The official Kaginado website announced on Wednesday that the anime will be getting a second season in April 2022. The 12th and final episode of the first season was released the same day.
Kaginado is a crossover series featuring characters from visual novel developer Key’s games. It is the first crossover series of the popular developer’s works, featuring characters from their most well-known and beloved titles.
Kaginado first aired on October 12, partway through the Fall 2021 season. The series features a myriad of characters from popular Key titles like Kanon, Air, Clannad, Little Busters!, and Rewrite. The art is done in a chibi style, similar to another popular crossover series, Isekai Quartet.
Liden Films Kyoto Studio produces the series, with Kazuya Sakamoto serving as the director, and Tohya Okano and Takashi Aoshima serving as scriptwriters. Sakamoto is best known for having directed episodes of Nichijou, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!. Aoshima has worked on the scripts for many popular titles, most notably No Game, No Life, Gabriel DropOut, and Himouto! Umaru-chan.
Key was founded by Itaru Hinoue, Naoki Hisaya, Jun Maeda, and Shinji Orito in 1998. The visual novel developer put out its first title, Kanon, in 1999 which was then followed by Air in 2000. In 2004, Key released Clannad, which remains one of their most recognizable and popular works. All three games received anime adaptations in subsequent years.
Another popular Key visual novel, Little Busters!, was released in 2007. Two anime produced by J.C.Staff were produced between 2012 and 2013, and an 8-episode titled Little Busters! EX was released the year after. In 2015, Key released a visual novel adaptation of the popular P.A. Works anime, Angel Beats!
The developer released two new visual novels, Loopers and Lunaria: Virtualized Moonchild, this past year. Kaginadostreams worldwide on Crunchyroll, Funimation, HIDIVE, Wakanim, Aniplus-Asia, bilibili, and Muse Asia.
Source: Anime News Network