New “Lycoris Recoil” Anime Announced

The official Twitter for the original anime “Lycoris Recoil” announced on Saturday that a new anime is in production. The announced came with a new teaser trailer and the tagline: “The story of the two... never ends.”

The news of a new production initially came from the "Lycoris Recoil Café Presents After Party! Tomorrow is another day" event earlier in the day in Japan. No further details were revealed regarding the project. Due to the anime’s massive popularity, fans have been speculating for months if a second season would be announced.

“Lycoris Recoil” premiered on July 2, 2022 and the 13 episode series was simulcast on Crunchyroll as part of their Summer 2022 Anime Season. Crunchyroll later premiered an English dubbing. A-1 Pictures produced the project with Shingo Adachi (Sword Art Online) as director. The anime is an original story by Asaura, and Imigimuru handled the character design. The blu-ray volumes were one of the highest selling anime titles of 2022 in Japan according to the sales charts.

The Japanese voice cast includes: Chika Anzai as “Chisato Nishikigi”, Shion Wakayama as “Takina Inoue”, Ami Koshimizu as “Mizuki Nakahara”, Misaki Kuno as “Kurumi”, and Kosuke Sakaki as “Mika”. The opening theme song was "ALIVE" by ClariS. Sayuri performed the ending theme song "Hana no Tō" (Flower Tower).

Crunchyroll “Lycoris Recoil” Synopsis: For these peaceful days――there’s a secret behind it all. A secret organization that prevents crimes: “DA - Direct Attack”. And their group of all-girl agents: “Lycoris”. This peaceful everyday life is all thanks to these young girls. The elite Chisato Nishikigi is the strongest Lycoris agent of all time. Alongside is Takina Inoue, the talented but mysterious Lycoris. They work together at one of its branches–Café LycoReco. Here, the orders this café takes range from coffee and sweets to childcare, shopping, teaching Japanese to foreign students, etc. It's mostly tasks unbefitting of Lycoris. The free-spirited and optimistic pacifist, Chisato. And the cool-headed and efficient Takina. The chaotic everyday lives of this mismatched duo begin!

In addition to the anime, “Lycoris Recoil” has inspired a manga adaptation, spin-off manga anthology, spin-off light novel, and stage play.

Sources: Aniplex Of America Twitter. Lycoris Recoil Twitter and website. Crunchyroll website. Dengeki Maoh Twitter. Dengeki Bunko Twitter. Comic Flapper Twitter.