Highlights
- Spy x Family season 2 premieres on October 7, joining the Fall 2023 season lineup.
- WIT Studio and Cloverworks are collaborating on the production once again, with familiar staff members returning.
- A new key visual was revealed, and a film titled Spy x Family Code: White is set to release on December 22, produced by the same staff as the anime.
An announcement made on the Spy x Family anime official website on Thursday revealed the premiere date of the upcoming second season of the anime. The announcement also came with the reveal of a brand-new key visual created by series character designer Kazuaki Shimada.
The second season of Spy x Family is set to broadcast on October 7, forming part of the highly anticipated Fall 2023 season. The first season of the anime is available on Crunchyroll.
Spy x Family season 2 will broadcast on various Japanese TV channels, including TV Tokyo, at 23:00 JST on October 7. Staff at WIT Studio and Cloverworks have joined forces once again in the production of the upcoming season. Returning staff members include former script supervisor Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Storyboard, Code Geass: Akito The Exiled), who will be director alongside season 1 assistant Takahiro Harada, as well as Kazuaki Shimada (The Promised Neverland) returning as character designer and [K]NoW_NAME (Dorohedoro) producing the series' soundtrack once more. Sound director Shōji Hata (One Punch Man) also returns.
Furuhashi is replaced by Ichiro Okouchi (Original Creator, Code Geass: Akito The Exiled) as script supervisor, assisted by Daishiro Tanimura (Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet) and Ayumu Hisao (Love of Kill!). In addition to the second season, the upcoming film, Spy × Family Code: White is slated to hit Japanese theatres on December 22. The film will also be produced by the same staff as the anime series.
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The Spy x Family anime is based on the manga created by Tatsuya Endō (Blade of the Moon Princess; Tista), currently serialized on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ application from March 2019. There are 11 volumes out, with VIZ licensing the manga's English release. The first season of the anime was split into two parts, with the first running for 12 episodes from April to June 2022, and the second running for 13 episodes from October to December 2022.
The first season was simulcast by Crunchyroll, who also streamed Spy x Family season 1 in English. A Spy x Family videogame for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PS5 titled Spy x Anya: Operation Memories was announced at the September 2023 Nintendo Direct presentation. It will be produced by Bandai Namco and centers Anya as she tries to complete a school assignment. The game is expected to be released sometime in 2024.
Source: ANN