Kadokawa anime's YouTube channel has released a new promotional trailer for The Eminence in Shadow Season 2, featuring the preview of the anime's ending theme song Polaris in the Night by voice actresses Ikumi Hasegawa, Maaya Uchida, Ryoko Maekawa, and Mayu Minami. The trailer also gives us an early look at the dark fantasy adventures of Cid Kagenou, a.k.a. "Shadow". The upcoming anime season is directed by Kazuya Nakanishi at studio Nexus.
Watch the new trailer for The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 here:
Where to watch The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 in the U.S.
Outside of Japan, The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 will be available to stream on HIDIVE, just like the first season of the anime. The second season is confirmed to have 12 episodes total (the first season had 20 episodes), and the first episode is scheduled to premiere on Wednesday, October 4. The preview for Episode 1 has already been released.
What is The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 about?
The Eminence in Shadow is based on Daisuke Aizawa's Japanese light series of the same title (Japanese: 陰の実力者になりたくて!, Hepburn: Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!).
Season 2 of The Eminence in Shadow anime will adapt Volume 3 of the light novel series. You can read the synopsis here for the third volume here:
Deep within the Lawless City lies the Blood Queen, a Progenitor Vampire, slumbering in her coffin for many moons. An expert at landing himself in trouble, Cid should know better than to go after her…but he’s dying to get a piece of the action. It’s time he shed his daytime persona to take on the role of Shadow! It seems, however, that he’s not the only one with this idea. Soon enough, he finds the three rulers of the Lawless City—Juggernaut the Tyrant, Yukime the Spirit Fox, and Crimson the vampire—are all on his tail. To complicate things even further, the Shadow Garden descends on the scene as the hour of the Blood Queen’s awakening looms closer and closer…
The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 is one of the remaining isekai anime titles coming this year, and it's definitely one of the most highly-anticipated ones. Expect this anime to be a hit just like the first season.
