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The File of Young Kindaichi Returns Season 2's Promo Video Streamed

Toei Animation began streaming a promotional video on Saturday for the second television anime season based on Seimaru Amagi and Fumiya Sato's Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo R (The File of Young Kindaichi Returns) manga.

(The below video is region locked to Japan.)

(Region-free video.)

The anime will premiere on October 3, and will air for half a year.

The story's mystery cases will vary in length from one episode to five-episode arcs. In particular, there will be episodes that feature the elaborate criminal tricks of Yōichi Takatō (voiced by Kenichi Ono), "the puppeteer of Hell" who manipulates other criminals for his schemes.

The new season will once again air on YTV, NTV, and other stations on Saturdays at 5:30 p.m., right before Detective Conan. The anime will reunite the cast and staff from the first season:

Taiki Matsuno as Hajime Kindaichi 
Akiko Nakagawa as Miyuki Nanase 
Juurouta Kosugi as Isamu Kenmochi 
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Kengo Akechi 

Original creator: Seimaru Amagi (story), Fumiya Sato (art) 
Chief Producer: Michihiko Suwa 
Producer: Koji Nagai 
Production: Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation /Toei Animation 

The File of Young Kindaichi Returns manga launched as a continuation of the original Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo (Kindaichi Case Files) manga in 2013. Kodansha published the fifth compiled book volume of Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo R in July.

The File of Young Kindaichi Returns anime's first season series ended last September on NTV. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.

Thanks to Dennis R. for the region-free video.