Sequel series will premiere in January

The official Twitter account for the Durarara!!×2 Shō anime announced on Friday that the band OKAMOTO'S will contribute their new song "Headhunt" as the show's opening theme.

The band previously performed theme songs for Naruto Shippuden, Naruto Shippūden: The Burning Chūnin Exam! Naruto vs. Konohamaru!!, and Naruto Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals.

Joining the cast in the sequel are:

M.A.O as Vorona (pictured above center)

Kappei Yamaguchi as Mizuki Akabayashi (above left)

Hiro Shimono as Aoba Kuronuma (below center)

Yuuki Ono as Chikage Rokujo (above right)



Takahiro Omori will direct the anime at new studio Shuka with series composition by Noboru Takagi. Takahiro Kishida will be designing the characters for the series, and Makoto Yoshimori will be providing the music. Eri Yamazaki will be designing the props, Hiromi MIYAWAKI is in charge of the color key, Norikazu Kamibayashi will take the position of CG producer, Kazuhiko Seki will handle editing, Jin Tamura is in charge of photography, and the name of the animation's production group will be Ikebukuro Dollars, the same as the first season. The main cast from the original anime is returning to reprise their roles.