A second season has been announced for the Snowball Earth TV anime series, shortly after the broadcast of its final episode. A premiere date for season two has not been revealed, as of the time of writing, and more updates will be provided in the future.
The anime first premiered in Japan on April 3, 2026 and ended on June 26, 2026 with a total of 13 episodes.
Munehisa Sakai (ZOMBIE LAND SAGA) directed the first season, with Takeshi Iwata (The Idolmaster: Shiny Colors Season 2 co-director) as assistant director, Shigeru Murakoshi (Apocalypse Hotel) as series composer, and Toshiya Kono (‘Tis Time for “Torture,” Princess co-character designer) as character designer and chief animation director. Studio KAI is handling the animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime’s voice cast include:
- • Takuto Yoshinaga as Tetsuo Yabusame
- • Daisuke Hirakawa as Yukio
- • Ami Koshimizu as Ao Nogi
- • Konomi Tamura as Hagane Takimura
- • Kengo Kawanishi as Nayuta Izumi
- • Tomohiro Ono as Tamiya Sakurai
- • Manami Narahira as Yuma Uzuki
- • Anna Nagase as Otoichi Kinoe
- • Chitose Morinaga as Makoto Saionji
- • Maki Kawase as Riko Akagi
- • Tomokazu Sugita as Isseki Sagami
The sci-fi mecha manga series by Yuhiro Tsujitsugu began serialization in Shogakukan’s seinen magazine Monthly Big Comic Spirits on January 27, 2021 and has released 11 tankobon volumes as of April 2026. The manga was the recipient of the Spirits Award in 2019. VIZ Media releases the series in English.
©辻次夕日郎／小学館／「スノウボールアース」製作委員会
Snowball Earth is streaming on Crunchyroll in select countries and regions worldwide. It describes the main synopsis as:
Tetsuo is a shy boy whose only companion is Yukio, a giant robot who once fought beside him to save Earth from invading monsters. Ten years after the final battle, Tetsuo returns home to a planet transformed—buried beneath endless snow and ice. In this frozen world, he sets out alone, holding tight to the promise he made to Yukio and searching for what remains of the world they once protected.
Sources: Snowball Earth Official X/Twitter, Crunchyroll News
