{"id":28025,"date":"2025-09-17T16:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/28025\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T16:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:14:09","slug":"clevatess-anime-gets-2nd-season-updated-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/28025\/","title":{"rendered":"Clevatess Anime Gets 2nd Season (Updated) &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=15420\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kadokawa<\/a> revealed on Wednesday that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2024-07-02\/yuji-iwahara-clevatess-maju-no-o-to-akago-to-shikabane-no-yusha-manga-gets-tv-anime\/.212715\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">anime<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=23737\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yuji Iwahara<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=32863\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clevatess -Maj\u016b no \u014c to Akago to Shikabane no Y\u016bsha-<\/a> (Clevatess &#8211; The King of Magical Beasts, the Baby, and the Corpse Hero) manga will get a second season titled Clevatess II -Maj\u016b no \u014c to Itsuwari no Y\u016bsha Densh\u014d- (Clevatess II -The King of Magical Beasts and the Legend of the False Hero-). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=7606\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crunchyroll<\/a> will stream the season as it airs. The anime&#8217;s character designer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=280079\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Souichirou Sako<\/a> drew an illustration to commemorate the second season announcement:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"424\" alt=\"clevatess\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.8\/228903\/clevatess.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image courtesy of Kadokawa<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Yuji Iwahara\/LDF\/\u30af\u30ec\u30d0\u30c6\u30b9\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p>The first season&#8217;s 12th and final episode aired on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"425\" alt=\"Clevatess anime key visual 2\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max300x600\/cms\/news.8\/218386\/clevadess_kv2.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image courtesy of Kadokawa<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Yuji Iwahara\/LDF\/\u30af\u30ec\u30d0\u30c6\u30b9\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p>The anime premiered on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=518\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AT-X<\/a> channel on July 2 at 8:30 p.m. JST (7:30 a.m. EDT) and then run on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=13028\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tokyo MX<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sun TV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=4315\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KBS Kyoto<\/a>, BS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=124\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NTV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=6400\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV Fukushima<\/a>, Nagano Broadcasting Systems, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=22900\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV Yamanashi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=15102\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aichi TV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=8737\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iwate Broadcasting<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=7731\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miyagi TV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=8740\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hokuriku Broadcasting<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=22597\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV Shizuoka<\/a>, TV Shin Hiroshima, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=15097\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Akita Asahi Broadcasting<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=1451\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hokkaido TV<\/a>, Nihonkai Telecasting, Nagasaki International Television Broadcasting, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=1153\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nagoya TV<\/a>, and Niigata Broadcasting on the same day. Crunchyroll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-06-18\/crunchyroll-announces-release-schedule-for-summer-2025-season\/.225751\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">streamed<\/a> the series as it aired in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The anime stars:\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=95588\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kiyotaka Taguchi<\/a> (kaiju designer for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=23822\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SSSS.Dynazenon<\/a> film) is directing the anime at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=12613\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lay-duce<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=83411\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keigo Koyanagi<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=28414\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brave Bang Bravern!<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=19826\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Rising of The Shield Hero<\/a>) is in charge of series scripts, Souichirou Sako (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=26480\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buddy Daddies<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=17687\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Magi: Adventure of Sinbad<\/a>) is designing the characters, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=132498\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nobuaki Nobusawa<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=27196\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. Villain&#8217;s Day Off<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=24595\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Police in a Pod<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=20446\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steins;Gate 0<\/a>) is composing the music. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=202743\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mayu Maeshima<\/a> performs the opening theme song &#8220;Ruler,&#8221; and British pop singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=283821\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ellie Goulding<\/a> performs the ending theme song &#8220;Destiny.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The story begins with Alicia \u2014 who has aspired to be a brave hero since she was little \u2014 after she has been chosen by the king to be one of 13 heroes for a quest. Wielding legendary swords, the heroes set out to subjugate the lord of magical beasts, Clevatess. However, these very heroes might bring about the realm&#8217;s deadliest catastrophe that would wipe out all humanity. The world&#8217;s last remaining hope lies in a baby entrusted to the lord of magical beasts.<\/p>\n<p>Iwahara  (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=11352\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darker Than Black<\/a> character designer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=3840\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">King of Thorn<\/a> manga creator) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2020-08-11\/darker-than-black-dimension-w-yuji-iwahara-launches-new-manga\/.162798\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">launched<\/a> the manga on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=11979\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LINE<\/a> Manga app in August 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=20422\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LINE Digital Frontier<\/a> published the manga&#8217;s first compiled book volume physically on the same day it launched, and the 10th volume digitally on July 2.<\/p>\n<p>Kadokawa <a href=\"https:\/\/comic-walker.com\/detail\/KC_005500_S\/episodes\/KC_0055000000200011_E?episodeType=first\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">started<\/a> serializing the manga on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=26228\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Comic Alive+<\/a> website in April 2024. Kadokawa is publishing a new edition of the manga&#8217;s compiled book volumes, and the 10th volume will ship on September 26.<\/p>\n<p>Update: Added Crunchyroll stream. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/news\/latest\/2025\/9\/17\/clevatess-season-2-anime-announced-stream-crunchyroll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cruncchyroll<\/a> (Jos\u00e9 S.)<\/p>\n<p>Source: Press release<\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, is the majority owner of Anime News Network, LLC. One or more of the companies mentioned in this article are part of the Kadokawa Group of Companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kadokawa revealed on Wednesday that the anime of Yuji Iwahara&#8216;s Clevatess -Maj\u016b no \u014c to Akago to Shikabane&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-28025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}