Madman Entertainment added a bit more over the weekend from their twelve days of announcements that’s positive news for fans of Magi. The Australian distributor has announced the pickup of the second season, Magi: The Kingdom of Magic while also announcing that the first season, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, will be out on DVD in April 2014. The second season will come a fair bit later but they’ll be having digital distribution rights set up earlier for it.
Plot concept: Based on Shinobu Ohtaka’s original manga series, MAGI 2: THE KINGDOM OF MAGIC re-imagines tales from the classic story ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS (also known as ARABIAN NIGHTS).Director Koji Masunari (READ OR DIE), who helmed the 25-episode first season, returns to this second season. Toshifumi Akai serves as the character designer and chief animation director, and Hiroyuki Yoshino (GUILTY CROWN, MY-HiME) is handling the scripts. Shiro Sagisu (BLEACH, EVANGLEION, BERSERK: THE GOLDEN AGE ARC TRILOGY) is composing the music.