The staff of the highly anticipated The Elusive Samurai Season 2 revealed the promotional video, opening theme song, staff, cast and the anime’s July 17 release date. The trailer reveals and previews the opening theme song “Onigoto” (Demon Occurrences) by Kento Nakajima.
The cast of the anime includes:
- Asaki Yuikawa as Hojo Tokiyuki
- Yūichi Nakamura as Suwa Yorishige
- Hinaki Yano as Shizuku
- Mari Hino as Kojirō
- Sayumi Suzushiro as Ayako
- Aoi Yūki as Kazama Genba
- Kikunosuke Toya as Fubuki
Yuta Yamazaki returns to direct the second season at CloverWorks, and Yasushi Nishiya also returns to design the characters and will now serve as chief animation director. Shinnosuke Ōta serves as animation director, while GEMBI and Akiyuki Tateyama composes the music.
Additional staff members include:
- Series Script Supervisor: Yoriko Tomita
- Assistant Director: Yūsuke Kawakami
- Prop Design: Yogoinu (Haruhi Inoue)
- Color Key Artist: Kazuko Nakashima
- Art Director: Ayumi Kojima
- Art Setting: taracod, takao
- Architecture Research: Riichi Kamome
- Typography: Yūto Hama, Mai Yamaguchi
- Compositing Director of Photography: Yūya Sakuma
- CG Director: Rèn jié, Mai Kawakita
- Editor: Daisuke Hiraki
- Sound Effects: Tomokazu Mii
The first season of The Elusive Samurai premiered in July 2024, and the anime is streaming now on Crunchyroll.
Assassination Classroom author Yasei Matsui launched The Elusive Samurai manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in January 2021. The manga series is still ongoing.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the series, via VIZ Media:
After the massacre of his family by the traitor Ashikaga Takauji, Tokiyuki flees with the help of a handful of loyal retainers who have also survived the purge. One of them is Suwa Yorishige, an ally of the Hojo clan and lord of Suwa Province. The slightly odd Yorishige also claims to be clairvoyant and foretells that Tokiyuki will one day become the ruler of Japan. But for the moment, escaping from enemy territory is the priority!
