On Monday, it was revealed in the 41st issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine that Tite Kubo is drawing a season 2 of his new Burn the Witch manga. The sequel was listed as “coming soon” in the announcement. The draft pages for season 2 of the manga were too revealed by Shonen Jump.

It was also confirmed in the issue that the 260 page first compiled book volume will ship on 2nd October. The screenings for the theatrical anime also open on the same day in Japan. Original one-shot for the manga, an exclusive colour illustration and bundle and also a double-sided full-colour pinup poster will be bundled together in the volume.

『BURN THE WITCH』コミックス第1巻、アニメ公開と同日の10月2日に発売決定&書影解禁！

・読切版とシーズン1全話を収録、総ページ数260Pの大ボリューム
・カラーピンナップ付き
・カバーを外した表紙に久保帯人先生描き下ろしのカラーイラストを使用した特殊仕様

必携の一冊です！〈担当〉 pic.twitter.com/RTDzgd2OJm

— 久保帯人＆スタッフ (@tite_official) September 14, 2020

The one-shot shares the same world as Kubo’s Bleach manga. The chapter focuses on Noel Niihashi and Ninny Spangcole. Both of them are working at Wing Bird Headquarters as witches. This headquarters is in Reverse London’s Natural Dragon Management Agency. Supernatural creatures like Dragons are visible to people who live in Reverse London. Even though Noel and Ninny undergo for missions to exterminate evil creatures, they work to help promote the coexistence of humans and supernatural creatures together.

The original manga is based on the one-shot manga of the same name. The one-shot manga debuted in July 2018. The original manga is a four-chapter short serialization. The serialization debuted on August 24 and ended on Monday. The manga is being published in English by Viz Media.

The mid-length theatrical anime anime is being produced by Studio Colorido and team Yamahitsuji. The anime will have event screenings for two weeks. Amazon Prime Video and Hikari TV in Japan will also stream the anime. For streaming version, the anime will be re-organized into three episodes. The anime will be streamed in October in North, Central and South America and also in Europe, Oceania, Africa, CIS and the Middle East.