Dark Gathering is coming back. A second season of Kenichi Kondō's spirit-hunting horror manga was announced on September 3, 2026, with a premiere set for 2027 and a new visual showing a dam spirit lurking in a tunnel. No exact month yet — but the return is confirmed, and the returning cast is locked.
Quick answer
According to SenpaiRanks, Dark Gathering Season 2 premieres in 2027 (exact season unconfirmed). The horror series adapts Kenichi Kondō's manga, serialized in Shueisha's Jump SQ. and published in English by Viz Media. Season 1 aired across two cours from July 2023, streaming on HIDIVE, with returning voices Yū Sasahara (Yayoi Hōzuki), Nobunaga Shimazaki (Keitarō Gentōga), and Kana Hanazawa (Eiko Hōzuki). SenpaiRanks tracks Dark Gathering at 7.05, solid ground in the supernatural-horror tier.
What's confirmed for 2027
The announcement pairs a 2027 window with a key visual — a spirit of "A Dam" glimpsed in a tunnel, the kind of specific, place-bound ghost the series builds whole arcs around. The returning-cast list matches Season 1, so the core trio of Yayoi, Keitarō, and Eiko carries over intact. If you're catching up, here's the Season 1 trailer:
Where it comes from
Kondō launched the manga in Jump SQ. in 2019; it's one of the magazine's steadier horror properties, built on a premise that flips the usual exorcism story — Keitarō, terrified of ghosts, gets dragged along by Yayoi, a girl who collects them to hunt for her missing mother. OLM animated the well-received first season in 2023.
Where to watch
Season 1 streamed on HIDIVE as it aired, which remains the home base for the franchise in English-speaking regions; a Season 2 platform will likely follow the same path but hasn't been confirmed. We'll update this once a distributor is named. For now, the two-cour first season is the place to start.
How it ranks
Per SenpaiRanks, Dark Gathering sits at 7.05 — comfortably in the watchable-horror band, above the genre's filler but below the marquee names. It's a useful case for the site's dual-axis read: a show that doesn't top the Consensus board but earns its Quality score with genuinely unsettling set-pieces. Seen it? Rate it on its show page and your take feeds the ranking. For the wider genre, see our best supernatural anime ranking and the Tokyo Ghoul where-to-watch guide; for another current horror pick, The Summer Hikaru Died. Airing-now tracking lives in the Fall 2026 watch guide.
Frequently asked questions
Q: When does Dark Gathering Season 2 come out?
A: Dark Gathering Season 2 is scheduled to premiere in 2027; an exact season or month has not been announced yet.
Q: Where can I watch Dark Gathering?
A: Season 1 streams on HIDIVE, which carried it as it aired. A Season 2 streaming platform has not been confirmed.
Q: Is Dark Gathering good?
A: SenpaiRanks tracks Dark Gathering at 7.05, placing it solidly in the supernatural-horror tier — strong atmosphere and set-pieces rather than a top-of-the-board blockbuster.
Q: What is Dark Gathering about?
A: A ghost-fearing tutor, Keitarō, is pulled into spirit-hunting by Yayoi, a girl who collects dangerous spirits to find a lead on her missing mother.
Q: Who makes the Dark Gathering anime?
A: Studio OLM animated Season 1 (2023). The manga is by Kenichi Kondō, serialized in Shueisha's Jump SQ. and published in English by Viz Media.