The previously announced Kengan Ashura Season 2 revealed a release date – 2023, along with a teaser visual. The anime is a Netflix original and will be streaming on the platform exclusively. The staff for the sequel hasn’t been revealed yet.
The anime is based on Kegan Ashura manga written by Yabako Sandrovich and illustrated by Daromeon. The manga ran from 2012 to 2018 in Shogakukan’s Ura Sunday magazine. A sequel Kengan Omega from the same author/artist duo started in 2019.
An anime adaptation by LARX Entertainment began streaming on Netflix in 2019. It was directed by Seiji Kishi, with character designs by Kazuaki Morita. Makoto Uezu oversaw the series composition. Yasuharu Takanashi composed the music. The first season was streamed in two parts and each was 12 episodes long. The cast included:
- Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Ohma Tokita
- Cho as Kazuo Yamashita
- Chado Hori as Adam Dudley
- Junya Enoki as Cosmo Imai
- Joji Nakata as Hideki Nogi
- Matthew Masaru Baron as Jerry Tyson
- Hiroshi Shirokuma as Julius Reinhold
- Yumi Uchiyama as Kaede Akiyama
- Soichiro Hoshi as Keizaburo Sawada
Watch the official trailer for the first season below:
Netflix describes the plot as:
Underground gladiator Tokita Ohma fights on behalf of business mogul Nogi Hideki, who wagers mega-business deals on the outcomes of the brutal matches.
Source: Netflix Anime Twitter Account
© 2019 Yabako Sandorovich, Daromeon, Shogakukan/Kengan-kai
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