The staff of the Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers anime series confirmed that part 2, or the second cour, will premiere this July. A new promotional video for Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers Part 2 was also revealed alongside more cast members.
The new cast members include:
- Hirofumi Nojima as Toma Hashiba
- Ryōtarō Okiayu as Seiji Date
- Nozomu Sasaki as Shin Mouri
- Tomohiro Nishimura as Shu Layfang
The Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers anime is streaming on will release on Crunchyroll with English subtitles.
rock band blank paper performs the opening theme song “YOAKE (Dawn),” and ONE OR EIGHT performs the ending theme song “POWER.”
The Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers cast includes:
- Hiiro Ishibashi as Gai
- Kentarō Kumagai as Shion Ishida/Senkō no Shion
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Yamato Hōjō/Kōya no Yamato
- Junya Enoki as Kaito Uesugi/Sōkyū no Kaito
- Ayumu Murase as Musashi Hōjō/Suiren no Musashi
- Lynn as Mirei Aragaki
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Ramaga
- Takuya Satō as Sasuke
- Kōsuke Toriumi as Saizō
- Takuma Terashima as Kamanosuke
- Tomokazu Sugita as Seikai Nyūdō
- Kōhei Amasaki as Isa Nyūdō
- Kenichi Suzumura as Nezu
- Chiharu Sawashiro as Anayama
- Ryōta Takeuchi as Unno
- Daichi Endō as Kakei
- Toshiki Kumagai as Mochizuki
Yōichi Fujita, known for his work on Gintama, is directing the new anime at Sunrise. Shōgo Mutō is handling the series scripts. The character designers include Yūhei Murota, Hideo Okamoto, and Takuya Suzuki. Shūji Katayama is composing the music. Sunrise’s creative team, under the pen name Hajime Yatate, is credited with the original story.
Additional staff members include:
- Chief Animation Directors: Junko Yamanaka, Tomoko Tanaka
- Main Animator: Hiroyuki Nishimura
- Screen Design Director: Akira Saitoh
- Art Director: Osamu Tayama
- Color Key Artist: Miho Tanaka
- CG Directors: Masaomi Suzuki, Keisuke Takahashi
- Compositing Director of Photography: Rumi Ishiguro
- Editing: Kumiko Sakamoto
- Sound Director: Ryō Tanaka
Where Can I Watch Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers?
Crunchyroll is streaming the Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS and India. In Japan, the anime is airing on Tokyo MX and streaming on multiple services, including U-NEXT, Anime Hōdai, and d Anime Store.
What is Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers About?
Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers is the latest entry in the long-running franchise by Sunrise, which began with the Yoroiden Samurai Troopers series in 1988-1989.
Here’s an overview of the new anime, via its official description on Crunchyroll:
Official sequel to hero action TV anime Samurai Troopers (1988-1989) – Long ago, there existed an evil spirit that waged a war to conquer the human world. Defeat drove him back to the realm of darkness, but not before vowing to return and exact his revenge. A thousand years later, the world has all but forgotten the name of Arago, Emperor of Doom. When black clouds smother the bright city lights of Shinjuku, and a sinister laugh drowns out the dying hum of electricity, the people of the world plunge into terror, unprepared for the evil spirit’s return!
Cartoon Network released the original as Ronin Warriors in the United States, and Crunchyroll is streaming it on its streaming service. Bandai Namco Entertainment released the series on DVD initially. Later, Diskotek Media released the full series on DVD once again in 2015.
Lastly, Crunchyroll describes the full original Yoroiden Samurai Troopers series as follows:
Long ago, there existed an evil spirit that waged a war to conquer the human world. Defeat drove him back to the realm of darkness, but not before vowing to return and exact his revenge. A thousand years later, the world has all but forgotten the name of Arago, Emperor of Doom. When black clouds smother the bright city lights of Shinjuku, and a sinister laugh drowns out the dying hum of electricity, the people of the world plunge into terror, unprepared for the evil spirit’s return!
