A new key visual, opening theme, and two more cast members have been revealed for the ongoing second season of Tower of God. The second season first began broadcasting in Japan on July 7, 2024 and is currently running for two cours. 

The latest visual was released in promotion of the anime’s upcoming “Workshop Battle” story arc that will be the focus of the second cour. The new arc will begin with the 14th episode that will air next on October 6, 2024. 

South Korean boyband Stray Kids are also performing the second cour’s new opening theme “NIGHT,” as well as an untitled ending theme song. Both new songs will appear in the anime starting on October 6, 2024. 

In addition, two new voice cast members have been revealed to have joined the series, with both of them appearing in the most recent 13th episode. They include Hidenori Takahashi as Reflejo (left) and Chiaki Kobayashi as Po Bidau Gustang (right).

They join a main voice cast that stars: 

• • Taichi Ichikawa as Jyu Viole Grace/Twenty-Fifth Bam
• • Yuma Uchida as Ja Wangnan
• • Sayumi Watabe as Yeon Yihwa
• • Saori Hayami as Rachel 
• • Nobuhiko Okamoto as Khun Aguero Agnes
• • Yu Shimamura as Yeo Goseng
• • Saki Miyashita as Yeo Miseng 
• • Kenichiro Matsuda as Kang Horyang
• • Kento Shiraishi as Hon Akraptor
• • Kengo Kawanishi as Prinz
• • Natsuko Abe as Nia
• • Naoki Irie as Rai 

Kazuyoshi Takeuchi (Gekijouban City Hunter: Angel Dust) is serving as the chief director for season two, with Akira Suzuki as series director, Erika Yoshida (Bocchi the Rock!) as screenwriter and co-scriptwriter with Takeshi Miyamoto (The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me?) and Riuji Yoshizaki. The Answer Studio is in charge of the animation production for the second season, taking over from Telecom Animation Film that worked on the first season. 

Miho Tanino (Blue Thermal, Tower of God season one), Seigo Kitazawa (Gekijouban City Hunter: Angel Dust), and Isamitsu Kashima are the co-character designers, with Kitazawa also credited as chief animation director, Yusuke Ikeda (D4DJ All Mix) as art director, and Kevin Penkin (The Apothecary Diaries) as music composer. 

Yoshida, Tanino, and Penkin returned from the first season of Tower of God to work on the second season. 

The anime is based on the Tower of God webtoon manhwa series by SIU, which was released on June 30, 2010 on the WEBTOON platform and is currently on “Season 3.” Sixteen volumes of the manwha have been released in Korea as of July 2024. The series is available in the U.S. via WEBTOON as of July 2014. In addition to the digital version, Wattpad publishes the series as a graphic novel under its WEBTOON Unscrolled imprint. 

Crunchyroll is streaming the Tower of God anime worldwide, outside of Japan. It describes the synopsis of the second season as:

Ja Wangnan can’t seem to pass the 20th floor. Even after failing time and time again, he refuses to give up. On his journey, he meets a mysterious and powerful character named Viole. Wangnan invites Viole to join his team of Regulars. Their journey continues with new challenges at every turn.

Source: Tower of God Official Anime Twitter, Comic Natalie 

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