Tune In to the Midnight Heart viewers will get to tune in again in the future, for a second season has been announced.
A video featuring a recorded message from the cast, as well as an illustration from the manga’s Masakuni Igarashi, were also revealed.
Image source: @igagarashi
Tune In to the Midnight Heart (Mayonaka Heart Tune) made its broadcast debut on January 6, 2026 (JST). It was the first title to air in Kansai Television and Fuji TV’s new late-night anime slot Kaanival 11, which will also be home to MARRIAGETOXIN, The Ghost in the Shell, and Super Psychic Policeman Chojo. The premise sees a student attempting to trying to identify a livestreamer he heard in the past.
The manga began serialization in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine in 2023 and has 12 volumes as of March 2026. Kodansha USA describes the manga’s synopsis as such:
At the end of a difficult day, the haughty but purehearted rich kid Arisu found his only solace in the voice of another girl his age, who hosted a livestream under the pseudonym “Apollo.” Then, one day, the broadcasts stopped. Arisu has dedicated the years since then to finding Apollo’s true identity, and he’s narrowed it down to one particular high school. He transfers in as a student and figures it’ll be a cinch–but then discovers it could be any of the girls in the broadcasting club! And the real Apollo isn’t talking for reasons of her own! These four girls have no use for Arisu’s personality, but they each harbor dreams of using their voices to build a career, and they sure could use his money… Can the blunt and blustering Arisu buy his way into the club’s good graces, and find the real girl attached to his dream voice.
Staff
• Director: Masayuki Takahashi (Butareba -The Story of a Man Turned into a Pig)
• Series composer: Yukie Sugawara (Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again)
• Character designer: Tomoyuki Shitaya (2.5 Dimensional Seduction)
• Sub-character designer: Minori Homura (Isekai Onsen Paradise character designer)
• Sub-character designer: Yurika Someya
• Sub-character designer: Akihiro Kikuchi
• Sub-character designer: Mikitail
• Animation production: Gekkou
Cast
• Rikuya Yasuda as Arisu Yamabuki
• Momoko Seto as singer Rikka Inohana
• Rumi Okubo as voice actor Nene Himekawa
• Sayumi Suzushiro as VTuber Iko Kirino
• Miku Ito as announcer Shinobu Uzuki
• Kana Hanazawa as Lemon Ando
Source: @anime_mayochu
