{"id":23148,"date":"2021-08-17T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=23148"},"modified":"2021-08-17T00:18:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T07:18:18","slug":"record-of-ragnarok-season-2-in-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2021\/08\/17\/record-of-ragnarok-season-2-in-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Record of Ragnarok Season 2 in Production"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warner Bros. Japan announced that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Record of Ragnarok<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> season 2 is in production. The first season recently premiered exclusively on <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2021\/05\/24\/record-of-ragnarok-release-date-announced-for-june-17-on-netflix\/\">Netflix worldwide<\/a> on June 17. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2021\/07\/01\/interview-record-of-ragnarok-character-designer-masaki-sato\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Character designer Masaki Sato<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> drew an illustration for the announcement.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Graphinica was in charge of the first season\u2019s animation production with Masao Okubo as director, Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the Grace of Gods, JoJo\u2019s Bizarre Adventure<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) as series composer, Masaki Saito as character designer, and Yasuharu Takanashi (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Naruto, Fairy Tail, Zombieland Saga<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) as music composer.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main cast includes Miyuki Sawashiro (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mordred <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fate\/Apocrypha<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) as Brunhild, Tomoyo Kurosawa (Ordinary Person in<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Akudama Drive, S<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aya in<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) as Geir, Tomokazu Seki (Gilgamesh in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fate\/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) as Lu Bu, Hikaru Midorikawa (Gridman in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SSSS.Gridman<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) as Thor, and Wataru Takagi (Eikichi Onizuka in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) as Zeus. Additional cast members were announced in March 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;\">The manga is written by Shinya Umemura and Takumi Fukui and illustrated by Ajichika. It started serialization in January 2018 in the Monthly Comic Zenon magazine by COAMIX. Viz Media will publish the manga in English.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Warner Bros. Japan describes the series as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>7 million years of human civilization is coming to an end\u2026<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Every thousand years, all the gods of the world gather in heaven to attend the Conference of Mankind Survival. The gods agree to end to mankind due to their foolish acts, but before the final verdict is made, Brunhild, the eldest of the 13 valkyrie sisters, makes an objection.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>\u201cTo spice things up, why don\u2019t you test the humans?\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>She proposes that the all-powerful gods face off in one-on-one battles against the strongest champions from human history \u2014 during a final struggle known as \u201cRagnarok.\u201d The first team to win 7 out of 13 battles will be declared the winner, but it seems almost impossible for humans to win against the gods.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Although the gods sneer at her declaration, Brunhild provokes them further:<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>\u201cAre you chickening out?\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Her words hit the gods\u2019 nerves, and, enraged, they accept her proposal. Now, Brunhild and her sisters must choose humanity\u2019s 13 champions in a desperate battle for survival. Will humans surpass gods and prevent humanity\u2019s ultimate end? The eschatological battles between heaven and earth finally begins!<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;\">\u24b8Azychika, Shinya Umemura, Takumi Fukui\/Coamix, RagnarokProject<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warner Bros. Japan announced that Record of Ragnarok season 2 is in production. The first season recently premiered exclusively on Netflix worldwide on June 17. 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