The ongoing anime adaptation of Hamuo’s light novel series airs in July.
Ahead of its July 2026 premiere, “Hell Mode” Season 2 has revealed four new characters and their voice actors. The full name of the series is Hell Mode: Yarikomizuki no Gamer wa Hai Settei no Isekai de Musou suru (Hell Mode: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing), and the first season of the anime aired from January to March 2026.
Hell Mode Season 2
Premiere window: July 2026
Animation studio: Yokohama Animation Lab
Streaming platform: HIDIVE
Who are the new cast members of Hell Mode Season 2?
The four new cast members of the anime are:
- Reiji Kawashima as Keel
- Kiyono Yasuno as Sophialohne
- Hikaru Midorikawa as Volmaar
- Miyu Tomita as Meruru
Season 1 cast members of the anime include:
- Mutsumi Tamura as Allen
- Mayu Iizaka as Krena
- Tasuku Hatanamka as Dogora
- Sayaka Senbongi as Cecil
- Hideo Ishikawa as Rodin
- Sayaka Ohara as Theresia
- Makoto Koichi as Matthew
- Tomokazu Sugita as Butler von Granvelle
- Shouya Chiba as Mihai Granvelle
- Marie Miyake as Thomas Granvelle
- Akio Ōtsuka as Zenoff
- Takahiro Miyamoto as Carnell
- Takahiro Sakurai as Helmios
Who are the staff members working on Hell Mode Season 2?
Masato Tamgawa continues to direct the series at Yokohama Animation Lab, with Daisho Tanimura handling series composition and Kei Tsushima designing the characters.
What is Hell Mode about?
The anime is based on a light novel series by Hamuo, which began serialising in November 2019 in the user-generated website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. Earth Star Entertainment later began publishing book volumes of the novel under their Earth Star Novel imprint in July 2020 with illustrations by Mo. A manga adaptation by Enji Tetta began publishing on the Comic Earth Star website in October 2020. The first season of the anime aired in January 2026 on HIDIVE. J-Novel Club publishes the original novels and manga in English and describes the story as:
“‘Level up even while offline’?! That’s not a game on ‘easy mode’—that’s just an AFK game!” The online game Yamada Kenichi had been playing religiously is shutting down its servers, leaving him with a void in his heart. He looks for a new game to fill it, but everything he finds is way too easy. The kind of game he likes—the kind punishing enough to make players want to spend thousands of hours on it—just isn’t around anymore. “What’s this? ‘You are invited to a game that will never end.’” Kenichi stumbles upon an untitled game, one promising incomparable challenge with unprecedented potential. Without hesitation, he selects the “Hell Mode” difficulty. Lo and behold, he finds himself reincarnated in another world as a serf! Now called Allen, he sets out to unlock the secrets of his mystery-laden Summoner class; without the convenience of walkthroughs, game guides, or online forums, he must grope his way to the top of his new world!