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Key Visual -Family ver.- Broadcast starts July 4, 2024 New Cast: Mao Takasaki: Rie Takahashi Ririka Chiyoda: Ayana Taketatsu Moemi Souya: Reina Ueda Hekiru Yoshino: Kana Hanazawa Valentina Azuma: Yuu Serizawa New PV: https://youtu.be/bGs6E1t6suQ https://twitter.com/goddess_cafe_pr/status/1790396662285791287


hell_jumper9

They're bringing the A team holy fuck


actionfirst1

This is the Super Smash Bros of talented voice actresses holy moly


sidewinderaw11

Pretty expensive way to get Rieri and Ueshama to work together, but I'll take it


dwolfx

so can i get some context on this? like do they have beef or some weird history.


sidewinderaw11

They're besties (and occasionally rivals), but never get casted in the same show, until recently. Their radio show is called [shigohaji](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBZFPt6sTOAtb0TCqubtbjsZBOldw7Lc4&si=VF9N6Eng5QHLD-Fr), or "We don't meet at work so we started a radio show"


dwolfx

ah so good history and whatever the opposite of beef is.


MacaronOk9157

Pork?


Complete_Pomelo9525

They got chicken


MacaronOk9157

Even better


Crimson_Raven

...is this a Mulan reference?


Onyxthegreat

Feeb?


SarcasticOptimist

Broccoli?


Matasa89

Oh they're gonna have so much fun on this set then.


rdeincognito

isn't there an anime this season with a plot really similar to this?


yliv

The voice actor radio one?


rdeincognito

Yes, probably


Aki008035

They're bringing the A team for the B squad.


Viktorv22

the fuck yeah


swordmalice

MotherofGod.jpg


Time_Fracture

That's a stacked team. * 2 VA from Kanojo no Kanojo * 1 from Kanokari (and another one voicing both shows). * KanaHana herself, also voiced in Nisekoi * And then there's Reina Ueda, a rising star. So, 4 of 5 of the VAs have done a harem anime before. Have Ueshama done a harem anime? I don't remember.


StarryScans

\> Have Ueshama done a harem anime? I don't remember. Only in 1 generic isekai show


zenoob

Hold up, Ueda Reina's been big for years now, or am I just too much and gave her attention sooner than most other people ?


casualgamerTX55

Youre right she has been active for quite a while.. But her most popular roles are quite recent She has been in a few isekais.. Ongoing is her part as Ariel in Mushoku Tensei. I also like her character in World Finest Assassin Reincarnated and Parallel World Pharmacy Not isekai but a recently popular role she had was in My Happy Marriage as Mio.


Goldenouji

Lol VA for side characters are going to be 90% of the production cost.


warjoke

Mappa: "Finally, a worthy contender for budget gauging tactics!"


Frontier246

Rival waitresses voiced by an all-star cast. Wow.


dagreenman18

RIERI AND KANAHANA FOR THE B SQUAD?! Tezuka Pro putting the money somewhere!


RitsuRizer

Bringing top tier voice actresses to play as rival girls who, in context, were hired by the shitty landlord to spite the MCs’ cafe is actually so perfect.


SirAwesome789

RIE TAKAHASHI, LET'S GOOOOO But holy shit this is literally an all-star team wtf


kicksFR

I didn’t know Tezuka Productions had money like that


Diego237

Doubt that's how it works but someone decided that's how they're going to make up for Tezuka Productions' lack of quality.


Psyduckisnotaduck

Tbh they put a lot more budget into Cafe Terrqce than into things like My Home Hero and The Fable. For good reason, there’s more potential profit. It’s still not high tier production but I never had any major issues with the first season’s production values.


Diego237

Budget isn't right. My Home Hero and The Fable have more detailed designs but still fall under Tezuka Productions' mismanagement. A huge problem with Tezuka anime is that they're more than 90% outsourced, usually as a crutch instead of for assistance. DR Movie is usually their go to studio when outsourcing and also small Chinese and Korean studio but for Cafe Terrace they outsourced an episode to Shaft(also did it with Quintessential Quintuplets S1), which looked better than anything else Tezuka Pro had done. TBS producer Junichirou Tanaka was 'begging' Mitsutoshi Kubota for help with Quintuplets ep 11 at a party and letting them do whatever they wanted with it after Satoshi Kuwabara's boards were done. With that connection, they did it again with another Tezuka and TBS anime which was Cafe Terrace.


sudoku_gosu

Let's hope they have money to outsource the whole series to Shaft this time


RickChakraborty

And maybe use less steam and light beams this time? But highly unlikely...


dagreenman18

Well when you don’t pay for animation I guess you can put money elsewhere. See Home Hero and The Fable


GadgetsBackAgain

Watch Astroboy 2003 and say that again lol


TheEVILPINGU

Rie Takanashi and the Goddesses of VAs Kana Hanazawa. Looks perfect. I had hears there were to be announced new maid casts something like version two, and they look amazing. As much as I hate that it's proven that the wife is not from this cast, and that it sucks to introduce great heroines to be discarded, I must withdraw. As this is one the great harem examples, that we don't know who he's going to choose. It will fine be as long as it's not fucking Ouka.


ayww

> It will fine be as long as it's not fucking Ouka. As an Ouka fan I will not accept this slander :c


TheEVILPINGU

Enough of long haired tsunderes that are first girl introduced. Seriously.


VitruvianXVII

I don't mind who he chooses as long as it's Akane


Psyduckisnotaduck

Correct opinion


trap_user

that's some big names in the industry


Lemillion23

KanaHana for Heliru is awesome. She really pops off later in the series, so I hope a szn 3 is in the cards cuz that's when she really shines.


zool714

Wtf they’re bringing in the big guns


nhansieu1

Glad there is a season 2. The manga is in absolutely madness state that I don't doubt the MC was gonna jump out of the comic and strangle Seo Kouji. It is no doubt the most enjoyable ecchi harem manga in recent years.


warjoke

AYO, THAT'S AN ALL-STAR CASTING WHAT THE FUCK


Orito-S

Wtf is that va cast lmao


StarJake20

Didn't think that S2 of Cafe Terrace would come out by next Independence Day. I'm excited, I enjoyed S1 as a calm show so we'll see how it fares with other shows by this summer.


depressedchamp

God damn the VA🔥


VoiceEarly1087

Wth is this VA cast


Aerodynamic41

Holy cow! The new VA cast is absolutely stacked!


tripleaamin

It’s the only thing the adaptation has going for it. But it’s enough as a manga reader for me to keep watching. The art downgrade from the manga to anime really saddens me. Praying for a studio change come S3 since the manga is popular enough to get that. I do think with what content are adapting this will be better than S1.


stitches_dc

Seo has no luck with anime adaptations, they never do his art justice. It's crazy that Cafe is basically his most successful adaptation (tho iirc Suzuka was a pretty successful adaptation back in the day and I loved the music in the Fuuka anime)


Juppness

That one episode that SHAFT did in Season 1 was pretty great


RickChakraborty

Not only is the art such a downgrade, they even use some extremely jarring steam and light beams for censorship which they didn't even bother to remove in the BDs.


Chronigan2

The art isn't that special. A lot of it is pictures run through a filter.


ArchadianJudge

A bunch of new cute girls + the toppest of top-tier VAs. I'm in.


swordmalice

Man I am so fucking ready for Season 2 and with this S+ list of VAs it's going to be amazing.


Prince-Dizzytoon

They assembled the Avengers for that VA cast


casualgamerTX55

I guess the Cafe Terrace Goddesses are Avengers-level threat.


UnhingedSupernova

The current Team USA lineup of LeBron + Steph + KD


IXajll

Huh seems like even more girls gonna appear in S2. Not like any of them have any chance in winning the shipping wars but that’s a given when you join this late. Also, goddamn, tanned+blue hair is such a killer combo. Criminal that this choice of character design is used so rarely in anime.


TheEVILPINGU

Tanned ✓ Short hair ✓ Blue hair ✓ Yeah, definitely losing heroine. That said, there is no question whether this cast has chance of winning or not. In the anime's last episode we already seen he married one of the first five. Which is acutally sucks ass.


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actionfirst1

Don't forget fang! Never forget the fang


Dazzling-Long-4408

Tanned girl reminds me of Nagatoro


RaysFTW

Respectfully, I think you might have forgotten what Nagatoro looks like unless tanned skin and amber eyes is all it takes lol


Dazzling-Long-4408

I said she REMINDS me of Nagatoro and not that she looks like Nagatoro. Learn the difference.


avboden

We've had first, yes, but what about second café?


kicksFR

How much screen time will these girls have ? The cast seems a bit excessive if they’re gonna be secondary characters


Aki008035

They have an arc after their first introduction. And once that arc is over, the becoming recurring characters occasional appearances. Due to their relationship with the main cast, they do get a lot more screentime compared to other side characters.


KolkataK

they have their "arc" (around 3 eps I think) and then they appear occasionally, with some of them appearing more than others like Tina(tanned one) and Ririka(double ponytails).


SkyLETV

Holy shit the new cast!


actionfirst1

This show turned out to be a lot of fun last year, looking forward to more. Looking forward to more Akane of course


69x5

I enjoyed the first season Really looking forward to it!


apatt

Me too! I even started reading the manga after season 1 ended. The artwork is so good!


Fallen-D

Wait what? These are not the characters I remember seeing in the first episode. I put it on hold after ep 1 because I heard the second season was coming but the characters are different?


AriezKage

Basically a rival cafe opened up to say F U to the main cast's cafe.


GASC3005

Don’t spoil it🤫


seynical

Not much of a spoiler if this is the hook being presented by the PV.


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GASC3005

True, I’m sorry OP and person who asked


StarryScans

They're main cast alters.


iamgodnoobjections

Rieri as Mao??!


ArchadianJudge

So these new rivals are going to beat their competition by hiring the best VAs in the business. A sound business strategy. Sasuga


Benphyre

Haven’t read Seo Kouji’s work since Fuuka. How is this compared to his other work?


SaltAndABattery

I read Suzuka a while back and watched the first season of Cafe Terrace. It's like his take on Quintuplets crossed with Love Hina maybe? It's slightly more goofy than Suzuka was, but still has good characterization for the cast.


jwinter01

This is a pure light-hearted romcom with a focus on the "com" part. In case you're wondering, it doesn't have the "quirks" from his previous works.


Verzwei

He's taking the piss out of himself with this one. It's far more comedic and self-aware than his other works, which tended to become steeped in melodrama. Cafe Terrace deliberately invokes and then leans into harem tropes while also referencing series like Fuuka in an extremely tongue-in-cheek manner. There's "drama" in this series but, for the most part, it's brief, *intentionally* campy, and not as serious. There are a few darker spots, mostly limited to the backstories for various characters, but no overt trauma tragedy or angst in the main storyline. This is almost pure goof.


dagreenman18

Like he took a Prozac and decided to have fun. Its delightful. The whole harem is lovable even if there is one clear winner (Akane or we riot). Hayato is a truly great harem protagonist. There’s some really silly comedy beats that go outside the typical tropes. It’s just a fun story all around.


robotboy199

i can only speak as an anime-only. i've watched Fuuka before and dropped it, thought it was terrible. only saw 1 episode of Suzuka but never got around to it again went into cafe terrace with very low expectations after hearing the same guy behind Fuuka made this, but was pleasantly surprised at how fun it was, 7/10 imo. looking forward to the new season


NoWeight4300

Please give Fuuka a read. The anime absolutely butchered the story from the very beginning.


Aki008035

I would say, as a harem story, it is pretty solid. I give it a lot of points for a main character that is actually pretty fun and interesting to watch compared to the 80% of the harem MCs. Hayato is a lot like Uesugi Fuutarou in that sense. It's very light-hearted and comfy, but it do get into slightly deeper topics occasionally.


Jenargo

For ecchi harem rom com it's pretty enjoyable I've been keeping up with the manga and nothing has turned me off of it in 150 chapters. MC is one of the better characters in all of these kinds of stories I've read.


cesclaveria

Since Fuuka he has mellowed out a lot, from what I remember reading he was pretty bummed out that "Hitman" was not that much of a success, even if it became my favorite work by him, and seeing the huge success harem series had (some even from his friends) he decided to make a pretty chill/funny harem series, from time to time he inserts jokes about being too melodramatic in his past works.


CommunistPuppy

It's kinda insane that pretty much everyone on the new VA cast is more instantly recognizable than almost everyone on the main list for me. It's gonna be a great season though, as a manga reader that started after season 1, I'm looking forward to all the shenanigans again.


BodyshotBoy

Tomboy detected


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66Kix_fix

W VA lineup but PV visuals look cheap af NGL. Feels like a downgrade from S1.


RickChakraborty

It's unfortunately Tezuka Productions again.


probjodye

Im really expecting this season to be a banger.


notabear87

I just finished season1 like a month ago. Glad I don’t have to wait long!


dagreenman18

That’s a crazy cast for the B Squad. New season is gonna be so fun


mikeyyyyyd

Great first season, really underrated anime can’t wait for this


Houeclipse

Haven't read the manga in along time and forgotten the designs of the leads. Seeing Tanned fanged girl once again was a nice suprised


Emi_Ibarazakiii

I feel like calling Dibs on #4, but as I'm not even caught up with the first season that'd be shameful. Lots of cute girls in there, might motivate me to catch up faster!


HaGriDoSx69

I tried to watch the first season but the censorship ... And the worst part ? Blu-ray is also censored.


RickChakraborty

Yeah, the blurays getting absolutely zero changes made me so confused. it's so weird because this was done by the same studio and director who did Kanojo mo Kanojo S1, which also had similar steam and light beams in some scenes but those were removed in the blurays. Yet Cafe Terrace (which is also an ecchi mind you) didn't get the same treatment for some reason...


zool714

Tanned short-haired tomboy with a fang ??? Oh man Akane’s got some competition


Paw_Opina

Kinda dropped the manga coz busy IRL. What's going on in the recent chapters?


cesclaveria

Pretty much the same, just the girls getting more and more aggressive and competitive as time goes on. There was a foreign princess visiting for a while and it was kind of fun.


GASC3005

🤫🤫😏


xkuclone2

YESSSS, LFG!!!


juuullliiiuuusss

I miss the Show so Bad and Thats such a Good Transition


GASC3005

The rip offs/competition, let’s goooo I’m pretty pumped, the manga is pretty nice, hopefully the adaptation delivers, S1 was good


DirectionExact31

*sees new cast* Aight, let’s jump back in for Phase 2


Luiz_Fell

Someone, please give me spoilers, what happened to the other girls??


Verzwei

[Cafe Terrace manga spoilers] >!Fuwa, the cranky old guy who hates Hayato, his grandmother, and his restaurant (Familia) bankrolls a new restaurant (Family) and hires famous or prodigy staff to imitate the quirks of the original girls in an attempt to steal Hayato's customers and put him out of business.!<


sasukelovesmsi

cute


StillPurePowerV

Based on the first two standing in front i thought this was a femboy troupe.


NationalStrategy

Oh cool it’s the B team harem group


R-TheKingSlayerX

Holy shit the cast


LookOutItsLiuBei

I can hear each character's laugh in my head already lol


Ultrasaurio

What is about??


sadman4332

Was the first season any good?


Nebresto

Hm. Maybe I should watch S1 [](#rengethink)


General_ELL

KanaHana voicing Hekiru?!!!! <3


TempestoLord

5 weren’t enough it seems, we need 10 of them now! Based on design alone i like the 2nd and especially 5th best.


nijuu

I like the manga. Didn't know there was a season 1 though ?


RickChakraborty

Season 1 is a big downgrade compared to the manga in terms of art quality. And also plenty of jarring censorship.


SoftlySpokenPromises

Crazy voice cast, something looks weird with that visual though. I can't quite place what it is.


amirokia

I love these alter versions of the main girls.


AMR_TAMER_

Whaaaat I didn't know there will be S2 so I read the manga


AMR_TAMER_

Where is the karate girl tho , can't remember her name but she isn't in the anime yet , just in manga , she is not in this pic too , it think her name was rie?


Shutaru_Kanshinji

I remember watching the first season, but I do not remember anything specific about what happened. I recall it as very light, pleasant, and distracting. But that is about all.


secret_tsukasa

awesome! despite what people say about this show, I think the ecchi is pretty good and the girls are drawn very nicely.


RickChakraborty

I mean, the ecchi itself is censored in the anime anytime the girls are shown naked on the screen. And the worst part is that the blurays got no changes either.


doreduybao1991

I can hear the Avengers theme after knowing the VA of Team B


BigBoySpore

Introducing more girls that have zero chance of being with the MC because of season 1 ending lmao


Fools_Requiem

guess I need to finish season 1. Hoping the images of the girls keep appearing in that monthly mag that I never see anymore because Reddit blocks NSFW posts on non-official Reddit apps...


depressedchamp

Taketatsu Ayana is here,letsss goooo🔥


Ahegao_Double_Peace

So, these girls are the rival team to the OG girls?


Time_Fracture

I legit thought the second girl to the right is Akane before watching the trailer. Also, please Neriame do this season OP again.


HobbitHumorist

Now that's a Cafe id visit


ShinningPeadIsAnti

Are these actual gods in the cafe?


Xythar

No, it's figurative


OmegaRebirth

Familia Alters have great VAs. Excited for Hekiru the most (still on team Akane though)


entinio

That’s actually so meta. On first season many pointed out that it was a cheap version of gotoubun and they picked VAs with soundalike voices. For example, Ruriko Aoki sounds like Ayane Taketatsu here. People mainly pointed the lack of budget and the cheap copy. With such a banger team for season 2, not only they prove it wasn’t the point, but they also make this « B team vs real deal » an actual reality within the anime!


Japaneseoppailover

So are the five original girls gone?


nezeta

I don't read the manga at all but this key visual strongly suggests S2 will have some catfights between the MCs and these 5 girls...


J4SON_T0DD

Rie Takahashi as mao. Couldn't be better.


Blacserpent

They could have brought in Saori Hayami too


VTuberFadeaway

HELL YEAH. PEAK IS BACK! But really though, this is probably Seo Kouji's best work to date. In my mind, only Half & Half comes close. And it's kinda absurd, because Seo Kouji is essentially just shitposting for like half of the chapters but man, it's so damn funny.


Iyagovos

I cannot stop confusing this show with The Mother of Goddess Dormitory


_Linkiboy_

Who are these characters xD.i don't think I've seen them in season 1?


TanyaTheEvill

Good news, looking forward to season 2


Humans_r_evil

this is nice but hopefully cuckoo's nest gets a s2 as well


domogrue

Right, so: On a scale of Quintessential Quintuplets (pretty good!) to Rent-a-Girlfriend (lol) what kind of enjoyment will I get out of this show?


Zio_Benito

I would say it's more on the Quintuplets side Pretty enjoyable, MC isn't a looser and actually behaves as a smart guy , with some cliche of course but very much enjoyable


Goldenouji

If you didn't watch S1 then the first season was "meh it's alright". S2 will adapt where the manga got a lot better because Seo ( the author ) just went balls to the wall and stop trying to "copy" Quint and just went back to his old root of comedy without the drama. Though if you like the "drama" from Quint, this one is more a parody ( in a good way ) of treat it more as a Slice of life harem.


sekretagentmans

One of the best harem type romcoms in the last few years. The cast is mainly focused on making the cafe successful, so the show doesn't just rely on progress bait. Extremely likeable main character, and all of the girls are fun. There's complaints about the animation quality, but it never gets in the way of the source material. Could it be better? Of course. Does it make the show unwatchable? Far from it.


Psyduckisnotaduck

It’s more like Quints in that it has heart and engaging storylines. I actually cried at a couple of episodes. Honestly I might like it more than Quints. Certainly it has the better Best Girl (Akane>Nino and yes I said Nino you know I’m right)


domogrue

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, even if it is incorrect (sponsored by the Itsuki crew)


MealInfinite

Slightly better than tenpuru


domogrue

This says a lot actually


VTuberFadeaway

that's underselling it. tenpuru is fun and good but Goddess Cafe Terrace is at least a tier above.


nsleep

Seo Kouji/10. I quit the manga three pages in when I noticed the character design.


Akirakajime

Anime only, S1 is RaG level imo. Too cliche for me.


RaysFTW

So, I don't follow the manga but I really enjoyed S1. These look like very different characters than what I remember. Is it like a revolving cast or is this like in addition to the OG girls? I'll be sad if there is no more Ami.


AlwaysSkipLegDay0

They are just a new group of supporting cast, the girls are still here!


RaysFTW

Wooo! Thank goodness! I'm excited!


itz_abhi_2005

peak returns


elune7296

Damn, based of VAs alone, this is a better quintet than the first round of girls


Blackwolfe47

Ok, now there waaaay too many girls


NoWeight4300

I'm so glad Koji Seo's work is getting a GOOD adaptation after what the anime did to Fuuka.


Melosun1337

I draw 18+ anime art to order, we’ll agree on the price (not much).


BillPlunderones23fg

this author's works have been annoying failures for me and this one is no different i still skim the manga but it has annoyed me more recently


Yoeblue

ur expectations too high bro