The official website of the Durarara!! anime has released the first key visual. The past character key visuals for the anime’s second season can be seen here. Titled Durarara!!x2, the anime will be airing from January 2015 during the winter 2015 anime season.
Durarara!!x2 Promotional video:
The staff was announced earlier for the second season and is as follows:
- Original: Narita Ryohgo “Durarara!!“
- Original Illustration: Suzuhito Yasuda
- Director: Takahiro Omori
- Series Composition: Noboru Takagi
- Character Design: Takahiro Kishida
- Music: Makoto Yoshimori
- Animation Production: Shunatsu
This new anime is part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the Durarara!! series, which began as a light novel series in 2004 published by ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki Bunko. The original light novels ended in January this year, but the creator of the series Ryohgo Narita, has stated that he will be begin a new series of light novels titled Durarara!! SH, set two years after the original’s conclusion. The first issue will release on April 10th. The light novels received an anime adaptation in 2010 from animation studio Brains Base. In addition, two manga adaptations were also released and a few visual novels. To date the light novels has a total of 13 volumes. and are illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda.
The new Durarara!! season will continue on from the original and will air this Winter anime season.
Durarara!!x2 synopsis from Haruhichan:
Second season of Durarara!!
