Reincarnated as a Sword Season 2 New Trailer and Key Visual Tease Sky Island Arc

Reincarnated as a Sword Season 2 anime revealed a new trailer and key visual ahead of its October 2026 release date. The sequel was announced right after the Season 1 finale in December 2022. HIDIVE previously confirmed that it would exclusively stream the anime as part of its Fall 2026 lineup.

Studio C2C is returning to animate Season 2, with Shinji Ishihira as director, Takahiro Nagano handling the series composition, and Atsuki Saito as the character designer.

The new trailer teases the Sky Island Arc and features the opening theme song “DREAM OF BUTTERFLY” by FZMZ. You can check it out below.

The full confirmed staff and voice cast list includes:

• Ai Kakuma as Fran
• Shinichiro Miki as Teacher
• Goto Hiroki as Jet
• Yuma Uchida as Jean du Vix
• Shiori Izawa as Nameless
• Show Hayami as Lich

• Director: Shinji Ishihara
• Story Editor & Scripts: Takahiro Nagano
• Character Designs: Atsuko Saito
• Assistant Director: Kazunobu Shimizu
• Teacher Design: Shinya Asanuma
• Monster Design / Modeling: Chie Sakurai (Hinokuni Animation), Junpei Mukai, Shota Yano
• Action Director: Rino Isago, Satoshi Sakai, Shunya Nitta
• Color Design: Masato Takagi, Takeshi Kurihara
• Art Direction & Design: Masahiro Sato
• Art Boards: Kouki Nagayoshi
• Prop Design: Tomoki Yokoyama, Emi Kono
• Director of Photography: Masaaki Onodera
• 3DCG: Hinokuni Animation
• 2D & Monitor Graphics: Junpei Mukai
• Editing: Go Sadamatsu
• Sound Director: Shoji Hata
• Music: Yasuharu Takanashi (Team-MAX)
• Animation Production: C2C
• Opening Theme: FZMZ (“DREAM OF BUTTERFLY”)
• Ending Theme: Hanabie (“Baribari Buddy”)

Also check out the new key visual below.

Yu Tanaka writes the original Reincarnated as a Sword light novel. The novel started off on the Shosetsuka ni Naro website in October 2015 with illustrations by LLO. GC Novels started publishing it in the light novel format in 2016.

A manga adaptation by Tomowo Maruyama is ongoing as well, and there is also a spin-off manga Reincarnated as a Sword: Another Wish by Hinako Inoue, which began in June 2020. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the light novel, the manga, and the spin-off manga and they describe the story:

When a 30-year-old salaryman and games enthusiast is suddenly killed in a car accident, he finds himself reborn into a fantasy world…but in the form of a sword! Now he’s in search of a beautiful woman to wield him, and a catgirl named Fran might be the exact adventuring partner he needs.

Source: Press Release, Reincarnated as as Sword Official Website
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