After just four episodes, a significant delay has been announced for Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World Season II.
From August 7 JST to September 25 JST, selected episodes from the 2020 first season will be broadcast in place of new episodes. Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World Season II will be rebroadcast starting from its first episode at a yet-to-be-determined date in the future.
This isn’t the first major delay for the anime sequel — it was originally meant to premiere in 2023 before a postponement to 2024 was announced last September. The official announcement says that the new delay was made in order to preserve the show’s quality, a common refrain in such situations.
Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World is based on the KADOKAWA-published Fantasia Bunko light novels written by Kei Sazane and illustrated by Ao Nekonabe. The light novel series began in 2017 and has 18 volumes (including short story anthologies) as of June 2023. Yen Press describes the premise as:
For years, a great war has raged on between the scientifically advanced Empire and a paradise of witches known as the Nebulis Sovereignty. This age-old battle sets the scene for a fateful encounter between two young combatants: an imperial swordsman, Iska, and the witch princess, Aliceliese. As sworn enemies, they vow to cut each other down in order to unite their worlds, and yet Iska finds himself entranced by her beauty and righteousness, while Aliceliese is moved by his strength and resolve. In the midst of a never-ending war that forbids them from being together, they have no choice but to destroy each other—or can they find another way?
Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World Season II is a Studio Palette and SILVER LINK co-production, whereas the first season only had SILVER LINK carrying the animation production credit. The first four episodes of the show can be found on Crunchyroll, Hulu, and Bilibili.
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Staff
• Director: Yuki Inaba (KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World)
• Series composition: Studio Palette
• Character designer and chief animation director: Kaori Yoshikawa (KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World)
• Music composer: Elements Garden’s Ryota Tomaru, Seima Iwahashi, and Ryutaro Fujinaga
Cast
• Yusuke Kobayashi as Iska
• Sora Amamiya as Aliceliese Lou Nebulis IX
• Kaori Ishihara as Nene Alkastone
• Nao Shiraki as Mismis Klass
• Shunichi Toki as Jhin Syulargun
• Ayana Taketatsu as Risya In Empire
• Yumiri Hanamori as Rin Vispose
• Azumi Waki as Sisbell Lou Nebulis IX
Source: @kimisen_project
