Summary
The official website and X (formerly known as Twitter) account of theUndead Unluckanime revealed yesterday, August 1, that the anime will be getting a 1-hour special in Winter 2025.
The news came with a short teaser trailer and “super” teaser visual which featuredwhat appears to be Juiz’s swordlodged in the ground in a blizzard-beaten tundra. The upcoming special will likely be the set up for subsequent sequel announcements for the series.
The Announcement Was Made Months Ago
During the series' panel at AnimeExpo held back in March, it was revealed that there was a big announcement in the works forUndead Unluck, with August 1 long having been set as the reveal date for the aforementioned news. Now we know that the exciting announcement is the hour-long special set to drop sometime in Winter 2025, there is a bigger chance for the second season of the anime. Based on the events that took place in the latter stages ofUndead Unluckseason 1, the teaser visual and trailer’s reference to the “loops”, the special will very likely be a foray into thebattle against the UMA known as “Winter”, which follows logically from their intense battle against Autumn.
Basic Information
The first season ofUndead Unluckran for 24 episodes from October 2023 to March 2024, adapting the story taken from Yoshifumi Tozuka’s manga of the same name currently published in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since January 2020. The anime was produced by staff at David Production, the same production studio that gave usFire Forceand thecurrent iteration of theJoJo’s Bizarre Adventureanime. Season 1 was directed by Yuki Yase (director,Monogatari Series: Second), with scripts written by Sei Tsugata and Yamato Haishima, who also wrote the script forFire Force. The series has music by Kenichiro Suehiro, and character designs by Hideyuki Morioka(character designs, Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei).
Cast in season 1 ofUndead Unluckinclude Moe Kahara (Momiji,That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime) as Fūko Izumo, Yūichi Nakamura(Satoru Gojō,Jujutsu Kaisen)as Andy, Aoi Yūki (Asui Tsuyu,My Hero Academia) as Gina, Ayumu Murase (Shōyō Hinata, Haikyū!) as Chikara Shigeno, Kōji Yusa (Yuri Petrov,Tiger and Bunny) as Nico, Mariya Ise (Killua Zoldyck,Hunter x Hunter) as Juiz, Natsuki Hanae (Tanjiro Kamado,Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) as Shen, Nobuhiko Okamoto (Rin Okumura,Blue Exorcist) as Top, Rie Kugimiya (Suzuya Jūzō,Tokyo Ghoul) as Tatiana, Rikiya Koyama (Kiritsugu Emiya,Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works) as Billy, Tomokazu Sugita (Gintoki Sakata,Gintama) as Apocalypse, Yūki Kaji (Eren Jaeger,Attack on Titan) as Rip and Yumi Uchiyama(Nanao Yozakura,Mission: Yozakura Family)as Anno Un.
