Call Of The Night Season 2: In Production! Will Return Earlier Than Possible
It’s been two years since we last saw the supernatural drama Call Of The Night. There’s no denying the anime featured the joy of being a nightwalker; the series remained dormant for two years. But the anime enthusiasts can breathe a sigh of relief now. That’s because Call Of The Night Season 2 is happening. That’s right, we have pleasant news for you. The highly anticipated anime is gearing up for its return. So, without future ado, let’s see when the anime will hit our screen.
Based on Kotoyama’s manga series, Call Of The Night follows the journey of Ko Yamori, a high school student who stops going to school and starts wandering at night. However, his life changes after encountering a girl named Nazuna Nanakusa. Surprisingly, she turns out to be a vampire who shows Yamori the beauty of a night-walker. Due to this, Ko plans to be a vampire. But there’s a catch: he can only be a vampire once he falls in love with Nazuna.
Call Of The Night Season 2 Is Back!
The first season of Call Of The Night aired back on July 8, 2022. Shortly after its release, the anime became the most-watched series of the year. There’s no denying that fans loved the concept, and the light-hearted comedy won many hearts. However, it took two years to announce the fate of the series. Many initially thought the show had been shelved and wouldn’t return with a second season. However, the series status was changed.
On March 11, 2024, the anime committee announced that the show would return with Call Of The Night Season 2. Well, the news was music to many fans’ ears. That’s because they have been wondering about the series’ future. There’s no denying that the show performed incredibly well. The first season of Yofukashi no Uta gained 7.4/10 stars on IMDb and 8/10 stars on MyAnimeList. This is enough to suggest that the anime performed extremely well.
Official Announcement
During the Fuji TV Anime Lineup Press Conference 2024 event, the production committee announced that Call Of The Night Season 2 was happening. The announcement via a teaser visual and a short clip suggests fans’ favorite characters will return. The short video has been released on Fuji TV’s Noitamina’s official YouTube channel. In that video, we can see Ko and Nazuna posing against the backdrop of the anime’s theme color palette.
Meanwhile, the mesmerizing teaser visual also offers a sneak peek of what will happen in the upcoming season. It will continue with Ko’s journey to find a place in the nocturnal world. While the official account shared that Call Of The Night Season 2 will return soon, it hasn’t revealed the main plot line of the series. The announcement trailer has also hinted at the major cast and staff details.
Call Of The Night Season 2: When Production Will Begin?
The anime committee announced the second season and revealed that the show had begun production. On March 11, 2024, the news broke that the anime had entered production and that Liden Films would continue animating the series. Since the production began in March, it would take time to wrap up production. Anime typically takes 12 to 18 months to conclude animation work. Deeming that we believe Call Of The Night Season 2 will take longer to return.
As for the production house, Liden Films is a Japanese animation studio founded on February 22, 2012. It’s been 12 years since the studio was afloat. So far, the studio has animated several commercial hit series, such as Berserk, Love and Lies, Killing Bites, Magical Sempai, and Tokyo Revengers. The studio is currently busy animating Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Disturbance and Promise of Wizard. So, it will take some time to know the Call Of The Night Season 2 release date.
Is There Enough Source Material?
As mentioned before, the anime is based on a manga series written and illustrated by Kotoyama. The manga was serialized from August 2019 to January 2024 in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine. Since the manga series has concluded, the source material could be scarce. But don’t fret. The manga concluded with Chapter 200, which is collected in 20 tankobon volumes. However, only ten volumes of the manga were available to adapt when the first season was aired.
That’s why the first season only covered Chapter 40. Since 160 chapters remain to be covered, we believe Call Of The Night can return with more than one season. Thus, there is ample source material left to delve into. In addition, the first season covered 40 chapters, so we expect that Call Of The Night Season 2 will follow the same and might cover until Chapter 80. This will leave room for two more seasons. But if the second season is split into two halves, then there’s a possibility that it might cover more chapters. However, we have to wait for the official announcement.
Call Of The Night Season 2: What To Expect Next?
In the first season’s finale, Ko discovered Hatsuka was a male. Despite that, the former was attracted to Hatsuka. Meanwhile, Nazuna believed Ko had changed his mind and didn’t want to become a vampire. After this, she tries to convince Nico and the other vampires to let him live. But it created complications for everyone. Furious, Nico scolded Nazuna for breaking their deal and smashed the table. She even threatened Nazuna to kill Ko. At Hatsuka’s place, Ko reconsidered his decision to transfer into a vampire.
While reconsidering his decision, Hatsuka offered to turn Ko into a vampire. He even warned Ko that things would turn dramatic for him and Nazuna. He also revealed that the duo’s safety is on the verge. Despite that, Ko didn’t back up and searched for Nazuna. However, Nico stopped him and said Nazuna didn’t want to talk to him. Ko ignored her and searched for Nazuna. The duo finally reunited at the vending machine where they first met.
Despite the differences, Nazuna promises to make Ko fall in love with her, and later, they share a kiss. Since a lot has happened in the first season, we believe Call Of The Night Season 2 will pick up the pace from where it has left off. The series will start exploring Nazuna and Ko’s journey. Now that Ko knows that the vampires are behind him, he will continue his journey to fall in love with Nazuna. Both will spend time together to make it happen. But things will fall apart. The pair will also witness some challenges in the upcoming season.
Call Of The Night Season 2 Cast Details
There’s no denying that all the main characters will return for Call Of The Night Season 2. Since the characters will be back, their voice actors will also return to make the next season happen. These include:
- Ko Yamori – Gen Sato (Japanese), Gabriel Regojo (English)
- Nazuna Nanakusa – Sora Amamiya (Japanese), Natalie Rial (English)
- Akira Asai – Yumiri Hanamori (Japanese), Jade Kelly (English)
- Anko Uguisu – Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese), Jessica Calvello (English)
- Akihito Akiyama – Hiroyuki Yoshino (Japanese), James Marler (English)
- Nico Hirata – Eri Kitamura (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)
- Seri Kikyo – Haruka Tomatsu (Japanese), Christina Kelly (English)
- Kabura Honda – Shizuka Ito (Japanese), Patricia Duran (English)
- Midori Kohakobe – Naomi Ozara (Japanese), Emily Neves (English)
- Hatsuka Suzushiro – Azumi Waki (Japanese), Annie Wild (English)
In addition, Tomoyuki Itamura will return to the director seat. He’s known for directing several hit animes like The Case Study of Vanitas, I Want To Eat Your Pancreas, and the Monogatari series. He is also known for the success of Call Of The Night Season 1. His creative vision will indeed boost the performance of the second season.
Is Call Of The Night Worth Watching?
Many audiences and the critics called the series freaking beautiful series to watch. The series beautifully depicts the stark differences between the characters and people’s feelings. Some even called the anime worth watching, as it focused on the color palettes of night and day. The users on Reddit also said they enjoyed the series a lot. However, the anime got interesting after Anko’s entry.
Another user said that anime is at the top of their list. The second user said, “I thought the animation was really gorgeous. The scenery was beautiful, and I liked the character models. I can tell it’s from the same person who did Dagashi Kashi.” The audience also said that the story is important and that anime depicts it pretty well.
Call Of The Night Season 2 Release Date
As of now, the anime has just announced the second season. So, the actual call of the night season 2 release date is still unclear. However, the good thing is that the series has already undergone production. So it will hardly take a year to wrap up everything. That’s because the first season was announced in November 2021, and it took only eight months to wrap up the production. If the second season follows the same timeframe, we can expect the show to return in the Q1 of 2025. This is all for now. Stay with The Anime Daily for more such updates.
