A third new seasonal plant visual for the month of September has been released for The Apothecary Diaries TV anime series, showcasing Jinshi and his attendant, Gaoshun, enjoying the night under the moonlight. A new seasonal plant visual will be released on the 22nd of every month.
The anime’s second season is scheduled to premiere in 2025. Season one aired in late October 2023 and ran for two cours of 24 total episodes.
Norihiro Naganuma (The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 1) directed the first season and served as series screenwriter, with Akinori Fudesaka (Summer Time Rendering and Komi Can’t Communicate storyboarder) as assistant director, and Yukiko Nakatani (Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure) as character designer. TOHO animation STUDIO and OLM are handling the animation production.
Other staff include Misato Aida (Eternal Boys) as color designer, Katsumi Takao (Pokemon: Harukanaru Aoi Sora) as art director, and Rumi Ishiguro (Akiba Maid War) as compositing director. Satoru Kosaki (Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-), Kevin Penkin (Made in Abyss), and Alisa Okehazama (The God of High School) are serving as music composers.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast for the series stars Aoi Yuki as Maomao and Takeo Otsuka as Jinshi.
The anime is based on the light novel series written by Natsu Hyuga and illustrated by Toko Shino. It was first published by Shufunotomo on August 29, 2014 and has released 15 physical volumes as of March 2024. J-Novel Club released the light novels in English digitally for North America, while Square Enix released the series in print. The series began as a Shosetsuka ni Naro web novel in October 2011. It was later republished by Shufunotomo as a single volume under its Ray Books imprint.
A manga adaptation illustrated by Nekokurage was released in May 2017 and another alternate manga adaptation was launched by Minoji Kurata in August 2017. Square Enix licensed the first manga series for English release.
Crunchyroll streamed The Apothecary Diaries worldwide, outside of Japan. It describes the main synopsis as:
Maomao lived a peaceful life with her apothecary father. Until one day, she’s sold as a lowly servant to the emperor’s palace. But she wasn’t meant for a compliant life among royalty. So when imperial heirs fall ill, she decides to step in and find a cure! This catches the eye of Jinshi, a handsome palace official who promotes her. Now, she’s making a name for herself solving medical mysteries!
Source: The Apothecary Diaries Official Anime Twitter
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