New Cast, Key Visual, and July 2 Premiere Announced for Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon Season 2

The upcoming second season of the anime Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon reveals exciting updates, including new cast members, a key visual, and its July 2 release date.

Big Cast Changes and Additions

• Yoshitsugu Matsuoka joins as Hebui
• Rie Takahashi joins as Kikoyu
• Kotomi Aihara replaces Shiki Aoki as Hyūrumi (Aoki is on hiatus for health reasons)

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Premiere Details

• Japan TV Premiere: July 2 at 10:00 p.m. JST on Tokyo MX
• Simultaneous Streaming: d Anime Store, U-NEXT, and Anime Hōdai
• Other Airings: BS NTV at 11:00 p.m., AT-X at 11:30 p.m.

Key Visuals and Promo Video

• Opening Theme: “Mirai Cider” (Future Cider) by BRADIO
• Ending Theme: “Boku Dake no Chiheisen” (A Horizon Only for Me) by Aina Aiba

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Returning Cast Members

• Jun Fukuyama as Hakkon (Boxxo)
• Kaede Hondo as Lammis
• Miyu Tomita as Shui
• Kazuya Nakai as Kerioiru
• Ai Kayano as Firumina
• Atsushi Miyauchi as Director Bear
• Daiki Yamashita as Aka
• Junya Enoki as Shiro
• Takuya Eguchi as Michelle
• Rena Maeda as Mikene
• Shiori Izawa as Suko
• Yū Serizawa as Pel
• Sora Tokui as Short

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Production Staff Updates

• Takashi Yamamoto (Jewelpet Twinkle, Nanatsuiro Drops) takes over as director from Noriaki Akitaya
• Studios: Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ
• Series Scripts: Tatsuya Takahashi (The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls, Domestic Girlfriend) returns
• Character Design: Takahiro Sakai, adapting Yūki Hagure's original designs
• Chief Animation Director: Naoki Yamauchi also returns

About the Series

• The first season aired in July 2023
• Crunchyroll streamed the anime worldwide with both Japanese and English dub options

Story Synopsis

A middle-aged man with only one passion in life meets a fitting end in a traffic accident. That’s where most stories end, but instead, his tale begins when he’s reborn as what he admired most—a vending machine! Unfortunately, he awakens in a monster-filled dungeon. What can a vending machine do without the ability to speak or move?

Source Material and Manga Adaptation

• Originally written by Hirukuma, serialized online in 2016
• Three volumes published by Kadokawa with illustrations by Itsuwa Katō
• Yen Press released all three light novels in English
• Manga adaptation by Kunieda launched in Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh (August 2021)
• Yen Press is releasing the manga digitally as a simulpub with the Japanese chapters

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Sources: Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon anime's X/Twitter, Comic Natalie

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