The second season of Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs has received a teaser visual and the reveal of a 2026 premiere date.
Season 1 premiered in April 2022 and ran for 12 episodes.
Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs is based on the Micro Magazine-published light novel series written by Yomu Mishima and illustrated by Monda, which Seven Seas Entertainment describes as such:
Office worker Leon is reincarnated into a dating sim video game, where women reign supreme and only beautiful men have a seat at the table. But Leon has a secret weapon: he remembers everything from his past life, which includes a complete playthrough of the very game in which he is now trapped. Can Leon spark a revolution to change this new world order?
The light novel series, which is is published under the GC Novels label, began in 2018 and ended with 14 volumes in 2024. There is a manga adaptation, which received a continuation in 2025, and spin-offs. The story was first published as a web novel on Shosetsuka ni Naro starting in 2017.
Staff (Season 1)
• Director: Kazuya Miura (Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life!)
• Director: Shinichi Fukumoto (The Detective Is Already Dead assistant director)
• Series composer: Kenta Ihara (Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy)
• Character designer: Masahiko Suzuki (Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life! sub-character designer)
• Animation production company: ENGI
Cast (Season 1)
• Takeo Otsuka as Leon Fou Bartfort
• Kana Ichinose as Olivia
• Fairouz Ai as Angelica Rapha Redgrave
• Ayane Sakura as Marie Fou Lafan
• Kenichi Suzumura as Julius Rapha Holfort
• Kosuke Toriumi as Jilk Fia Marmoria
• Shinnosuke Tachibana as Brad Fou Field
• Kouji Yusa as Chris Fia Arclight
• Nobuyuki Hiyama as Greg Fou Seberg
Source: @mobseka_anime