'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess' Anime's 2nd Season Premieres in January 2026
The official website for the television anime of Robinson Haruhara and Hirakei's 'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess (Hime-sama, "Gōmon" no Jikan Desu) manga announced on Tuesday that the second season will premiere in January 2026. The staff unveiled a visual featuring the new character Sakura Heartrock.Mutsumi Tamura joins the cast as Sakura Heartrock.The first season premiered in January 2024 on the Tokyo MX and BS11 channels. The anime also streamed on the ABEMA streaming service. Crunchyroll is streaming the series. The first season had 12 episodes.Yōko Kanamori (The Ancient Magus' Bride, Attack on Titan episode director) directed the anime at PINE JAM, and Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Dropkick on My Devil!, In the Land of Leadale) was in charge of the series scripts. Toshiya Kōno (Schwarzes Marken sub-character designs) and Satoshi Furuhashi (Comet Lucifer prop design assistance) designed the characters, and Masaru Yokoyama (Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans) composed the music. The band shallm performed the opening theme song "Massakasa Magic!." The group LEEVELLES performed the ending theme song "Ashita was Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku."Publisher Shueisha describes the manga's story:Haruhara (Senyū.) launched the manga on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ service in Japan in April 2019. Shueisha's MANGA Plus service began offering the manga English that October.The manga went on hiatus in December so Haruhara could focus on their health, and returned on December 31. The manga's 17th volume compiled book will ship on Friday.Sources: 'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess anime's website, Comic Natalie
