Kadokawa presented the main promotional video for Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! 2, the second season anime based on Kanaineko’s Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! (Bungō Stray Dogs: Woof!) spinoff manga for the Bungō Stray Dogs franchise, on Friday. The video announces and previews the ending theme song “Bokura ~Akutagawa Ryūnosuke Ver.~ (We – Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Ver.) by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (as voiced by Kenshō Ono), and it also announces the anime’s July 2 premiere.
The anime will premiere on the Tokyo MX 1 channel and the d Anime Store streaming service in Japan on July 2 at 9:40 p.m. (8:40 a.m. EDT), and it will also run on KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, BS11, and WOWOW.
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Yen Press releases the spinoff manga in English and describes the story:
From the pages of Bungō Stray Dogs comes a new series about the peaceful everyday lives of the cast…only now the Armed Detective Agency and Mafia characters are mini?! This cozy gag manga about the cute adventures of Atsushi and crew brings a different charm from the original!
The returning and new characters appearing in the second season are:
Ango Sakaguchi (appeared in first season’s episode 11)
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Lucy
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Francis
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Louisa
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Fyodor
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Nikolai
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Sigma
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Poe
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Mushitarō Oguri
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Saigiku Jōno
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Tecchō Suehiro
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Michizō Tachihara
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Teruko Ōkura
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Genichirō Fukuchi
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Previously announced returning cast members include:
Toshihiro Kikuchi (episode director on Vinland Saga, Great Pretender) is returning from the first season to direct the anime at BONES and Nomad. Yūdai Hanaoka (episode director for The Gorilla God’s Go-To Girl) is the assistant director. Tōko Machida (Lucky Star, With You and the Rain, Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider) is overseeing the series scripts, replacing Kazuyuki Fudeyasu. Hiromi Daimi (episode animation director on Re:CREATORS, Dropkick on My Devil!) is returning to design the characters.
Other staff members include:
Crunchyroll will stream the second season anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS.
The first season premiered in January 2021. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired and also streamed an English dub.
Kanaineko launched the manga on Kadokawa’s Young Ace Up! manga website in December 2015. The manga currently has 15 volumes.
Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa launched the Bungō Stray Dogs manga in Kadokawa’s Young Ace magazine in December 2012, and the series is ongoing. Yen Press is publishing the manga and novel series in English.
The manga’s first television anime adaptation aired from April to June 2016. The anime’s second 12-episode series aired from October to December 2016. The anime’s third season premiered in April 2019. The anime’s fourth season premiered in Japan in January 2023. The anime’s fifth season premiered in July 2023, and ended in September 2023. Crunchyroll has streamed all the anime as they aired.
An anime film titled Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple opened in Japan in March 2018. Crunchyroll began streaming the film in September 2018.
NextNinja’s Gakuen Bungō Stray Dogs (Bungō Stray Dogs School) smartphone game launched on November 6.
Source: Press release
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