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Crunchyroll Streams Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 2wei! Anime

Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday that it will stream the second season of the Prisma Illya television anime, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei!, as it airs in Japan. The first episode premiered for premium members on Wednesday at 2:15 p.m. EDT and will premiere for free members one week later. The stream will be available in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, and Latin America (Central and South America including the Caribbean).

The main cast is returning with several new additions:

• Mai Kadowaki as Illyasviel von Einzbern
• Kaori Nazuka as Miyu
• Chiwa Saito as Kuro
• Kana Ueda as Rin Tohsaka
• Shizuka Itou as Luviagelita Edelfelt
• Naoko Takano as Magical Ruby
• Miyu Matsuki as Magical Sapphire
• Noriaki Sugiyama as Shirou Emiya
• Sayaka Ohara as Iri
• Rikiya Koyama as Kiritsugu Emiya
• Haruhi Terada as Sella
• Miho Miyagawa as Leysritt(Liz)
• Miki Itou as Taiga Fujimura
• Mariya Ise as Nanaki Moriyama
• Emiri Katō as Tatsuko Gakumazawa
• Kanae Itō as Suzuka Kurihara
• Satomi Satou as Mimi Katsura
• Hitomi Nabatame as Bazett Fraga Mcremitz
• Ami Koshimizu as Caren Hortensia

However, the staff for this second season will have a new chief director, director, art director, and sound director:

• Planning: Takeshi Yasuda
• Chief Director: Shin Oonuma
• Director: Masato Jinbo
• Series Composition: Kenji Inoue
• Script: Hazuki Minase
• Character Design: Nozomi Ushijima
• Art Director: Ken Tateishi
• Editing: Kentarou Tsubone
• Sound Director: Masanori Tsuchiya
• Sound Production: Dax Production
• Music: Tatsuya Katou
• Music Production: Lantis
• Music producer: Shigeru Saitō, Terunari Yoshie
• Producer: Ai Matsuki, Jun'ichirō Tamura
• Animation producer: Hayato Kaneko
• Animation Production: SILVER LINK
• Executive producers: Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Hayato Kaneko, Shigeru Saitō, Tetsuya Dobashi, Nobukazu Kumagai, Tetsu Hirata, Masahiro Kiba

The first Blu-ray/DVD volume will bundle an original anime short.

The first anime series premiered in July 2013, and Crunchyroll streamed it as it aired in Japan. Sentai Filmworks licensed the series for North America and plans to release it on home video in September.