We were just processing the end of the first part when the production committee confirmed the news. Just as the fourteenth episode finished airing, the animated adaptation of The Ramparts of Ice (Koori no Jyoheki) officially announced that its second season will premiere on Japanese television next October 1st. It seems the Thursdays of the upcoming autumn season will be exclusively for experiencing the emotional barriers of Koyuki Hikawa.

Studio KAI keeps the winning formula intact

To ensure this youth drama maintains its momentum, the core technical team returns without changes. Direction remains in the capable hands of Mankyū at Studio KAI, while scripts continue under the strict supervision of Yasuhiro Nakanishi.

In visual and audio production, the series retains its original essence. Miki Ogino continues contributing her talent to character design, ensuring expressive characters, all wrapped in the musical atmosphere composed by the duo of Kanade Sakuma and Natsumi Tabuchi. It’s clear that producers, led by Hirokazu Shiba, didn’t want to risk the product and bet on technical stability for this new stage.

Voice Cast

• Anna Nagase (Ushio Kofune in Summertime Render) as Koyuki Hikawa.
• Shōya Chiba (Kiyotaka Ayanokouji in Classroom of the Elite) as Minato Amamiya.
• Fūka Izumi (Utena Hiiragi in Gushing over Magical Girls) as Miki Azumi.
• Satoshi Inomata (Eita Saotome in Free!) as Yōta Hino.
• Chiaki Kobayashi (Mash Burnedead in Mashle) as Tsubasa Igarashi.
• Sakura Shinfuku (up-and-coming industry actress) as Tsukiko Shimojima.
• Akari Kitō (Nezuko Kamado in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) as Momoka Kuriki.
• Kakeru Hatano (Nijiro Nanase in Blue Lock) as Yūki Azumi.
• Natsumi Kawaida (Himari Momochi in The Demon Prince of Momochi House) as Akine Atagawa.

A triumphant leap from vertical format

It’s worth noting that this franchise didn’t follow the path of a traditional manga. The original story began as a webtoon illustrated by Kōcha Agasawa, published exclusively digitally between January 2020 and April 2022. Its popularity was so overwhelming that publisher Shueisha saw a goldmine and decided to reorganize all panels for physical printing, concluding with its fourteenth compiled volume just in February 2025. The impact of this school romance was so great that the work made it into the prestigious Kono Manga ga Sugoi! ranking of 2024, proving its narrative goes far beyond a simple high school cliché.

Do you think Minato will finally break down Koyuki’s ice wall in these new episodes?