The second season of the TV anime The Elusive Samurai, adapted from the original manga by Yusei Matsui, will begin airing sequentially from July 17. The main promotional video for the upcoming season has also been released. Season 2 will stream on Crunchyroll starting the same date.
In addition, the opening theme for Season 2 has been confirmed as a brand-new song by Kento Nakajima titled “ONIGOTO”. A portion of the track is featured in the newly released music video.
Main Trailer:
Key Visual:
CAST:
Tokiyuki Hojo: Asaki Yuikawa
Shizuku: Hinaki Yano
Kojiro: Mari Hino
Ayako: Sayumi Suzushiro
Genba Kazama: Aoi Yuki
Fubuki: Kikunosuke Toya
Yorishige Suwa: Yuichi Nakamura
STAFF:
Original Work: Yusei Matsui (WEEKLY JUMP / SHUEISHA)
Director: Yuta Yamazaki
Series Composition: Yoriko Tomita
Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Yasushi Nishiya
Assistant Director: Yusuke Kawakami
Prop Design: Yogoinu
Sub Character Design: Saki Takahashi
Color Setting: Kazuko Nakashima
Art Director: Ayumi Kojima
Art Setting: taracod / takao
Architecture Advisor: Riichi Kamome
Typography: Yuto Hama
Special Effects: Chiemi Irisa
Director of Photography: Yuya Sakuma
CG Directors: Hozo Arisawa / Katsuaki Miyaji
Editor: Daisuke Hiraki
Sound Director: Akiko Fujita
Music: GEMBI / Akiyuki Tateyama
Sound Effects: Tomokazu Mitsui
Animation Production: CloverWorks
Crunchyroll describes The Elusive Samurai anime as follows:
In the year 1333, the Kamakura shogunate government comes crumbling down. A trusted vassal, Ashikaga Takauji, betrays the shogunate and organizes a rebellion. Hojo Tokiyuki, the rightful heir, escapes the massacre with a Shinto priest named Suwa Yorisige to Kamakura. On the run and fighting to stay alive, Tokiyuki sets in motion his plan to reclaim his birthright.
Source: Comic Natalie
© Yusei Matsui/SHUEISHA, The Elusive Samurai Committee
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