{"id":157367,"date":"2025-11-01T16:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/157367\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T16:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:21:10","slug":"bungo-stray-dogs-wan-spinoff-anime-gets-2nd-season-in-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/157367\/","title":{"rendered":"Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! Spinoff Anime Gets 2nd Season in 2026 &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New season to feature returning cast, mostly returning staff<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=15420\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kadokawa<\/a> revealed on Saturday that the television <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2020-06-18\/bungo-stray-dogs-wan-comedy-spinoff-manga-gets-tv-anime\/.160807\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">anime<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=200080\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kanaineko<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=23752\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bungo Stray Dogs Wan!<\/a> (Bungo Stray Dogs Ruff!) spinoff manga for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=17021\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bung\u014d Stray Dogs<\/a> franchise will get a second season titled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=37954\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! 2<\/a>. The anime will debut in 2026.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"424\" height=\"600\" alt=\"bungo-stray-dogs-wan-2-visual\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.9\/230540\/bungo-stray-dogs-wan-2-visual.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image courtesy of Kadokawa<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 \u671d\u9727\u30ab\u30d5\u30ab\u30fb\u304b\u306a\u3044\u306d\u3053\u30fb\u6625\u6cb335\/KADOKAWA\/\u6587\u8c6a\u30b9\u30c8\u30ec\u30a4\u30c9\u30c3\u30b0\u30b9 \u308f\u3093!\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p>Kanaineko drew an illustration to celebrate the announcement:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"kanai-neko-illust\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.9\/230540\/kanai-neko-illust.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image courtesy of Kadokawa<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 \u671d\u9727\u30ab\u30d5\u30ab\u30fb\u304b\u306a\u3044\u306d\u3053\u30fb\u6625\u6cb335\/KADOKAWA\/\u6587\u8c6a\u30b9\u30c8\u30ec\u30a4\u30c9\u30c3\u30b0\u30b9 \u308f\u3093!\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p>Returning cast members include:\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=22213\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toshihiro Kikuchi<\/a> (episode director on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=20778\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vinland Saga<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=22317\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Great Pretender<\/a>) is returning from the first season to direct the anime at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=198\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BONES<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=3039\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nomad<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=207932\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Y\u016bdai Hanaoka<\/a> (episode director for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=33619\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Gorilla God&#8217;s Go-To Girl<\/a>) is the assistant director. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=75184\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">T\u014dko Machida<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=7222\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lucky Star<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=33349\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">With You and the Rain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=35007\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider<\/a>) is overseeing the series scripts, replacing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=16992\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kazuyuki Fudeyasu<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=124927\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hiromi Daimi<\/a> (episode animation director on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=18943\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Re:CREATORS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=20484\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dropkick on My Devil!<\/a>) is returning to design the characters.<\/p>\n<p>Other staff members include:\n<\/p>\n<p>The first season <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2020-11-06\/bungo-stray-dogs-wan-anime-promo-video-reveals-ending-song-january-12-premiere\/.166068\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">premiered<\/a> in January 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=7606\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crunchyroll<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2021-01-06\/crunchyroll-announces-dubs-for-the-hidden-dungeon-only-i-can-enter-dr-stone-stone-wars-anime\/.168162\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">streamed<\/a> the series as it aired and also streamed an English <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2021-02-08\/crunchyroll-reveals-english-dub-casts-premieres-for-so-im-a-spider-so-what-the-hidden-dungeon-only-\/.169287\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The comedy spinoff manga based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=135843\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kafka Asagiri<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=135844\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sango Harukawa<\/a>&#8216;s Bung\u014d Stray Dogs manga shows the manga&#8217;s characters in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/lexicon.php?id=44\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SD<\/a> form in comedic gag scenes.<\/p>\n<p>Kanaineko <a href=\"https:\/\/natalie.mu\/comic\/news\/170195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">launched<\/a> the manga on Kadokawa&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=19913\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Young Ace Up<\/a>! manga website in December 2015. The manga currently has 14 volumes.<\/p>\n<p>Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa launched the Bung\u014d Stray Dogs manga in Kadokawa&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=12495\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Young Ace<\/a> magazine in December 2012, and the series is ongoing. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=6612\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yen Press<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2016-07-04\/yen-press-licenses-erased-bungo-stray-dogs-manga\/.103964\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">publishing<\/a> the manga and novel series in English.<\/p>\n<p>The manga&#8217;s first television anime adaptation aired from April to June 2016. The anime&#8217;s second 12-episode series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/daily-briefs\/2016-08-26\/bungo-stray-dogs-anime-2nd-half-premieres-on-october-5\/.105793\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">aired<\/a> from October to December 2016. The anime&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2018-07-21\/bungo-stray-dogs-anime-gets-3rd-season\/.134541\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">third<\/a> season <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2018-12-31\/bungo-stray-dogs-3rd-season-anime-reveals-visual-song-artists-april-premiere\/.141515\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">premiered<\/a> in April 2019. The anime&#8217;s fourth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2021-11-07\/bungo-stray-dogs-anime-gets-new-season\/.179314\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">season<\/a> premiered in Japan in January 2023. The anime&#8217;s fifth season <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2023-03-29\/bungo-stray-dogs-anime-gets-5th-season-in-july\/.196570\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">premiered<\/a> in July 2023, and ended in September 2023. Crunchyroll has streamed all the anime as they aired.<\/p>\n<p>An anime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2017-02-19\/bungo-stray-dogs-anime-gets-new-film-project-stage-play\/.112431\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">film<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2017-06-19\/bungo-stray-dogs-anime-film-reveals-title-teaser-video-visual-early-spring-2018-debut\/.117677\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">titled<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=19773\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple<\/a> opened in Japan in March 2018. Crunchyroll began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2018-09-03\/crunchyroll-streams-bungo-stray-dogs-dead-apple-film\/.136301\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">streaming<\/a> the film in September 2018.<\/p>\n<p>NextNinja&#8217;s Gakuen Bung\u014d Stray Dogs (Bung\u014d Stray Dogs School) smartphone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2023-04-03\/nextninja-develops-new-bungo-stray-dogs-smartphone-game\/.196701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">game<\/a> will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-10-12\/gakuen-bungo-stray-dogs-game-reveals-november-6-launch-date-opening-movie\/.229857\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">launch<\/a> on November 6.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Press release<\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, is the majority owner of Anime News Network, LLC. One or more of the companies mentioned in this article are part of the Kadokawa Group of Companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New season to feature returning cast, mostly returning staff Kadokawa revealed on Saturday that the television anime of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[18,117,19,17,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-157367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115475361949529189","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}