Netflix just announced on its Twitter account that the second season of its Kengan Ashura anime series is coming to the platform in September later this year.
When it arrives in September it will have been nearly 3 years since the last episode of Kengan Ashura’s first season, after the second batch of episodes for season 1 arrived on October 31, 2019. Netflix also released a new visual for Kengan Ashura, giving us a teaser of the featured fighters including Kuroki Gensai, Mikazuchi Rei, Sekibayashi Jun, Wakatsuki Takeshi, Imai Cosmo, Kiryu Setsuna, and of course Tokito Ohma.
▍Kengan Ashura Story
Since as early as the 1600s, all over Japan gladiatorial arenas have been held where wealthy businessmen hire fighters in unarmed combat, with the winning business taking everything from the competitor. One day an average salary man, Kazuo Yamashita witnesses a street brawl go down in an alley, where he sees the young fighter Ohma Tokita decimates his opponent. Ohma Tokita is then scouted out by the Nogi group CEO, Nogi Hideki to fight for his company, after unknowingly defeating the Nogi Group’s previous fighter. Yamashita has also dragged along his manager due to witnessing the fight.
What proceeds then is his inclusion into the Kengan Annihilation Tournament, a tournament held by the largest CEO’s in Japan, to claim the seat of the Kengan Association CEO, holding immense sway over the businesses of Japan, and huge prestige. Can Ohma claw his way to the top, and what will he learn about himself amidst all this gruesome combat?
▍Kengan Ashura Anime Staff and Production
Original Creator: Yabako Sandrovich
Director: Kishi Seiji
Episode Director: Kimura Shinichiro, Majima Takahiro, Song Hyon-De
Series Composition: Makoto Uezu
Script: Go Zappa, Makoto Uezu
Character Design: Kazuaki Morita
Art Director: Naoko Akuzawa
Animation Director: Kauzki Morita
Sound Director: Satoki Iida
CGI Director: Ryota Fukushima, Toshio Nishiri
Director of Photography: Asahiko Koshiyama
Music: Yasuharu Takanashi
Animation Studio: Larx Entertainment
▍Kengan Ashura Cast
■ Ohma Tokita – CV: Tatsuhisa Suzuki
■ Kazuo Yamashita – CV: Chō
■ Hideki Nogi – CV: Jouji Nakata
■ Kaede Akiyama – CV: Yumi Uchiyama
■ Lihito – CV: Hayato Kaneko
■ Jun Sekibayashi – CV: Tetsu Inada
■ Cosmo Imai – CV: Junya Enoki
■ Setsuna Kiryū – CV: Daisuke Namikawa
■ Kuroki Gensai – CV: Tessho Genda
■ Wakatsuki Takeshi – CV: Yasuyuki Kase
■ Kanoh Agito – CV: Akio Otsuka