The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 Release Date, Plot, Trailer, Countdown, Renewed or Cancelled

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The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 will continue the epic journey of Cid, as it’s officially confirmedSo with a new season coming soon, fans can look forward more adventures from the Shadow Garden

Well here’s everything we know so far regarding whether or not The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 will happen in 2023, as well as the likely release date.

The Japanese anime The Eminence in Shadow also as “Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute” in Japanese is an adaptation of the light novel series written by  Daisuke Aizawa and illustrated by Tōzai.

The story follows Cid Kagenou who is a Chuuni and is transported to a fantasy world. The main character thinks he’s just playing at being chuunibyou, but actually, it’s all real, and everyone else around knows it’s real, but only he doesn’t know that it’s real.

And because he’s pretending like it’s real, nobody knows that he doesn’t know that it’s real so nobody tells him that it’s real.

Studio Nexus produced the anime’s first season, officially running for 20 episodes from October 5, 2022, to February 15, 2023, on various local networks in Japan.

Crunchyroll streamed the anime outside of Japan with both sub and dub, and it received a positive reception from viewers and critics alike. Most praised it for its over-the-top action and comedy scene and metacommentary.

Overall it was considered a hit among isekai and fantasy anime fans.

The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 Release date and Countdown

The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 Release date and Countdown
The Shadow Garden

Exciting news for Shadow fans as the highly anticipated Season 2 The Eminence in Shadow has been officially announced.

On February 22, 2023, the official website for the anime announced that The Eminence in Shadow will be getting a second season.

A key visual and trailer was posted on their Twitter account to commemorate the announcement.

The exact release date for Eminence in Shadow season 2 is yet to be officially confirmed by Studio Nexus. However, according to the reliable leaker, the second season will release in the Fall of 2023, sometime between October to December 2023.

SEASONRELEASE DATE
The Eminence in Shadow Season 1October 5, 2022
The Eminence in Shadow Season 2Yet to be announced, rumoured October 2023

The leaker also confirmed that, unlike the first season which consisted of 20 episodes, the second season will run for only 12 episodes like any typical anime.

However, as with any leaks, we recommend that fans take this information with a grain of salt until an official confirmation on the release date of season 2 is made.

We can expect the air date announcement in the next few months and we will keep you informed as soon as an official announcement is made.

Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute Season 2 Countdown:

Based on the following information, here is the countdown to the premiere of Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakutes second season.

Countdown

Eminence in Shadow Season 2 Trailer

To celebrate the season 2 announcement, the anime’s posted a teaser trailer on their official YouTube channel hinting at the return of Cid and the Shadow Garden as they go head to head against the three rulers of the Lawless City – Juggernaut the Tyrant, Yukime the Spirit Fox, and Crimson the vampire

You can enjoy the same trailer with English subtitles below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKa64hTFefM&pp=ygUjRW1pbmVuY2UgaW4gU2hhZG93IFNlYXNvbiAyIFRyYWlsZXI%3D

What will happen in Season 2?

The first season only adapted the first 2 volumes, so the next season of Eminence in Shadow will begin with adapting the third volume.

Yen Press the English distributor of the series describes the story of volume 3 as such:

Eminence in Shadow Light Novel  Volume 3 Cover
Eminence in Shadow Light Novel Volume 3 Cover

“Deep within the Lawless City lies the Blood Queen, a Progenitor Vampire, slumbering in her coffin for many moons. An expert at landing himself in trouble, Cid should know better than to go after her…but he’s dying to get a piece of the action. It’s time he shed his daytime persona to take on the role of Shadow!

It seems, however, that he’s not the only one with this idea. Soon enough, he finds the three rulers of the Lawless City—Juggernaut the Tyrant, Yukime the Spirit Fox, and Crimson the vampire—are all on his tail.

To complicate things even further, the Shadow Garden descends on the scene as the hour of the Blood Queen’s awakening looms closer and closer….”

Will there be a Season 2 of The Eminence in Shadow?

At the moment of writing, Studio Nexus and the publisher Kadokawa have officially renewed Eminence in Shadow for a second season.

Fortunately, Eminence in Shadow was one of the many anime series that managed to secure a new season right after the first season finale.

So, how did Eminence in Shadow manage to get a second season so fast while other anime series other popular anime series like Tomodachi Game and Worlds End Harem didn’t?

Well, it is possible to speculate whether an anime will get a new season or not by carefully evaluating these three factors and below will examine them for eminence in shadow to help you understand what led to such a fast announcement,

  • Availability of source material
  • Sales
  • Popularity

Is there enough material available for “The Eminence in Shadow” Season 2?

Eminence in Shadow Season 2 and Novel comparison
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom Anime Art

The Eminence in Shadow is a direct adaptation of the light novel series penned by Daisuke Aizawa with illustrations drawn by Tozai.

It started publication online as a web novel in May 2018 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shosetsuka ni Naro (Let’s Become a Novelis) and was later acquired by Enterbrain who published the series in physical form.

The first volume of the light novel was released on November 5, 2018, and the latest issue come out on December 28, 2022.

A total of five volumes have been released so far, and the light novel is still ongoing.

The first season of the anime covers the content from the first two volumes, leaving behind three volumes’ worth of content to adapt.

Conclusion: Currently, there are 13 volumes of content available to adapt, which is good news since the series has more than enough material for Studio Nexus to start working on a new season right away.

Moreover, the series is still ongoing with a consistent release of new volumes, so that’s a big plus for getting a sequel.

Light Novel Sales

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CID: I AM ATOMIC

Before we proceed, it’s important to understand that most of the anime we watch today are created primarily to promote and boost the sales of its source material (in this case a light novel).

Sales from the manga and related merchandise are the main source of income for the producers, while revenue from advertising fees, online streaming licensing, and Blu-ray sales are considered secondary

Typically, a 12-episode anime television series costs around $3,000,000 to produce.

Therefore, an anime has to make back this much money through merchandise sales and licensing fees to ensure a new season from the producers.

As of February 22, 2023, The Eminence in Shadow reached a circulation count of 4 million across the light novel, manga and digital downloads.

The anime has had a significant impact on the sales of the series, resulting in a major boost. Prior to the anime’s premiere in October 2022, the series had a cumulative total of 2 million copies in circulation.

However, as of December 2022, the number had increased to 3.5 million copies, an impressive jump of 1.5 million copies in just two months.

It is remarkable to note that the series achieved the same level of sales within just 5 months as it did in the previous 4 years, thanks to the boost provided by the anime.

Conclusion: typically, a manga with 500,000 to 1,000,000 copies in circulation is considered successful, so The Eminence in Shadow is performing remarkably well with these sales numbers which led to the renewal of the anime series.

Blu-ray/ DVDs and other Merchandise sales

Eminence in Shadow Blu-ray/ DVD Volume 1 Cover Art
Eminence in Shadow Blu-ray/ DVD Volume 1 Cover Art

While Blu-rays and DVDs are no longer key players in determining anime success as they used to be back in the 2010s, they are still a great tool to understand a show’s popularity among the general Japanese audience. In general, if an anime’s disc sales are over 3,000, a second season would be promising.

As for The Eminence in Shadow, the numbers look solid for now. The first Blu-ray/DVD volume sold 2,739 copies in its first week of debut, followed by the second volume which sold 3,163 copies.

The third and fourth volumes have not gone on sale yet, but it is safe to assume that the next two volumes will also sell an average of 2,500 to 3,300 copies, bringing the total to around 12,000 units sold.

Conclusion: The series has certainly made a lot of money since the anime debuted and continues to do with its latest instalments, so profitability didn’t stand in the way of a sequel either.

The anime proved to be financially successful by increasing the manga sales count and bringing in even more money through Blu-ray, merchandise, and overseas licensing.

Therefore, the production committee was now sure to make enough money from its next project.

Popularity in Japan and the West

The Eminence in Shadow was already quite popular in Japan prior to the anime’s release, and its popularity has surged even further since then.

It is one of Enterbrain’s best-selling titles, with multiple volumes consistently appearing in Oricon’s Top Selling Monthly and Weekly charts with each volume averaging around 40k copies sold per volume.

Successful manga adaptations, spin-offs and other multimedia

Moreover, with the success of the light novel, Eminence in Shadow was greenlit for a manga adaptation in December 2018.

The first publication by Anri Sakano was serialized in Kadokawa’s Comp Ace magazine. It has already been compiled into ten volumes of the manga.

A spin-off side-story manga titled The Eminence in Shadow: Shadow Side Stor drawn by Seta U started publication in the same magazine in July 2019.

A Gacha, RPG mobile game titled The Eminence in Shadow: Master of Garden by Aiming was released for iOS, Android, and PC on November 29, 2022. Crunchyroll Games licensed the game for its release outside Japan.

All of these multimedia adaptations just shows the popularity of the series and the large demand for more inspired projects.

Anime’s Popularity

The anime’s debut in Japan was highly anticipated, and it quickly became one of the most-watched shows of the Spring 2021 season. It ranked top on several streaming websites, including the D-Anime Store and AbemaTV.

On NicoVideo, Japan’s largest hosting site which is their version of YouTube, the premiere episode received over 164k views and 11k comments.

The Eminence in Shadow  Anime' popularity on NICOVIDEO
The Eminence in Shadow Anime’s popularity on NICOVIDEO

Overseas popularity

The debut run of the Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute anime adaptation received a positive reception from the fans in the west, with many viewers and critics praising it for being even better than the source material in some aspects.

The series has garnered positive reviews from viewers around the world, earning a solid score of 8.34 on MyAnimeList and ranking at #534 in popularity, with more than 384k members in its MAL group.

It has also received a strong score of 7.8/10 on IMDb and an 82% approval rating on AniList. This shows that the show’s popularity is very high even though it is a young series.

In conclusion, the series gained a significant following in both Japan and the West and generated a ton of revenue from merchandise sales, indicating that it has a strong and loyal fanbase.

With enough source material and the potential to make even more sales, it was only inevitable for The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 to be announced this early.

Staff Details Of The Anime

DIRECTED BYKazuya Nakanishi
WRITTEN BYKanichi Katou
MUSIC BYKenichiro Suehiro
STUDIONexus
LICENSED BYSentai Filmworks
ORIGINAL NETWORKAT-X, Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, SUN, BS NTV, TVA
ORIGINAL RUNOctober 5, 2022 – February 15, 2023
EPISODES20

Final Words !!

This article will be updated again next month, and we will see if something has changed. In the meantime, you can check out our article on Worlds End Harem season 2 and Tomodachi game Season 2.

I hope this article helped you understand how The Eminence in Shadow managed to get a second season so quickly and when it is most likely to air.

Frequently asked questions about The Eminence in Shadow:

Frequently asked questions about The Eminence in Shadow:

Where to start Eminence in Shadow manga after anime?

The anime adaptation covered till chapter 26 so you can start Eminence in Shadow manga from chapter 27.

What is the story of Eminence in Shadow about?

The series follows Cid Kagenou, a character who has delusions of grandeur and believes he has hidden knowledge or secret powers, known as Chuuni. However, in this story, it is revealed that it’s all real and everyone else knows it but only he doesn’t know that it’s real.

Is the Eminence in Shadow light novel finished?

No, the light novel by Daisuke Aizawa and illustrated by Tozai is ongoing and has published 4 volumes so far with the latest one released on February 21, 2022. The fifth volume is set to release on an unknown date.

Who is the main character in Eminence in Shadow?

The main character in Eminence in Shadow is Cid Kagenou, a Chuuni who believes he has hidden knowledge and secret powers.

Who are the creators of Eminence in Shadow?

Eminence in Shadow is created by Daisuke Aizawa and illustrated by Tozai. The anime adaptation is produced by the animation studio Nexus.

Will eminence in shadow have a season 2

Eminence in Shadow was announced on February 22, 2023.

When will Eminence in Shadow Season 2 air?

Eminence in Shadow Season 2 is speculated to air in October 2023.

Where to start Eminence in Shadow light novel after anime?

The anime adaptation covered till volume 2 so you can start Eminence in Shadow light novel from volume 3.

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