In season 2, Botchan states his resolve to marry Alice.
By: Nicole S. Castro on July 9, 2022 at 19:22 PHT
The first promotional video has been released for season 2 of The Duke of Death and His Maid, slated to air in 2023. As with season 1, season 2 is also animated by J.C.STAFF.
The series stars Duke of Death/Botchan (CV: Natsuki Hanae) who has the cursed ability to kill anything he touches, forcing him to live in near isolation. Fortunately, the manor's staff, including the flirtatious maid/childhood friend Alice Lendrott (CV: Ayumi Mano), keep him company and make his life less miserable.
In season 2, Botchan states his resolve to marry Alice.
The Duke of Death and His Maid (Japanese: 死神坊ちゃんと黒メイド, Romaji: Shinigami Botchan to Kuro Meido) is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series by Koharu Inoue. It was serialized online via Shogakukan's Sunday Webry website from October 2017 to May 2022.
Season 1 of the TV anime adaptation by J.C.Staff aired from July to September 2021.
Staff
Original work: Koharu Inoue's "The Duke of Death and His Maid" (serialized in Shogakukan's Sunday Webry)
Director: Yoshinobu Yamakawa
Series composition: Hideki Shirane
Character design: Michiru Kuwabata (SMDE)
CG director: Yusuke Suzuki (SMDE)
Character model director: Yuya Hatano (SMDE)
Art director: Akira Suzuki
Color setting: Miho Kimura
Cinematographer: Shingo Fukuyo
Editor: Kentaro Tsubone (REAL-T)
Music director: Jin Aketagawa
Music: Gen Okuda, Takeshi Watanabe
Animation production: J.C.STAFF
CGI: SMDE
Production: "The Duke of Death and His Maid" Production Committee
Source: The Duke of Death and His Maid official Twitter, official website, Comic Natalie
NICOLE S. CASTRO
Author
Nicole is based in the Philippines and works as a freelance Japanese Translator/Interpreter and copywriter (English). She is a JLPT N2 passer who watches anime to "study" for N1. She has a long career history on LinkedIn (with primary focus on media and translation), but her anime watchlist is much, much longer.
