#From Commonplace to World’s Strongest Season 2 Coming January 2022

The official website for the anime adaptation of Ryo Shirakome’s Arifureta – From Commonplace to World’s Strongest (Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai Saikyō) light novel series announced that the anime’s second season is set to premiere sometime in January 2022. A promotional video and key visual was also revealed.

The anime’s staff includes Akira Iwanaga (The Morose Mononokean) as the anime’s new director, Shoichi Sato returns as the script supervisor, and Chika Kojima returns as the character designer and chief animation director.  The animation production will be from asread and Studio Mother.

The anime’s returning cast members include Toshinari Fukamachi as Hajime Nagumo, Yūki Kuwahara as Yue, Minami Takahashi as Shea, Yōko Hikasa as Tio Klarus, Saori Ōnishi as Kaori Shirasaki, and Yumiri Hanamori as Shizuku Yaegashi.

The first season of Arifureta premiered in July 2019. Funimation streamed the series as it aired and describes the story as:

Hajime Nagumo and his high school class are suddenly summoned to a fantastical land as heroes. But while most of his classmates have powerful stats and abilities, Hajime does not. Underappreciated and unprepared, he tumbles into the depths of a monster-infested dungeon where voracity and sacrifice are his only options. To thrive in this savage world, he’ll have no choice but to welcome the abyss.

Source: Arifureta – From Commonplace to World’s Strongest anime website