While dunked on back in the day for being a bit generic, Myriad Colors Phantom World did work with some really interesting concepts, and honestly, it would have been even more interesting if they kept on adapting the increasing bizarre light novel.
Alternative Titles:
- Musaigen no Phantom World
- 無彩限のファントム・ワールド
Year Anime Premiered: 2016
Animation Studio: Kyoto Animation
Number of Seasons: 1
Source Material Country of Origin: Japan
Source Material Available: Light Novel
Is It Officially Licensed Past Where The Anime Ends?: No
Is It Fan Translated Past Where The Anime Ends?: No
Entry Last Updated: April 15th, 2025
Where To Start The Myriad Colors Phantom World Light Novel After The Anime?
TL;DR – Read the Myriad Colors Phantom World light novel from the beginning, the anime is very different.
Technically speaking, the Myriad Colors Phantom World anime is adapting the first novel of the Myriad Colors Phantom World light novel series. However, that definitely does not mean you can just jump into Novel 2 after the anime.
Myriad Colors Phantom World is a Kyoto Animation project, a studio which makes great anime and does occasionally adapt anime with light novel/manga source material, but they are also well known for expanding on the source material, which is what they did with Myriad Colors Phantom World.
Myriad Colors Phantom World does work with a number of plot points from the first light novel, but injects a whole lot of anime-original content into the story. This also includes character like Ruru and Kurumi, who are both fully anime-original characters that are not in the light novel.
Furthermore, you will find that the second light novel wildly changes the tone of the story, though even reading the light novel series from the beginning will not change that.
Is The Myriad Colors Phantom World Light Novel Over?
The Myriad Colors Phantom World light novel is complete. It ended in 2016 with Novel 3.
Will There Be A Myriad Colors Phantom World Season 2?
Myriad Colors Phantom World is probably one of KyoAni’s less popular anime, and as such, was quickly forgotten. As the anime was created in 2016, right around when the light novel ended, it was also perhaps a bit of a promotional project for the light novels despite not actually adapting the story very faithfully.
