Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Season 2 is one of the most highly-anticipated isekai anime TV series coming in 2024, and the official website already released a full trailer and previews for the upcoming episodes. J.C Staff will be in charge of the animation of the second season, and this is a major update to the anime's production staff as C2C studio produced the first season that aired from July to September 2021.
The anime is based on the light novel series written by Kei Azumi and illustrated by Mitsuaki Matsumoto, and it started serialization online in 2012 on the user-generated novel publishing site Shōsetsuka ni Narō before moving to AlphaPolis website in 2016. AlphaPolis later acquired the series, and published it since May 2013. A manga adaptation with illustrations by Kotara Kino has been serialized online via the manga website of AlphaPolis since 2015, and it's published digitally in English through Alpha Manga.
In October 2023, the production team of Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Season 2 released a new visual for the second season:
Here's everything you need to know about Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Season 2, including its release date window, plot, cast, trailer, and the latest news.
Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Season 2 Trailer
On October 25, the production team of the anime released the first full trailer for Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Season 2, and it introduces the new characters. The trailer is focused on the action-packed scenes of second season, and it confirms that the sequel's story will have a wider scope.
Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Season 2 Release Date
In July 2023, the official website of Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy anime series announced that the highly-anticipated second season would be airing as part of the Winter 2024 season in Japan, with a premiere set for January 2024. It was also confirmed that the second season will run for two consecutive cours, meaning that Season 2 will have a total of 25 episodes. The first season had 12 episodes, so this is good news for fans.
Update: The first episode of Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Season 2 premired on Monday, January 8, 2024, and it's now available to stream on Crunchyroll. Expect a new episode to arrive every Monday.
Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Season 2 Plot
In the finale of the first season of Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy, Makoto confronts and defeats Sofia Bulga, a high-level adventurer, and Mitsurugi, a dragon. The two intended to ojin the demon army's question to exterminate humanity, but Makoto prevents this from happening as he plays directly into the hands of the ominous goddess who first summons him. Her plans are still a mystery, but given that she's is starting to see Makoto as a rival for his growing power, it likely does not bode well for the anime's protagonist.
Tsukimichi: Moonlight Fantasy adapts the story of the light novel series by Kei Azumi, and Season 1 of the anime roughly covered the first four volumes. If the second season is based on the next four chapters, it's likely that we will see Makoto enroll as a student at the Rotsgard academy, where he's surprised to find out that he's qualified to become a teacher himself. Due to his difficult, combat-focused lessons, his students don't get along with him, but he eventually earns their respect. In the seventh volume of the light novels, a major event happens: a school festival, in which Makoto's students join a fighting tournament. It's likely that we will see these plot points unfold in the second season.
Crunchyroll shared the following plot description for Tsukimichi: Moonlight Fantasy:
Makoto Misumi was just an average teenager who suddenly was summoned to another world as a "hero." But the goddess of this world called him ugly and took his hero status away from him, then sent him to the ends of the world. He meets dragons, spiders, orcs, dwarves, and many other non-human races in the wastelands. Makoto manages to show promise in the use of magic and fighting, which he wouldn't have been able to do in his former world. He has numerous encounters, but will he be able to survive this new world? A fantasy where a guy who gods and humanity had abandoned tries to reset his life in this new world is about to begin!
Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Season 2 Cast
Before we get to the full list of cast, here's an image gallery of the characters that will be featured in Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Season 2:
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Here's the full list of the Japanese voice cast of Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Season 2:
Ai Kakuma as Hibiki Otonashi
Ami Koshimizu as Navarre Polar
Yuji Murai as Woody Baila
Chiharu Sawashiro as Belda Nortst Limia
Nao Tamura as Chiya Hazuki
Ryohei Arai as Tomoki Iwahashi
Mai Nakahara as Lily Front Gritonia
Sayumi Watabe as Guinevere Shlesha
Ami Tsukishiro as Mora
Natsue Sasamoto as Yukinatsu Kazusa
Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Season 2 Creative Team
Despite the studio change from C2C to J.C. Staff, the core staff who worked onTsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Season 1 for C2C will be moving to J.C. Staff to oversee the second season.
Shinji Ishihira is returning to direct Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Season 2. He is a veteran director and storyboard artist with a bunch of titles to his name. Ishihira is best known for his work on Log Horizon and Fairy Tail. Other anime titles on his resume include Edens Zero, The Seven Heavenly Virtues, Sasaki to Miyano, and Reincarnated as a Sword.
Ishihira isn't the only member of the creative team returning for the second season of the anime. Kenta Ihara (Saga of Tayna the Evil) is in charge of the series composition; Yukie Suzuki designed the characters; and Yasuharu Takanashi (who worked on both Fairy Tail and Log Horizon with Ishihira) will be returning to compose the music of the new season.
Where to Watch Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Season 1
Crunchyroll simulcasted the first season as it aired from July 2021 and currently streams the anime in a range of subs and dubs, so expect Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Season 2 to be available on the streaming service starting in January 2024. The first season is also available to watch on HBO Max, so there's a good chance that we will see Season 2 available on that platform. Both platforms have all 12 episodes of Season 1, which run about 23 minutes each.
