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“The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.” Anime Gets Second Season


Saiki K’s life is getting a bit more disastrous, apparently.

The latest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump (Issue 34) revealed that a second season of The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan) is in the works. The new season will tentatively première in 2018.

The show, which is based on Shūichi Asō’s manga of the same name, was directed by Hiroaki Sakurai (Cromartie High School, Maid Sama!) at studios Egg Firm and J.C. Staff. Masayuki Onji (Aria the Avvenire, Cromartie High School) provided character designs for the project, while Michiko Yokote (Genshiken, Prison School) is took charge of series composition.

Funimation currently holds the rights to the The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. anime. They describe the show as:

Saiki Kusuo is a typical 16-year-old high school student… except he has psychic powers. He can use them to get whatever he wants, but he also knows everything that people are thinking. Everything. No surprises, no secrets, no normal human experiences. He’s kept his powers in check since childhood, but with the temptations of high school now on his mind, he’s bending the rules—and spoons.

Source: Crunchyroll

Update 7/23/2017: Removed an irrelevant line that managed to sneak into the final copy. Apologies, readers!

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