Shadows House 2nd Season

Alternate Title
シャドーハウス -2nd Season-

Synopsis

There are still secrets in this house…
After their "unveiling," Kate, Emilico, and the other three pairs of shadows and living dolls begin their new lives as debutantes. But the mysteries of the Shadow House deepen when a mysterious cloaked figure appears and a new incident occurs in the children’s wing. Who is this mysterious figure, and what other secrets will Kate and Emilico find as they investigate?

Background

Shadows House began as a manga series written and illustrated by the duo Somato that has been serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump since September 2018. A color version is also released simultaneously in My Neighbor’s Young Jump and on the Young Jump! app, and the manga is distributed near-simultaneously in South Korea in the Neverbooks series. Ten tankobon volumes have been published as of June 2022. The manga is also licensed for English release in North America by Yen Press, who published the first volume in June 2022.

The second season of the anime adaptation was announced in September 2021. It is once again being produced by CloverWorks and sees returning staff including Kazuki Ohashi as director, Toshiya Ono as series composer, Chizuko Kusakabe and Shihomi Matsubayashi as character designers, and Kenichiro Suehiro as music composer. The anime’s opening theme song is "Shall We Dance?" by ReoNa, and the ending theme song is “Masquerade” by ClariS. The anime will premiere in Japan on July 8, 2022 on Tokyo MX, BS11, and other channels.

Characters

Kate (Voiced by: Akari Kito)
Emiriko’s shadow. She cares a lot for Emiriko. She is wise and thoughtful. Like the rest of the Shadow family, her entire body is covered in shadows and soot rises up from her head when she feels negative emotions. She is very graceful but is also skeptical and stubborn. She is often encouraged by Emiriko’s cheerfulness and can-do attitude.

Emiriko (Voiced by: Yu Sasahara)
Kate’s living doll. She is so cheerful and positive that she is teased as being a “flower garden.” She has good health and is a voracious eater whose favorite food is bread. She often makes mistakes but works hard to be useful to Kate. She can’t read well yet but is learning. She trusts Kate.

John (Voiced by: Kodai Sakai)
Shaun’s shadow. He has a lively and straightforward personality. He is free-spirited and somewhat forceful, but is also honest and reliable. His personality is noticeably different from Shaun’s

Shaun (Voiced by: Kodai Sakai)
John’s living doll. He can do anything with ease. Though he has bad eyesight, he doesn't often wear glasses due to wanting to match his master. He has a rivalry with Ricky. He is knowledgeable and has a sense of justice.

Louise (Voiced by: Ayane Sakura)
Lou’s shadow. She loves herself and, naturally, also loves Lou’s face. Contrary to Lou’s quiet nature, she is talkative and unreserved. She only cares about Lou’s face and doesn’t care if her body is damaged. She likes putting makeup on Lou. She is good friends with Sara.

Lou (Voiced by: Ayane Sakura)
Louise’s living doll. She isn’t good at asserting herself and behaves earnestly according to her master’s requests. She is also quiet and is often expressionless. She isn’t good at making her own choices and believes that it’s her role to obey Louise at all times, which has led to her having exemplary behavior as a living doll.

Patrick (Voiced by: Reiji Kawashima)
Ricky’s shadow. He is arrogant but has a sensitive heart. He trusts Ricky and often asks for his opinion.

Ricky (Voiced by: Reiji Kawashima)
Patrick’s living doll. He is self-assured and confident. He always exercises his ingenuity for his master.

Shirley (Voiced by: Shino Shimoji)
Ram’s shadow. She is quiet and rarely communicates with Ram.

Ram (Voiced by: Shino Shimoji)
Shirley’s living doll. She isn’t good at talking to people.

Edward (Voiced by: Wataru Hatano)
The manager of the children’s wing. He is obsessed with getting to the third floor.

Music

Opening Theme Song: "Shall We Dance?" by ReoNa
Ending Theme Song: “Masquerade” by ClariS

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• Original Creator: so-ma-to
• Director: Kazuki Ohashi
• Series Composition: Toshiya Ono
• Character Design: Chizuko Kusakabe, Shihomi Matsubayashi
• Art Director: Chihiro Goto, Hirofumi Sakagami
• Art Supervision: Hiroshi Kato
• Art Setting: Mitsuki Maeda
• Color Design: Sachiko Urushido
• Prop Design: Yuuko Yoshida
• 2D Work: Aya Kubota
• 3D Director: Jie Ren, Katsuaki Miyaji
• Director of Photography: Shinya Kuwabara
• Editing: Kazuhiro Nii
• Sound Director: Kisuke Koizumi
• Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
• Music: Kenichiro Suehiro
• Animation Production: CloverWorks