An official key visual for the upcoming second season of the TV anime “Mob Psycho 100” is revealed and it features 60 characters. The visual was revealed in this year’s Anime NYC at the Psycho Helmet Gathering along with an announcement of the season’s release date.
The new season is set to premiere on TOKYO MX and BS Fuji on January 7, 2019, followed by a showing on ABC TV two days later. Prior to this, there will be a world premiere screening held at Panel Room 1 in Anime NYC at 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM on November 17.
“Mob Psycho 100” is an action comedy anime that premiered in July 2016 with Bones having produced the series. It ran for a total of 12 episodes before ending in September 2016. The director of the anime was Yuzuru Tachikawa who worked on the “Death Billiards” film. As for the script and character designs, they were done by
The story of “Mob Psycho 100” tells of an eighth-grader named Shigeo “Mob” Kageyama. Since he was young, he has a wellspring of psychic powers. However, as he grew, he discovered how dangerous his abilities could be and as such, suppressed his powers by locking away his emotions. Hoping to find a way to control his powers, Mob ends up under the wing of Arataka Reigen, a con artist claiming to be a psychic, who exploits Mob’s powers for pocket change.
While exorcizing spirits has become a part of his daily life, different events soon lead him to face different emotions and resulting in an explosive outburst of his abilities. And this is only the beginning of Mob’s journey towards controlling his immense abilities.
The cast for the series included:
Setsuo Ito as Shigeo “Mob” Kageyama
Akio Ohtsuka as Ekubo
Atsumi Tanezaki as Tome Kurata
Ayumi Fujimura as Ichi Mezato
Hiroyuki Kagura as
Daichi Shiratori
Kaito Shiratori
Kōhei Amasaki as Takeshi Hoshino
Miyu Irino as Ritsu Kageyama
Rumi Okubo as Ishiguro
Sanae Fuku as Rei Kurosaki
Takahiro Sakurai as Arataka Reigen
Toshihiko Seki as Musashi Goda
Uki Satake as Tsubomi
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Sakurai and Tenga Onigawara
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Teruki Hanazawa
Yūsuke Kuwahata as Gou Asahi
Source: Crunchyroll News