The second season will adapt the Yamaoka Arc of the manga.
The official website and social media accounts of the anime “The Fable” has unveiled a new trailer for its upcoming Season 2, confirming that the series is set to air sometime in January 2026 on Nippon TV Network. An exact date is yet to be confirmed.
The Fable Season 2
Premiere window: January 2026
Animation studio: Tezuka Productions
What do we know about The Fable Season 2 so far?
The returning cast members include:
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Akira Satō
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Yōko Satō
- Kana Hanazawa as Misaki Shimizu
- Akio Ohtsuka as Takeshi Ebihara
- Tetsuo Komura as Boss
- Jun Fukushima as Jackal Tomioka
- Kouji Ishii as Hiroshi Hamada (Oyaji)
- Ryōta Iwasaki as Kuroshio (Kuro)
- Yūdai Mino as Katsuya Takahashi
- Koujirou Takahashi as Shūichi Sunagawa
- Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi as Matsu
- Takeharu Ōnishi as Kenjirō Takōda (President Octopus)
- Takumi Asahina as Etsuji Kainuma
- Kazuya Ichijou as Master
- Yūki Kaji as Yūki Kawai (Be Daiyocha)
Ryosuke Takahashi is returning to direct the second season at Tezuka Productions. Yūya Takashima will continue to provide series composition and write the scripts with Mayumi Morita. Kyūma Ōshita and Saki Hasegawa are returning to design the characters. Yasuyuki Urakami returns as the sound director. Yo Tsuji is the new music composer for the upcoming season.
What is The Fable about?
The Fable is a manga series created by Katsuhina Minami. It was serialised in Kodansha’s Weekly Young Magazine from November 2014 to November 2019. A sequel titled The Fable: The Second Contact was serialised from July 2021 to July 2023. The first season of the anime aired from April to September 2024. Disney+ streamed the series worldwide.
Kodansha USA publishes The Fable manga in English, and describes the story as:
How is the most talented genius assassin ever not supposed to kill anyone? Specially trained since he was a child to be a hitman, the invincible killing genius known as Fable can eradicate any opponent in six seconds or less. But then, one day, the boss of the organization suddenly orders him not to kill anyone for a year, and to live an ordinary life. Under the name Akira Sato, Fable takes on his assignment as a pro to live the life of a totally normal person. But in the background of this peaceful life lurks a foreboding atmosphere that will not let him be. Thus begins Fable's cool, humorous, and slightly eccentric one-year hiatus from killing.