{"id":734562,"date":"2026-06-20T21:10:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T18:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/akane-banashi-season-2-begins-in-january-2027\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T18:10:30","slug":"akane-banashi-season-2-begins-in-january-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/akane-banashi-season-2-begins-in-january-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Akane-banashi Season 2 Begins in January 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">A second season of rakugo <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/anime-manga\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Anime || Manga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anime<\/a> <em>Akane-banashi<\/em> will begin airing in January 2027. An announcement trailer has been released along with some cast announcements.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300e\u3042\u304b\u306d\u567a\u300f\u7b2c2\u671f\u5236\u4f5c\u6c7a\u5b9a\uff01\uff5c2027\u5e741\u6708\u3088\u308a\u653e\u9001\u958b\u59cb\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XKi4oNgOTiA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The cast additions are <strong>Hocho Otsuka<\/strong> as Miroku Kashiwaya, <strong>Ryotaro Okiayu<\/strong> as Shomei Tsubakiya<strong>, Hiroshi Naka<\/strong> as Enso Sanmeitai,<strong> Mutsumi Tamura<\/strong> as Urara Ransaika,<strong> Shinichiro Miki<\/strong> as Ryu\u2019un Kenputei, and <strong>Tomokazu Seki<\/strong> as Chocho Konjakutei.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The first season of <em>Akane-banashi<\/em> debuted on April 4. The anime\u00a0is based on the Shueisha-published manga written by\u00a0<strong>Yuki Suenaga<\/strong>\u00a0and drawn by\u00a0<strong>Takamasa Moue<\/strong>. Manga Plus describes the manga as such:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em>Rakugo\u2013the ultimate form of storytelling, where everything in a story is expressed with just your body and words. Shinta and his daughter Akane have been seduced by this wonderful form of classical entertainment. Having observed her father strive to pass the shin\u2019uchi rakugo test, Akane will take her own steps into this unique world!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><b>Ayumu Watanabe\u00a0<\/b>(<i>Summer Time Rendering<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Children of the Sea<\/i>, the upcoming<em>\u00a0Witch Hat Atelier<\/em>) directed the anime at <b>ZEXCS<\/b>. <b>Anna Nagase<\/b> voiced protagonist Akane Osaki.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The manga began serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2022 and has 22 volumes as of June 2026. It was a finalist of the 47th Kodansha Manga Award\u2019s Shonen category and placed second at Manga Taisho 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Production credits<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Director: Ayumu Watanabe<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0Assistant director:\u00a0<b>Yu Harima\u00a0<\/b>(<i>Summer Time Rendering\u00a0<\/i>Episode 7 and 20 director)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0Character designer and chief animation director:\u00a0<b>Kii Tanaka\u00a0<\/b>(<i>Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead<\/i>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Series<\/a> composer:<b>\u00a0Michihiro Tsuchiya\u00a0<\/b>(<i>Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans Urdr-Hunt\u00a0<\/i>compilation,\u00a0<i>Aikatsu! x PriPara<\/i>\u00a0scenario writer)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0Sub-character designer:\u00a0<strong>Yasunari Nitta<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Shadowverse Flame<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0Costume designer:\u00a0<strong>Noriko Shimazawa<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0Music composer:<b>\u00a0Akio Izutsu\u00a0<\/b>(<i>Akuma Kun<\/i>)<b><br \/><\/b>\u2022 Rakugo supervisor:\u00a0<b>Kikuhiko Hayashiya\u00a0<\/b>(manga)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0Animation production:\u00a0ZEXCS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Cast<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0Anna Nagase\u00a0as Akane Osaki<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<b>Takuya Eguchi\u00a0<\/b>as Karashi Nerimaya<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<b>Rie Takahashi<\/b>\u00a0as Hikaru Koragi<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<b>Tohru Osaki\u00a0<\/b>as Shinta Arakawa<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<b>Nobunaga Shimazaki\u00a0<\/b>as Maikeru Arakawa\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<b>Chiaki Kobayashi\u00a0<\/b>as Koguma Arakawa\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<b>Yohei Azakami\u00a0<\/b>as Kyoji Arakawa<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022<b>\u00a0Seiichiro Yamashita\u00a0<\/b>as Guriko Arakawa<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Sources: <\/strong>Press release, <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-1tl8opc\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/akanebanashi_PR\/status\/2068347328709427386\">@akanebanashi_PR (1)<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/akanebanashi_PR\/status\/2068347892494987367\">(2)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em>Disclosure statement: Anime Trending may have business or collaborative relations with one or more of the subjects, or one or more of the parties involved with the Akane-Banashi anime, mentioned in this article.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n                (function(d, s, id) {\n          var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n          if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n          js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n          js.src=\"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9&appId=269442613521839\";\n          fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n        }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n        <\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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