{"id":96035,"date":"2024-09-01T14:49:34","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T21:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=96035"},"modified":"2025-11-16T17:57:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T01:57:01","slug":"sasaki-and-peeps-unveils-new-key-visual-for-upcoming-2nd-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/09\/01\/sasaki-and-peeps-unveils-new-key-visual-for-upcoming-2nd-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Sasaki and Peeps Unveils New Key Visual for Upcoming 2nd Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A new key visual has been unveiled for the second season of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/04\/16\/interview-sasaki-and-peeps-producer-kosuke-arai-on-the-fantasy-animes-appeal\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sasaki and Peeps<\/span><\/i><\/a><i> <\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">during the MF Bunko J Natsu no Gakuensai 2024 livestream event. The second season was announced <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/03\/24\/sasaki-and-peeps-anime-returns-for-2nd-season\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">shortly after the first season finale<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> this past March. Additional information on the second season has not yet been revealed.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">The visual features the characters Otonari-san and Abaddon, with the latter appearing in the first season&#8217;s 12th and final episode.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96042\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96042\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"96042\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/09\/01\/sasaki-and-peeps-unveils-new-key-visual-for-upcoming-2nd-season\/sasaki-and-peeps-season-2-teaser-visual-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sasaki-and-peeps-season-2-teaser-visual-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C1416&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1416\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sasaki and peeps season 2 teaser visual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;\u00a92024 Buncololi,Kantoku\/KADOKAWA\/Sasaki and Peeps&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sasaki-and-peeps-season-2-teaser-visual-1.jpg?fit=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sasaki-and-peeps-season-2-teaser-visual-1.jpg?fit=696%2C986&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-96042\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sasaki-and-peeps-season-2-teaser-visual-1.jpg?resize=350%2C496&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"sasaki and peeps season 2 teaser visual\" width=\"350\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sasaki-and-peeps-season-2-teaser-visual-1.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sasaki-and-peeps-season-2-teaser-visual-1.jpg?resize=723%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 723w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sasaki-and-peeps-season-2-teaser-visual-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1087&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sasaki-and-peeps-season-2-teaser-visual-1.jpg?resize=696%2C986&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sasaki-and-peeps-season-2-teaser-visual-1.jpg?resize=297%2C420&amp;ssl=1 297w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sasaki-and-peeps-season-2-teaser-visual-1.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">\u00a92024 Buncololi,Kantoku\/KADOKAWA\/Sasaki and Peeps<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Mirai Minato <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When Will Ayumu Make His Move?, The Dungeon of Black Company<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) directed season one of <em>Sasaki and Peeps<\/em>, with <\/span><b>Deko Akao<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Komi Can\u2019t Communicate, When Will Ayumu Make His Move?<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as series screenwriter and scriptwriter, and <\/span><b>Saori Nakashiki<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as character designer. <\/span><b>Silver Link<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was in charge of the animation production for the series.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Meanwhile, the anime\u2019s main voice cast includes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><strong>\u2022 Tomokazu Sugita<\/strong> as Sasaki<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><strong>\u2022 Aoi Yuki<\/strong> as Peeps<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><strong>\u2022 Akari Kito<\/strong> as Otonari-san<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><strong>\u2022 Rie Takahashi<\/strong> as Hoshizaki-san<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><strong>\u2022 Mutsumi Tamura <\/strong>as Abaddon<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">The anime is based on a web novel series that was published on Kakuyomu and Shosetsuka ni Naro on December 4, 2018. It was then republished as a light novel series by Media Factory on January 25, 2021, with eight volumes being released as of January 25, 2024. A ninth volume is set for release on July 25, 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The series also inspired a 2021 manga adaptation by <\/span><b>Pureji Osho<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Yen Press releases the light novels and manga in English for North America.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_73607\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73607\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"73607\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2023\/11\/16\/sasaki-and-peeps-receives-1st-trailer-key-visual-january-premiere-new-cast-info\/sasakiandpeeps_keyvisual\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sasakiandpeeps_keyvisual.jpg?fit=903%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"903,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sasakiandpeeps_keyvisual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;\u00a9 2024 B,\u200bK\/\u200bK\/\u200bSP&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sasakiandpeeps_keyvisual.jpg?fit=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sasakiandpeeps_keyvisual.jpg?fit=696%2C987&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-73607\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sasakiandpeeps_keyvisual.jpg?resize=350%2C496&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"sasaki and peeps main anime key visual\" width=\"350\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sasakiandpeeps_keyvisual.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sasakiandpeeps_keyvisual.jpg?resize=722%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 722w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sasakiandpeeps_keyvisual.jpg?resize=768%2C1089&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sasakiandpeeps_keyvisual.jpg?resize=696%2C987&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sasakiandpeeps_keyvisual.jpg?resize=296%2C420&amp;ssl=1 296w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sasakiandpeeps_keyvisual.jpg?w=903&amp;ssl=1 903w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">\u00a92024 Buncololi,Kantoku\/KADOKAWA\/Sasaki and Peeps<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sasaki and Peeps<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is streaming outside of Japan on Crunchyroll and bilibili. Crunchyroll describes the main synopsis as:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sasaki is a middle-aged office worker living in Japan. Feeling drained by the vapid corporate world, he heads to the pet shop in search of a new companion. There he finds an adorable bird named Peeps and takes him home. But Sasaki quickly learns that Peeps isn\u2019t your average bird\u2026he\u2019s a powerful mage from another world! Together, they embark on a magical adventure filled with swords and sorcery.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sasapi-anime.com\/news\/article_040.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sasaki and Peeps Official Anime Website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Want to follow our weekly chart updates and news? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Subscribe to our newsletter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to get more content in your inbox!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new key visual has been unveiled for the second season of Sasaki and Peeps during the live-streamed MF Bunko J Natsu no Gakuensai 2024 event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":96039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1685,78,7346,5013,1785],"class_list":["post-96035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-bilibili","tag-crunchyroll","tag-media-factory","tag-sasaki-and-peeps","tag-silver-link"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sasaki-and-peeps-season-2-teaser-visual-e1725226879524.jpg?fit=1000%2C564&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-oYX","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96035"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96035"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139890,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96035\/revisions\/139890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}