TMS Entertainment has released a new trailer for BAKI-DOU: The Invincible Samurai Part 2, revealing the anime’s new opening and ending theme songs. Chevon performs the opening theme song “MUSASHI,” and J SOUL BROTHERS III performs the ending theme song “KATANA.”
Chevon’s Mayu Yaginu commented on her song, “I can’t hide the fact that my single favorite arc across the whole series is BAKI-DOU. Musashi Miyamoto vs. Izo Motobe. Grittier and more human than any fight I’d ever seen. It hit me hard — that this is what it looks like when a person’s resolve and inner world are made visible. It’s still my all-time best bout. No matter how many times I read it, it fires me up. And now, in the Reiwa era, Musashi moves again. And our humble band gets to lay music over the top of it.”
J SOUL BROTHERS III group member Ryuji Imaichi shared, “We built this song around ‘the katana’ as a central theme. We were mindful of the tension of drawing a blade, weaving in the atmosphere of the moment two opponents face off, and even the sound of drawing the katana itself. We hope it’s a track that adds even more heat to the world of BAKI-DOU. All of us in the group are looking forward to the release.”
What’s more, the “Bring It On BAKI-DOU! Experience the Showdown with the BAKI-DOU Team” panel will be held at Anime Expo 2026 on July 3 at 8:00 p.m. PDT in Room 408AB of the Los Angeles Convention Center. Panelists include Baki manga editor Yuki Yokoi from AKITASHOTEN and Takayoshi Aso, the producer of the BAKI-DOU anime at TMS Entertainment. The panel will be hosted by MC Andrew Alandy, and there will also be a “special live showdown” and audience activities with YouTuber and internet personality Logan Chitwood as Yujiro Hanma and Kaz Kobayashi, an actor and Japanese sword combat performer, as Musashi Miyamoto.
BAKI-DOU: The Invincible Samurai Part 2 premiere on June 18 with all 12 episodes releasing at once, exclusively on Netflix.
The staff and cast of the anime includes:
Staff
- Director: Toshiki Hirano
- Series Composition: Tatsuhiko Urahata
- Character Design: Shingo Ishikawa
- Prop Design: Yasuhiro Moriki, Masahiro Sugiyama
- Art Direction: Seiko Akashi, Sachiko Kigasawa
- Background Art Seiko Akashi
- Color Design: Hiromi Miyawaki
- Director of Photography: Tatsuo Noguchi
- Editing: Yuriko Sano
- Sound Director: Yasuyuki Urakami
- Sound Production: AUDIO PLANNING U
- Sounds Effects: Masahiro Shoji (Fizz Sound Creation)
- Music: Kenji Fujisawa (Team-MAX）
- Animation Production: TMS Entertainment
- Production: BAKI-DOU Production Committee
Cast
- Baki Hanma: Nobunaga Shimazaki
- Yujiro Hanma: Akio Otsuka
- Musashi Miyamoto: Naoya Uchida
- Sea King Retsu: Rikiya Koyama
- Kaoru Hanayama: Takuya Eguchi
- Doppo Orochi: Takayuki Sugo
- Katsumi Orochi: Yoshihisa Kawahara
- Goki Shibukawa: Bin Shimada
- Jack Hammer: Kenta Miyake
- John Horner: Tetsuo Kanao
- Hitoshi Nonomura: Jin Domon
- Sea Emperor Kaku: Kenichi Ogata
- Chiharu Shiba: Tatsuhisa Suzuki
- Kureha Shinogi: Ken Narita
- Gaia: Ayumu Murase
- Narration: Toru Furuya
Rock band WANIMA performed the first opening theme song “Furuboko,” and singer-songwriter Novel Core performed the first ending theme song “Mountain Top.”
Final Weapon previously had the chance to learn more about what’s in store for Baki’s next chapter by interviewing Yuki Yokoi, the Assistant General Manager of the Business IP Department at Akita Shoten. Yokoi has worked closely with the Baki title and its creator, Keisuke Itagaki, and 2026 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for the franchise. Our interview delves into these topics, along with Yokoi’s experience working with Itagaki, the outlook on the Baki franchise from the Japanese fandom, Baki 35th anniversary plans, and much more.
