by The second season of the TV anime “The Apothecary Diaries” will be broadcast for two consecutive seasons starting on January 10, 2025. As anticipation for the second season grows, limited-edition visuals of Nekoneko and Jinshi and a video with a mini voice drama have been released for Halloween on October 31.
“The Apothecary Diaries” is a harem mystery-solving entertainment based on the novel series that has sold over 38 million copies and is currently being published by Natsu Hinata under “Hero Bunko” and is also being adapted into a comic in “Big Gangan” and “Sunday GX.” Set in the medieval Orient, the story follows Nekoneko, a young girl who works as a “poison taster,” as she solves various complex cases that occur in the palace one after another. When the first season of the TV anime began airing in October 2023, it was consistently ranked high on the viewing rankings on various distribution platforms, and it became a hot topic, winning a special award at the “TVer Awards 2023”.
In the second season, which will be broadcast for two consecutive seasons from January 10, 2025, dark clouds begin to swirl within the harem as it is revealed that Princess Tamaha is pregnant. And an unprecedented unsolved case in which Jinshi’s life is in danger. The mystery leads to more mysteries, and further tricky cases await Nekoneko, the daughter of a pharmacist with an abnormal obsession with poison and medicine, and the mysterious and handsome eunuch Jinshi.
This time, a unique Halloween-only visual and a mini voice drama were released from this work on October 31 in conjunction with Halloween. The visual shows Nekoneko dressed as a jiangshi and Jinshi as a nine-tailed fox enjoying Halloween, looking at us with mischievous expressions and saying, “Trick or Treat!” In the extraordinary video with a mini voice drama, you can listen to the conversation between Nekoneko and Jinshi, who are enjoying a Halloween feast in different outfits than usual.
The official website also distributes wallpapers for PCs and smartphones using this visual, so check them out as well. Along with the visual release, X (formerly Twitter) has started a follow-and-repost project in which ten people will be selected by lottery to win a postcard. Goods using this illustration will be released from November 2, and the “The Apothecary Diaries Halloween in Animate Fair” will be held from November 2 to November 24.
The second season of the TV anime “The Apothecary Diaries” will air on January 10, 2025. It will be broadcast nationwide on the Nippon Television “FRIDAY ANIME NIGHT” slot every Friday from 11 pm and distributed on various distribution platforms after the broadcast ends. [Broadcast information] The second season of the TV anime “The Apothecary Diaries” will begin broadcasting on Friday, January 10, 2025. It will be broadcast simultaneously nationwide on Nippon Television’s “FRIDAY ANIME NIGHT” every Friday at 11:00 pm.
After the broadcast ends, it will be distributed on various distribution platforms! The broadcast date and time may change without notice. [Staff] Original work: Hinata Natsu (Hero Bunko / published by Imagine Infos) Character design: Shino Touko General director / series composition: Naganuma Norihiro Director: Fudesaka Akinori Assistant director: Nakagawa Wataru Script: Kakihara Yuko, Chiba Misuzu, Ogawa Hitomi Character design: Nakatani Yukiko Art director: Takao Katsumi (ARED) (Taka is pronounced “hashing-data”) Color design: Aida Misato CGI director: Nagai Yu Cinematographer: Suzuki Mayo (T2 studio) Editing: Imai Daisuke Sound director Hata Shoji (Sound Team Don Juan) Music: Kanzaki Akira, Kevin Penkin, Okehazama Arisa Animation production: TOHO animation STUDIO × OLM Production: “The Apothecary Diaries” Production Committee [Cast] Nekoneko / Yuki Aoi Jinshi / Otsuka Takeo Takayoshi / Konishi Katsuyuki Tamabahime / Tanezaki Atsumi (zaki is pronounced “tatsusaki”) Rikahime / Ishikawa Yui Rikihime / Kino Hina Koran / Kuno Misaki Narration / Shimamoto Sumi (C) Hinata Natsu, Imagica Infos / “The Pharmacist’s Monologue” Production Committee
