A second trailer has been revealed for the upcoming second season of The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior, which spotlights the main opening theme song. The second season is scheduled to premiere in Japan on April 7, 2026.
The second season’s opening theme that is spotlighted in the trailer is “Ego” by Japanese pop band Retroriron.
Norio Nitta is returning as director for the second season after directing season one. Other returning staff include Deko Akao as series composer and Hitomi Kono as character designer. OLM Team Yoshioka is in charge of the animation production.
Hanae Nakamura, Tatsuhiko Saiki, Kanade Sakuma, and Junko Nakajima are returning as the music composers, and will be joined in the second season by new composers Misaki Tsuchida, Tsugumi Tanaka, and Kaho Sawada.
Meanwhile, the anime’s voice cast includes:
- • Fairouz Ai as Pride
- • Maaya Uchida as Stale
- • Haruka Tomatsu as Tiara
- • Junya Enoki as Arthur
- • Kikuko Inoue as Roza
- • Toshiyuki Morikawa as Albert
- • Koji Yusa as Gilbert
- • Shinnosuke Tachibana as Leon
- • Hikaru Midorikawa as Cedric
- • Ryota Suzuki as Harrison
HIDIVE streamed the anime’s first season in select English-speaking countries and territories, and will do so again for the second season.
The villainess isekai light novel series is written by Tenichi and illustrated by Suzunosuke, and was first published by Ichijinsha on June 4, 2019. Twelve volumes have been published in Japan as of October 2025.
The series began as a Shosetsuka ni Naro web novel on April 19, 2018. It also inspired a manga adaptation by Bunko Matsuura, which ended in late 2022 due to Matsuura’s health. A second manga adaptation drawn by Akiko Kawano was published from June 2023 to December 2024 and a third manga series followed in March 2025.
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Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen light novels and first manga series in English. It describes the light novel series as:
Pride Royal Ivy is only eight years old when she realizes that she’s been reincarnated, destined to become the future wicked queen and final boss of an otome game. She’s got it all in this new life: razor-sharp wit, boss-tier powers, and influence over the kingdom as crown princess. Determined to sow despair and destruction across the land, she… Wait, what kind of a rotten future is that?! Princess Pride decides to drop the maniacal villainess act and protect the male love interests instead, cheating her way to saving everyone she can! Will this final boss end up earning the adoration of her kingdom?
Sources: The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen Official Twitter, Anime News Network
