The Fable Season 2 is confirmed, and the world's reluctant "normal" person will be returning to screens! Akira Sato's year of suppressing his murderous instincts, awkward social situations, and his time in the chaos of Osaka's underworld provided no shortage of story for this upcoming season.Production of The Fable Season 2 was officially greenlit on April 1, 2026, with animation from Tezuka Productions. This upcoming season will further develop the Yamaoka arc while delving into conspiracies against the main character as he continues his attempt at an ordinary life. A release date is still on hold; however, along with this exciting announcement of the second season, new Key art was revealed, and it also provided an announcement of returning cast and crew members.Akira Sato image via Twitter/@the_fable_animeThe Fable’s story focuses on a professional hitman who has received orders from his boss to live in Osaka as an undercover agent using an alias (Akira Sato) for one year, along with his “sister” assistant ("Yoko"), while adhering to only one rule: he is not allowed to kill anyone for the duration of the year-long period. The Fable manga was published by Kodansha (in the Weekly Young Magazine) from November 2014 through November 2019 and compiled into 22 volumes total.The Fable Season 2 follows up from where its first season concluded. Several new threats and conspiracies will challenge Akira’s daily existence, and as such, the upcoming season should be filled with suspense and excitement as the franchise continues with its second installment.Returning Cast of The Fable Season 2The Fable Season 1 visual image via Twitter/@the_fable_animeThe best part of The Fable Season 2 is that we get to hear from all of the same voice actors who played the characters in Season 1. The original voice cast of Season 1 is 100% intact for this season! The returning cast members confirmed so far are:Kazuyuki Okitsu as Akira SatōMiyuki Sawashiro as Yōko SatōKana Hanazawa as Misaki ShimizuAkio Ohtsuka as Takeshi EbiharaTetsuo Komura as BossJun Fukushima as Jackal TomiokaKouji Ishii as Hiroshi HamadaRyōta Iwasaki as KuroshioYūdai Mino as Katsuya TakahashiKoujirou Takahashi as Shūichi SunagawaKiyomitsu Mizuuchi as MatsuTakeharu Ōnishi as Kenjirō TakōdaTakumi Asahina as Etsuji KainumaKazuya Ichijou as MasterYūki Kaji as Yūki KawaiProduction StaffMost core creative team members are returning for The Fable Season 2 and will create a consistent visual and tonal style from Season 1. Ryōsuke Takahashi is directing Fableat Tezuka Productions, who previously directed Armoured Trooper Votoms, and Yūya Takashima leads Series Composition, as well as Kyūma Ōshita and Saki Hasegawa for character design.Mayumi Morita will return to co-write the Fable scripts, having previously collaborated with Tezuka Productions on Black Jack TV, Vampire Knight, etc. Yasuyuki Urakami will serve as sound director, having previously served in this capacity on Detective Conan. A major change from Season 1 is the music composer; Yo Tsuji will replace the previous composer of The Fable Season 1, who was the composer for Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions.Where to WatchDisney+ will have the series stream worldwide; however, Hulu only has the streaming rights for the United States. In addition, there is an English-dubbed version for all those who want to enjoy Season 2 from around the globe. Specific release dates for The Fable Season 2 on either platform have not been formally disclosed yet, but both platforms will likely continue to have rights per the present agreements.