The anime adaptation of Re:Monster is getting a second season. A teaser visual was revealed alongside the announcement featuring the main character, Gobrou, and Princess Rubellia. No premiere date has been set at the time of this writing. The season 2 announcement arrived on the same date as the release of the Re:Monster: Dark Continent Arc light novels’ fifth volume and the Re:Monster manga’s 15th volume.
Re:Monster is a Japanese light novel written by Kogitsune Kanekiru. It is illustrated by Yamada, with NAJI Yanagida illustrating the “Dark Continent” arc. It first began as a web novel on Shosetsuka ni Naro from 2011 to 2018, before being published by Alphapolis. The light novel series has nine volumes, a side story, and an extra volume.
In July 2018, Alphapolis began publishing the Re:Monster: Dark Continent Arc and has released four volumes, with the fifth volume released in Japan on the same date as the season 2 announcement. The series also inspired a manga adaptation written by Haruyoshi Kobayakawa, and the first season of the anime adaptation premiered on April 4, 2024.
Synopsis:
Tomokui Kanata has suffered an untimely death, but his adventures are far from over. He is reborn into a fantastical world of monsters and magic as a lowly goblin! But Kanata, or Gobrou as he is now named, is not about to let that stop him. With a combination of memories from his old life, a brand new body, and a monstrous appetite, Gobrou thrives in this new world where he must devour other creatures to gain their powers. It takes strength, smarts, and a strong stomach to survive in this action-packed fantasy!
