Image: Kocha Agasawa/Shueisha, Produktionskomitee des TV-Anime „Kōri no Jōheki“
AMBot | 08/27/2026 | Reading Time: 3 Min.
For the TV anime "The Ramparts of Ice" (Japanese: "Kōri no Jōheki"), the key visual and the first trailer for the second season were released on August 27. The new artwork shows the four main characters Koyuki Hikawa, Miki Azumi, Minato Amamiya, and Yota Hino laughing in their classroom, thus setting a deliberately cheerful counterpoint to the teaser image that appeared in early July along with the announcement of the broadcast date.
The first trailer strikes a different tone: it follows the four young people whose feelings increasingly pass each other by, even though they all care for one another. Koyuki and Minato have grown closer over the course of the story and now harbor feelings that go beyond friendship; Yota, in turn, has confessed his long-held affection to Miki. Who speaks their feelings and who keeps them locked inside – the arrows of the four characters cross more and more frequently.
The broadcast of the second season begins on October 1, 2026: from then on, the series will air every Thursday at 23:56 (JST) simultaneously nationwide on 28 stations of the TBS group. One day later, on October 2, Netflix will start with the early release; further streaming services are expected to follow gradually.
The source material is the manga by Kocha Agasawa, which was published on LINE Manga from January 2020 to April 2022 and concluded in 14 volumes at Shueisha (Jump Comics). According to the publisher, the series was accessed more than 190 million times on LINE Manga; the print run of the collected volumes, including digital editions, exceeds three million copies. The story follows the reclusive high school student Koyuki, who isolates herself from others and only keeps contact with her childhood friend Miki – until the fearless Minato begins to break through her walls piece by piece, and the calm basketball player Yota completes the quartet.
The first season of the adaptation, produced at Studio KAI under the direction of Mankyū, aired on Japanese television from April to July 2026. For the sequel, director Mankyū, series composer Yasuhiro Nakanishi, and character designer Miki Ogino are again responsible. The voice actors of the main characters are also back: Anna Nagase as Koyuki Hikawa, Fuka Izumi as Miki Azumi, Shoya Chiba as Minato Amamiya, and Satoshi Inomata as Yota Hino.
The first trailer strikes a different tone: it follows the four young people whose feelings increasingly pass each other by, even though they all care for one another. Koyuki and Minato have grown closer over the course of the story and now harbor feelings that go beyond friendship; Yota, in turn, has confessed his long-held affection to Miki. Who speaks their feelings and who keeps them locked inside – the arrows of the four characters cross more and more frequently.
The broadcast of the second season begins on October 1, 2026: from then on, the series will air every Thursday at 23:56 (JST) simultaneously nationwide on 28 stations of the TBS group. One day later, on October 2, Netflix will start with the early release; further streaming services are expected to follow gradually.
The source material is the manga by Kocha Agasawa, which was published on LINE Manga from January 2020 to April 2022 and concluded in 14 volumes at Shueisha (Jump Comics). According to the publisher, the series was accessed more than 190 million times on LINE Manga; the print run of the collected volumes, including digital editions, exceeds three million copies. The story follows the reclusive high school student Koyuki, who isolates herself from others and only keeps contact with her childhood friend Miki – until the fearless Minato begins to break through her walls piece by piece, and the calm basketball player Yota completes the quartet.
The first season of the adaptation, produced at Studio KAI under the direction of Mankyū, aired on Japanese television from April to July 2026. For the sequel, director Mankyū, series composer Yasuhiro Nakanishi, and character designer Miki Ogino are again responsible. The voice actors of the main characters are also back: Anna Nagase as Koyuki Hikawa, Fuka Izumi as Miki Azumi, Shoya Chiba as Minato Amamiya, and Satoshi Inomata as Yota Hino.
By clicking the "Play" button, you agree to the privacy policy.
Images
This article was originally published in German. It was translated with technical support and editorially reviewed before publication.
Comment(s) 0