Akane-banashi Season 2 Reveals New Visual, Trailer

Akane-banashi Season 2 revealed a new visual and trailer on Sunday. The sequel is slated to premiere in January 2027, with Studio ZEXCS returning to animate.

Two additional voice cast members were also revealed and are featured in the latest trailer:

• Taku Yashiro as Asagao Konjakutei
• Yoji Ueda as Hassho Tsubakiya

The rest of the voice cast consists of:

• Anna Nagase as Akane Sakurazaka
• Takuya Eguchi as Karashi Nerimaya
• Rie Takahashi as Hikaru Koragi
• Jun Fukuyama as Shinta Arakawa
• Nobunaga Shimazaki as Maikeru Arakawa
• Chiaki Kobayashi as Koguma Arakawa
• Yohei Azakami as Kyoji Arakawa
• Seiichiro Yamashita as Guriko Arakawa
• Akihisa Shiono as Kaisei Arakawa
• Masaki Terasoma as Shiguma Arakawa
• Akio Otsuka as Issho Arakawa
• Hochu Otsuka as Miroku Kashiwaya
• Ryotaro Okiayu as Shomei Tsubakiya
• Hiroshi Naka as Enso Sanmeitei
• Mutsumi Tamura as Urara Ransaika
• Shinichiro Miki as Ryu’un Kenputei
• Tomokazu Seki as Chocho Konjakutei

Ayumu Watanabe continues to direct the second season with Yu Harima as the co-director. Other returning staff include Ki Tanaka as the character designer and chief animation director, Michihiro Tsuchiya on series composition, and Akio Izutsu as music composer.

Akane-banashi anime is based on a manga series written by Yuki Suenaga and illustrated by Takamasa Moue. The series also features rakugo supervision by professional performer Kikuhiko Hayashiya. The manga has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump since February 2022.

Viz Media publishes the series in English, describing the story:
Akane unintentionally stirs up a scandal when she’s discovered taking informal lessons from her father’s former teacher, Shiguma Arakawa. And she’s about to make even bigger waves because she is about to begin her first steps in climbing the ranks of a rakugo performer from zenza opening act to shin’uchi headliner is exchanging her secret lessons for formal training. But she’ll still have to finish high school and navigate her relationship with Shiguma’s existing apprentices, all while learning that becoming a stellar rakugoka takes much more than just being good at performing!

Source: Akane-banashi Official Website
©Yuki Suenaga, Takamasa Moue / SHUEISHA, Akane-banashi Committee