Saga of Tanya the Evil II: Japanese Fans React — "I Never Thought We'd Wait 9 Years"
9年越しの続編に日本のファンが歓喜 —「幼女戦記」IIティザーへの反応
“I never thought we'd actually be waiting 9 years lol”
9年も待つとは思わなかったw
Nine years after the original TV anime ended, KADOKAWA dropped the second main trailer for Saga of Tanya the Evil II ahead of its July 8, 2026 premiere, and Japanese fans flooded the comments with disbelief that the wait was finally over. The recurring threads were nostalgia for the returning veteran voice cast and theme song artists (MYTH & ROID and Aoi Yuki are both back), grim real-world parallels to the trailer's Eastern Front imagery, and one widow's comment about watching for her late husband that resonated with over a hundred replies. Even Tanya's own thumbnail got roasted for looking utterly heartless.
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Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 744)
- @榎本滋-b7y👍 1,022
After years of complete silence, I'm so happy Season 2 of Saga of Tanya the Evil is finally confirmed
数年間も音沙汰がなかった幼女戦記の2期の放送が決定したのは非常に嬉しい
- @汚い高音-t6t👍 36
Now if only we could get a new light novel volume too...
そろそろ原作のほうも新刊欲しいわ…
- @Aヘッド👍 18
And from what I can see, the animation looks movie-quality
しかも見る限り映画並みの作画
- @sound-hydrogen👍 687
Even just from the trailer, you can see the Empire's limits, and it hurts
予告だけでも帝国の限界見えてて辛い
- @やる気行方不明展👍 22
How hard it is to actually end a war hits even harder given how things are right now in the real world
戦争の終わらせ方の難しさは今のご時世だと余計に刺さりますね
- @mikiable2571👍 75
Watching real wars, you realize just how difficult it actually is to end one
現実の戦争を見ても終わらせるのが何と難しい事か
- @piko4745👍 381
This is the start of a hellish Eastern Front
地獄の独ソ戦の始まりです
- @功-d7y👍 17
And from the west, there's definitely going to be a landing operation on the Republic's northern coast by the Federation and the Commonwealth
そして西からは間違いなく合衆国と連合王国による共和国北部海岸への上陸作戦がある
- @水海-j7n👍 64
I really need to see Zettour losing his mind on the Eastern Front
ゼートゥーアが東部の戦場で発狂してる姿が見たすぎる
- @功-d7y👍 7
The old man who got demoted by his own friend, only to go on a rampage from his new post and wreck the Federation lol
友に更迭されたのに更迭先で無双して連邦をボコボコにするお爺ちゃん😮
- @mugi-neko33👍 591
Lergen's stomachache is about to break through its limit
レルゲンの腹痛が限界突破しそう
- @汚い高音-t6t👍 20
And the overtime too
残業もね
- @名畑真樹-k5i👍 12
If sacrificing Lergen is the price for getting a season 2 of a masterpiece, that's a bargain and then some lol
レルゲンを生け贄に名作の2期が観れるのならトントンどころかお釣りが来まっせ😂
- @ぺイ-c4w👍 201
Great to see Gendou Tesshou still doing well
玄田哲章元気そうでなにより
- @hamhamday👍 22
This is an anime for listening to hot old-man voices. So glad the Gendou Tesshou and Otsuka Houchu combo is still going strong 9 years later
おじさん達のイケボを聴くアニメ。9年後も玄田哲章&大塚芳忠コンビが健在で本当に良かった。
- @hamhamday👍 2
Sorry, but honestly, Otsuka Houchu's voice is huskier and hotter. I won't budge on this
すまん、大塚芳忠のほうが渋くてイケボだ。これは譲れん
- @BB-df1bf👍 2
'Good'? Try 'the best'
良い？最高だろ
- @リフトss👍 329
So happy MYTH & ROID is back for the OP and Aoi Yuki is back for the ED
オープニングMYTH & ROIDとエンディング悠木碧さん続投で嬉しい
- @genjiro-n4z👍 5
Though the vocalist changed — the new one is really good too
ボーカルは変わってるけどね ２代目も凄く良い
- @luminance34085👍 8
Both the OP and ED are continuing!!! Thank you, thank you...! I loved Tanya's ED song so much, I'm way too happy right now!!!!
OPED続行！！！！！ありがとうありがとう……！！ターニャの歌うED大好きだったからめちゃくちゃ嬉しすぎる〜〜〜〜〜！！
- @user-uf3eq9vj9d👍 104
I started watching the anime, and my husband got so into it he read the entire light novel series. He passed away from illness, but I'm going to watch this and go tell him all about it at the family altar 😊
アニメで見始めて、夫がハマり原作小説全部読むほどハマりまくってました。夫は病死したけど、私が観て仏壇に感想を語りまくろうと思います😊
- @masuuNEKOsuki👍 10
The model otaku wife, honestly 😂
ヲタ妻の鑑😂
- @太陽系-v8t👍 49
Honestly, when it's already a foregone conclusion they're going to lose, that's when your imagination really runs wild theorizing — that's what makes it fun to watch
どのみち負けるのは確定してる作品ほど考察する想像力が働いて見ていて面白いんよな。
- @守棗珠莉👍 39
As always, this PV is ridiculously cool! I'm way too hyped!
毎度の事ながらPVくそ格好良い！ 楽しみ過ぎるッ！
- @藍藍-s8c👍 54
That thumbnail looks like it doesn't have a single human emotion in it lol
人の心とか無さそうなサムネで草
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