Season 2 of Saga of Tanya the Evil (Youjo Senki II) is officially scheduled to premiere in July 2026 (Summer 2026 anime season).
It was first announced in June 2021 (with a teaser), followed by a more substantial teaser in November 2025 and a full promotional video plus key visual at AnimeJapan 2026 on March 28, 2026. This marks nearly a decade since Season 1 aired in 2017.
Studio and Staff
- Studio: NUT (returning from Season 1 and the movie).
- Director: Takayuki Yamamoto (replacing Yutaka Uemura).
- Series Composition/Script: Kenta Ihara (returning).
- Character Design/Chief Animation Director: Yuji Hosogoe (returning).
Saga of Tanya the Evil Season 2: Cast
Returning main cast (core roles confirmed):
- Aoi Yūki as Tanya Degurechaff
- Saori Hayami as Viktoriya Ivanovna Serebryakova (Visha)
- Shinichirō Miki as Erich von Lergen (Rerugen)
- Tesshō Genda as Kurt von Rudersdorf
- Hōchū Ōtsuka as Hans von Zettour
New additions (announced March 2026; romanizations may vary):
- Tomokazu Sugita as Mikel
- Yōko Hikasa as Lilya
Other supporting cast from Season 1 (e.g., members of the 203rd Battalion like Weiss, Grantz, etc.) are expected to return as well.
Saga of Tanya the Evil Season 2: Plot Details
Carlo Zen’s light novels, featuring Tanya’s tumultuous ascent to military attainment during and contemporaneously with WWI via fantasy/the supernatural, are the basis for an ‘isekai’ military fantasy anime series The Place Where There Is No War: A Serialized Interlude, Season 2 will chronicle her exploits continuing on the ‘Eastern Front’ and elsewhere, battling the Union and continuing her philosophical quarrel with ‘Being X’. An announcement regarding the series can be found on the official production website and through the @YoujoSenki official Twitter account.
There was an extended production hiatus for various reasons before recent news (including trailers) revealed that developments in this situation are ongoing.
Schooling on a comparable basis, i.e., simulcast through streaming services such as Crunchyroll (season 1).
This is the sole item currently confirmed (as of May 2026); other details will follow (e.g., premiere date(s), episode count, open/closed captions, complete cast).