Japanese piano trio band Omoinotake has launched “Hitorigoto,” which is the brand new ending theme of the ongoing second cour of The Apothecary Diaries. The single will likely be out there on several music streaming platforms on April 5, 2025. The second season first premiered in Japan on January 10, 2025 and can air for 2 consecutive cours of 24 episodes. 

“Hitorigoto” is described as an “emotional mid-tempo ballad” that “expresses the sorrow of not realizing the true emotions of a beloved one and the sense of loss when on a regular basis conversations change into ‘soliloquies.’” 

Shortly after the printed of the second season’s thirteenth episode (thirty seventh episode total), a creditless ending film that includes the track has additionally been launched on the TOHO animation YouTube channel.

In the meantime, Japanese rock band Mrs. GREEN APPLE performs the second cour’s new fundamental opening theme “Kusushiki.”

Season two options some returning employees members from the primary season. Norihiro Naganuma (Season 1 director and collection composer) is credited as chief director and collection screenwriter, with Akinori Fudesaka (Season 1 assistant director) as director, Ko Nakagawa (Season 1 Episode 6, 13, and 19 storyboard artist and director, Episode 24 director) as assistant director, Yukiko Nakatani as character designer, Misato Aida as coloration designer, Katsumi Takao as background artwork director, and Mayo Suzuki (The Apothecary Diaries project PV) as compositing director. TOHO animation STUDIO and OLM are dealing with the animation manufacturing for season two. 

Satoru Kosaki (Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Track-), Kevin Penkin (Made in Abyss), and Alisa Okehazama (The God of Excessive College) are the music composers. 

In the meantime, the anime’s fundamental voice forged stars Aoi Yuki as Maomao and Takeo Otsuka as Jinshi. Asami Seto joined the forged because the maid Shisui. 

The anime relies on the sunshine novel collection written by Natsu Hyuga and illustrated by Toko Shino. It was first revealed by Shufunotomo on August 29, 2014 and has launched 15 bodily volumes as of March 2024. J-Novel Membership releases the sunshine novels in English digitally for North America, whereas Sq. Enix publishes the collection in print. 

The collection initially started as a Shosetsuka ni Naro net novel in October 2011. It was later republished by Shufunotomo as a single quantity underneath its Ray Books imprint.

A manga adaptation illustrated by Nekokurage was launched in Might 2017 and one other alternate manga adaptation was launched by Minoji Kurata in August 2017. Sq. Enix licensed the primary manga collection for launch in English.

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Crunchyroll streamed the primary season of The Apothecary Diaries worldwide and can also be streaming the second season, exterior of Japan. It describes the second season as: 

When a popular concubine turns into pregnant, Maomao is put to the take a look at as her meals taster. She should preserve her wits sharp, not solely to guard the concubine but additionally in opposition to rising risks within the palace. A brand new concubine with highly effective ties, an unsolved try at Jinshi’s life, and a overseas envoy with not possible calls for trace at a grand conspiracy poised to engulf the empire.

Supply: press launch