Saga Of Tanya The Evil Season 2 Cast, Director, Possible Plotlines And More Details

At this point, isekai heroes have been reincarnated as pretty much everything. Long gone are the days where heroes in anime like "Re:Zero" and "Kono Suba" simply enter into the new world with the bodies they already had. If your isekai protagonist doesn't reincarnate as a slime, a spider, or something vastly different from the person they once were, then you might be behind the curve. In this regard, "Saga of Tanya the Evil" doesn't disappoint.

Though not as drastic as becoming a slime in a fantasy world, the protagonist of "Saga of Tanya the Evil" finds himself reincarnated in the body of a little girl in an alternate version of WWI Imperial Germany. Once a cutthroat atheist businessman, the one who would become Tanya earns a second shot at life (after being murdered by one of the people he fired) simply for talking back to a being who claims to be God. He comes back as a little blonde girl living on an alternate Earth where magic is real, and Tanya's innate magical affinity and natural remorselessness quickly earns her a command position in the Imperial Army, even as a child.

The culture shock and disparity between Tanya's appearance, environment, and ruthless mannerisms make this 2017 anime (based on the original Japanese web novel by author Carlo Zen) a compelling concept from its beginning. However, Tanya's saga had seemingly come to a halt — until fairly recently. With no new content since the anime's 2019 movie sequel, fans of "Saga of Tanya the Evil" weren't just hungry for more, they were starving. Thankfully, nourishment is on the horizon as the show is finally receiving its long awaited second season. Here is what we know so far about Season 2.

The end of the 2019 movie sees Tanya secure a transfer away from the front line so she can conduct research into combined arms tactics. She's pleased about this to begin with, but, in a move she doesn't see coming, Hans von Zettour informs her that she is to be given control of the 8th Kampfgruppe (a unit known as Salamander that combines tanks, artillery, and infantry) so she can put her research to the test. Of course, this is actually orchestrated by Being X, who is still determined to make the staunchly atheist Tanya into a true believer. This all ties in to the mounting conflict alluded to in the Season 2 trailer.

As the trailer's voiceover explains, the Empire's warlike ways have earned them enemies on all sides. The world fears them, and so conflict is brewing once more. However, according to Zettour, there's a plan to "rectify the mistake," and that is to dispose of a single officer. This officer, we can assume, is none other than Tanya, but it's impossible to know that for sure until we learn more about Season 2.

What we do know for sure is that the first season of the anime is based on the first three volumes of the light novel, and the 2019 movie takes its cues from Volume 4. It stands to reason that Season 2 will pick up the story from there. In Volume 5, winter is just around the corner and the higher-ups in the Empire can't decide whether they should launch an attack or hunker down until the worst of the weather passes. Tanya's Salamander unit is given an unenviable mission that will determine the Empire's path and, perhaps, the fate of the entire war.

Along with the voice cast, the creative team is also returning for the second season of "Saga of Tanya the Evil." This will no doubt be music to the ears of fans, as director Yutaka Uemura did such a good job helming the first season of the anime and the 2019 film.

Uemura made his directorial debut in 2011 with the supernatural detective anime "The Mystic Archives of Dantalian," which follows a noble named Lord Hugh Anthony Disward who begins unraveling mysteries after inheriting his grandfather's manor. As part of the inheritance deal, Hugh becomes the guardian of a girl named Dalian, who believes that Hugh's grandfather was murdered by a rival. Working on this series gave him Uemura a headstart when he took charge of "Saga of Tanya the Evil."

"'The Mystic Archives of Dantalian' is also set during the early 20^th Century, so I had a solid foundation to build on and already knew quite a few things about Europe during that time period," Uemura told Crunchyroll at Germany's AnimagiC convention in 2019. "Something that is rather noteworthy about 'Tanya' is that the reality of war is portrayed with a lot of detail. Therefore, I wanted to convey these details to the viewer as realistic as possible — even if it is a fantasy world in the end."

After "The Mystic Archives of Dantalian," Uemura took charge of an anime series called "Punch Line," directing all 12 episodes of the superhero-themed show. His only other directorial credit came in 2018 when he helmed an episode of "FLCL Alternative," the third season of the "FLCL" series. He directed the second episode, entitled "Grown-Up Wannabe." The season is perhaps best known for its catchy outro song "Star Overhead" by The Pillows, which was nominated for best ending at the 2019 Crunchyroll Anime Awards.