SPY×FAMILY Season 2: Clean Opening Animation Released, Premiere Date Announced, and More Exciting Details Revealed!

The official website for the upcoming second season of the SPY×FAMILY anime has released the clean, credit-less opening animation sequence for the season. Renowned anime director Masaaki Yuasa (known for works like INU-OH, Mind Game, and Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!) directed and storyboarded this captivating opening sequence. The video spotlights the season’s fresh opening song, “Kurakura,” performed by Ado.

Fans can mark their calendars for the second season’s premiere, scheduled for October 7 on various Japanese television channels, including TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TV Setouchi, TV Hokkaido, and TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting, all at 11:00 p.m. JST (10:00 a.m. EDT). The anime will also be available on other channels at a later date.

Crunchyroll will be streaming the anime simultaneously with its Japanese broadcast and will provide dubs in multiple languages, including English, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Castilian Spanish, Russian, and Arabic.

The second season sees the return of director Kazuhiro Furuhashi (known for works like Mobile Suit Gundam UC, Rurouni Kenshin, and 2019 Dororo) at WIT STUDIO and CloverWorks. Takahiro Harada also returns as the assistant director. Ichiro Okouchi (known for Code Geass and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury) takes on the role of the new series script supervisor, succeeding Furuhashi. Daishiro Tanimura and Ayumu Hisao join as assistant series script supervisors. Kazuaki Shimada (known for The Promised Neverland) is back as the character designer, and [K]NoW_NAME (known for Fairy gone, Dorohedoro, and Sakura Quest) resumes their role as the music producer. Shōji Hata is responsible for sound direction.

Ado performs the opening theme song “Kurakura,” while Vaundy feat. Cory Wong presents the ending theme song “Todome no Ichigeki” (Finishing Strike). The lyrics and music for Ado’s song are crafted by fellow singer-songwriter meiyo, with Yoko Kanno arranging and performing the music for the track.

Fans can also look forward to the Gekijōban SPY×FAMILY Code: White film, set to premiere on December 22, featuring an original storyline.

The first season of SPY×FAMILY’s first half debuted in April 2022, with Crunchyroll streaming it concurrently and offering an English dub. The second half of the anime premiered in Japan in October 2022, and Crunchyroll streamed it as well.

Tatsuya Endō’s original manga, on which the anime is based, is published in English by Viz Media. The manga’s storyline revolves around a master spy, Twilight, who excels at undercover missions. However, his most challenging assignment yet is to get married and have a child to infiltrate an elite private school. Little does he know that his chosen wife is an assassin, and the adopted child is a telepath.

Shueisha is simultaneously publishing the manga in English on its MANGA Plus service. Viz Media also added the manga to its app as part of its Shonen Jump subscription in September 2019. Additionally, the manga inspired a stage musical adaptation in March-May 2023.