Disney does not announce anime like everyone else. No random Tuesday press release, no quiet blog update. Instead, on July 27, Disney+ Japan waited for the birthday of Leona Kingscholar himself and dropped the first teaser for Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Animation Season 2 — subtitled Episode of Savanaclaw — along with a confirmation that the lion dorm’s long-awaited arc will stream exclusively on Disney+ starting December 2026.
The teaser is barely a minute long, but it is drenched in menace. Fans immediately noticed how ominous Leona looks in every frame, and honestly? That tracks. If you have played the mobile game, you know exactly what is coming.
A Birthday Announcement With a Warning Attached
The reveal arrived alongside a brand-new teaser visual featuring Leona Kingscholar (voiced by Yuichiro Umehara) bathed in shadowy golden light, plus preview images from the upcoming season. Comments from three members of the voice cast were also published, teasing that the Savanaclaw storyline will push characters further into morally gray territory than anything Season 1 attempted.
For those who need a refresher: Season 1, Episode of Heartslabyul, aired in 2025 with eight episodes and adapted the Queen of Hearts–inspired dorm led by Riddle Rosehearts. It was even nominated for Best Isekai Anime at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2026 — a wild feat for an adaptation of a mobile game most Western fans assumed would never get animated.
Who Is Leona Kingscholar, Anyway?
Leona is the housewarden of Savanaclaw, a dorm inspired by Scar from The Lion King. He is a secondborn prince with immense magical talent who would genuinely rather nap through the entire semester than lift a finger. His laziness hides something sharper: years of being told he will never be first, simply because of the order of his birth.
- Leona Kingscholar — Savanaclaw housewarden, Scar homage, walking nap alarm
- Ruggie Bucchi — hyena-inspired junior who does all of Leona’s actual work
- Jack Howl — the stubborn wolf beastman who refuses to cheat his way to the top
That simmering resentment is precisely what makes the Savanaclaw arc one of the darkest chapters of the game’s early story.
Why the Savanaclaw Arc Hits So Hard
Without spoiling everything: the arc centers on the interdorm Spelldrive tournament, where Savanaclaw athletes will do absolutely anything to finally beat their rivals after years of humiliation. When protagonist Yu and the fire-eating cat-like Grim start digging into mysterious injuries plaguing other dorms’ teams, they uncover a sabotage scheme that leads straight to Leona’s inner circle.
The beauty of this arc is that nobody is cartoonishly evil. It is a story about second-place people snapping under the weight of expectations, and it forces the heroes to ask uncomfortable questions about fairness at a school literally built on ambition.
The Pedigree Behind This Strange Little Empire
Disney Twisted-Wonderland launched in 2020 as a collaboration between Aniplex and Walt Disney Japan, developed by f4samurai. The secret weapon? Character designs and main scenario supervision by Yana Toboso, the creator of Black Butler. That gothic storytelling DNA is why a game about Disney villains reimagined as attractive college students became a multi-million-player phenomenon.
The anime is produced by Graphinica and Yumeta Company, and Disney has already committed to a three-season plan covering the game’s opening arcs. That means after Savanaclaw comes Episode of Octavinelle, where the Ursula-inspired dealmaker Azul Ashengrotto takes center stage. And if you thought Leona was scheming, wait until you meet someone whose entire dorm runs on predatory contracts.
When and Where to Watch
Episode of Savanaclaw streams exclusively on Disney+ beginning December 2026. Between this, the massive Kingdom Hearts IV reveal at D23, and Disney’s growing anime slate, the House of Mouse is quietly building one of the deepest Japanese pop-culture portfolios on any streaming service.
If you are mapping out your end-of-year watchlist, December is getting crowded fast — The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 and Black Clover’s long-awaited return are already hogging the hype train.
What Do You Think?
Are you team lazy-genius Leona, or does your loyalty lie with another dorm? Can Disney+ keep the Twisted-Wonderland momentum going through two more seasons? And most importantly — did anyone else scream when they announced this on the man’s actual birthday? Drop your thoughts in the comments!
