A second season of The Ramparts of Ice has been announced with a teaser visual. Its broadcast will begin on October 1 at 11:56 PM JST.
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The first season of The Ramparts of Ice debuted on April 2. Netflix’s synopsis for the show reads:
The story centers around Koyuki Hikawa, a socially withdrawn student who keeps an emotional wall between herself and others. The only person she spends time with is her longtime friend, Miki Azumi. One day, her quiet life is disrupted when a boy named Minato Amamiya inexplicably starts trying to break through her barriers. The aloof Koyuki, the high school idol Miki, the overly familiar Minato and the laid-back basketball player Yota share an awkward, occasionally frustrating, yet wholesome student life.
The anime adapts the manga by Kocha Agasawa, whose other title You and I Are Polar Opposites also has a 2026 anime with an upcoming second season. The Ramparts of Ice manga, which was serialized from January 2020 to April 2022 via LINE Manga, received a special award at the 2nd Shueisha Shojo Manga Grand Prix (which has LINE’s involvement) and placed first in Comic Natalie’s Tateyomi Manga Award 2024 in the Completed category.
Production credits (Season 1)
• Director: Mankyu (The Idolmaster: Shiny Colors, The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague, Migi & Dali)
• Assistant director: Teru Ishii
• Series composer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi (Chained Soldier)
• Character designer: Miki Ogino
• Source material co-operation: Margaret Editorial Department
• Animation production: Studio KAI
Cast
• Anna Nagase as Koyuki Hikawa
• Fuka Izumi as Miki Azumi
• Shoya Chiba as Minato Amamiya
• Satoshi Inomata as Yota Hino
Source: @korinojoheki_pr
