During a special event for the anime adaptation of “The Eminence in the Shadow (Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!)”, a new promotional video for the film was revealed “The Eminence in the Shadows – Lost Echoes“, whose premiere is scheduled for Next October 4th in cinemas in Japan.

This upcoming film will serve as a direct sequel to the events of season two, so if It will be canonical to the franchise and necessary to see to understand a possible third season..

For its part, Daisuke Aizawa Yes Touzai They started publishing light novels through the publisher Kadokawa in November 2018, with manga adaptation by Anri Sakano being published in the magazine Monthly Comp Ace since December 2018. The franchise has inspired two seasons of anime adaptation, totaling thirty-two episodes to date.

Production team

• Kazuya Nakanishi (Darwin's Game) was in charge of directing the second season at the studios Nexus (Darwin's Game, Granbelm).
• Makoto Iino (Suppose a child from the last dungeon is transferred to a starting city, Demon Lord, try again!) was responsible for the character designs in the second season.
• Kanichi Katou (Black Clover, Those Snow White Notes) was in charge of writing and supervising the scripts for the second season.
• Kenichiro Suehiro (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu, Enen no Shouboutai, Goblin Slayer) was in charge of composing the soundtrack for the second season.

Synopsis of The Eminence in Shadow

For as long as he can remember, Minoru Kageno has been obsessed with becoming as strong as possible, which has led him to undergo all sorts of rigorous training. However, this desire is not born out of a desire to be recognized by others, but rather Minoru does his best to blend in with the crowd. Thus, while during the day he pretends to be an ordinary student, at night he arms himself with a crowbar and mercilessly beats up local motorcycle gangs. However, when Minoru is involved in a truck accident, his ambitions seem to come to an abrupt end. In his final moments, he laments his helplessness: no matter how much he trained, there was nothing he could do to overcome his human limitations.

But instead of dying, Minoru awakens as Cid, the second son of the noble Kagenou family, in another world where magic is commonplace. With the power he has craved finally within his grasp, he calls himself “Shadow” and founds Shadow Garden: a group whose sole purpose is to combat the enigmatic Devil Cult, an organization born of Cid’s imagination. However, as Shadow Garden grows in membership and influence, it becomes increasingly apparent that the Devil Cult is not as fictional as Cid intended.

Source: Natalie in comics

© Daisuke Aizawa/KADOKAWA/Shadow Garden