Shadows House premiered in April last year, and despite minimal fanfare is receiving a second season this July. The manga that the anime is adapted from is still serializing in Shounen Jump and has collected ten volumes so far. Despite that, little is said online about the grim and mysterious first season. The franchise of Shadows House is a gothic supernatural seinen series about a family of nobles who are pitch-black and emit soot. Known as the Shadows, they assign a Living Doll to their family members as they come of age. These Living Dolls act as both their servant and their face, being able to express emotions that the nobles can not. The main story follows Emilico, whose cheerful demeanor is a stark contrast to the dreary manor and the dark mysteries she begins to unravel.