The second season of the most eccentric isekai returns this summer with a new director, same cast and an ending full of emotion.
The official website of the anime Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon (Jidōhanbaiki ni Umarekawatta Ore wa Meikyū ni Samayō) announced that singer Aina Aiba will perform the ending theme for the anime’s second season. The song will be titled “Boku Dake no Chiheisen” (A Horizon Just for Me).
The premiere is scheduled for July 2025 and will air on Japanese channels such as Tokyo MX and BS NTV, among others. Aiba, known for her work on BanG Dream!, will bring a new emotional dimension to the quirky isekai.
A family cast and changes in direction
Voice actors Jun Fukuyama and Kaede Hondo return to play Hakkon (Boxxo) and Lammis, respectively. However, the direction of the series will change hands: Takashi Yamamoto will replace Noriaki Akitaya in this new installment, with production by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ studios.
Other key members of the returning team include Tatsuya Takahashi as head writer, Takahiro Sakai as character designer adapting Yūki Hagure’s original art, and Naoki Yamauchi, who reprises as character designer and animation director.
An isekai as absurd as it is endearing
The first season of the anime premiered in July 2023 and was broadcast on Crunchyroll with English dubbing included. The story adapts the light novels written by Hirukuma, where an ordinary man dies tragically and is reborn… like a vending machine in a dungeon full of monsters!
Unable to move or speak, Boxxo must manage to survive and help those around him, especially Lammis, a young woman of great physical strength. With a unique blend of comedy, action, and heart, the series has won over an audience looking for something different in the isekai genre.
A project with history and future
The original novels were published by Kadokawa between 2016 and 2017, with illustrations by Itsuwa Katō. The manga, curated by Kunieda, is currently published in the Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh magazine, and Yen Press is launching it digitally simultaneously in English.
With this new season and the announcement of the closing theme song, everything indicates that Reborn as a Vending Machine will continue to be one of the most unexpectedly charming titles on the current anime scene.
