Stardust

• Kikuko Inoue as Unilord

• Kotori Koiwai as Ai Tennoji

• Hitomi Ueda as Utsuro

What is SHY anime about?

SHY anime is based on the manga written and illustrated by Bukimi Miki. The currently ongoing manga series began serialization in Weekly Shonen Champion in August 2019 and as of today, 24 volumes have been published. Yen Press holds the English license for the series, and the publisher has released the first four volumes, with the sixth scheduled to release on April 16, 2024.

Yen Press shared a description for the Shy manga series:

Earth was on the brink of a third World War when super-powered individuals came forth from each country around the globe, ending the conflict and ushering in a new era of relative peace. Among those heroes, Japan is represented by a timid young girl known as “Shy.” She may spend more time worrying about her own shortcomings than she does battling villains, but she’ll show the world that despite it all she still has the heart of a hero! 

You can check the official announcement in the tweet from the anime's official X account below: