The second horror visual for the Dark Gathering Season 2 anime, scheduled to air in 2027, has been revealed. The new visual features Kubizuka Daimyojin, one of Kyoto’s most dangerous haunted locations, surrounded by a thick and eerie mist.
The anime will also have a stage event at Jump Festa 2027, taking place on December 19–20 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan. Further details will be announced later.
New Horror Visual:

CAST:
Yayoi Hozuki: Yu Sasahara
Keitaro Gentoga: Nobunaga Shimazaki
Eiko Hozuki: Kana Hanazawa
Ai Kamiyo: Rina Kawaguchi
STAFF:
Original Creator: Kenichi Kondo (Dark Gathering, serialized in Shueisha’s Jump SQ.)
Director: Hiroshi Ikehata
Series Composition: Shigeru Murakoshi
Character Designer: Yuri Ichinose
Animation Production: OLM
Based on Kenichi Kondo’s manga, currently serialized in Shueisha’s Jump SQ., Dark Gathering is a thrilling “evil-spirit hunting” series that has sold over 2.5 million copies. Season 2 is set in Kyoto, where even darker and more sinister spirits are waiting.
VIZ Media summarizes the story:
Keitaro is ready to leave his shut-in life behind. He’s starting university, reconnecting with a childhood friend, and taking on a tutoring job. He thinks he’s done with ghosts—until he discovers that the elementary schooler he’s tutoring is an occult prodigy, obsessed with hunting dangerous spirits. Her ultimate goal? To track down the one that took her mother.
Source: Press Release
©Kenichi Kondo /SHUEISHA,Dark Gathering Anime Production Committee.
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