The Detective Is Already Dead has revealed a special illustration celebrating the birthday of the detective, Siesta. The sequel for the anime was announced back in July 2022, with the first ‘super teaser’ visual coming on September 1, 2024, and also featuring Siesta.

You can see the new birthday illustration below.

The first season of the anime ended on September 19, 2021, after a total of 12 episodes. Manabu Kurihara directed it at studio ENGI. The main cast consists of:

• Saki Miyashita As a nap
• Ayana Taketatsu As Nagisa Natsunagi
• Arata Nagai AS ASGIGHTS SearchThis
• Canon so As Yui Saikawa

The Detective is Already Dead is a Japanese light novel series written by Nigozyu and illustrated by Umibozu. Media Factory started publishing the series in November 2019, with 12 volumes released as of November 2024. The series also has 2 manga adaptation: one by Mugiko (2020-2023) and one by Poni (2021-2022).

Yen Press licensed The Detective is Already Dead light novel series in English. Crunchyroll streams the anime, describing the story:
After thwarting a hijacking with beautiful, silver-haired detective Siesta, Kimihiko leads a life of globe-trotting and crime-solving—until Siesta dies. A year later, a new case will open old wounds as it threads murder, conspiracy, and his dead partner!

Source: Official X
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