Konami‘s beloved Suikoden II RPG finally gets its two-cour anime adaptation in Suikoden: The Anime, and it’s among one of the only anime this season streaming completely for free! Final Weapon has everything you need to know about Suikoden: The Anime, including the weekly schedule, release dates and timing for new episodes, and much more about the new anime.
The story of Suikoden: The Anime covers the events of the Suikoden II game. The hero and his friend, Jowy, are members of the Unicorn Youth Brigade, who were all involved in a border dispute between the Highland Kingdom and City-States of Jowstown. An agreement between the two nations is signed, but under the surface, a new war is beginning to take shape.
Suikoden: The Anime Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule
New episodes of Suikoden: The Anime will release on Tuesdays at 8:30 a.m. PT / 11:30 a.m. ET on YouTube. Episodes will be released with English subs. Suikoden: The Anime is expected to feature 23 episodes in total.
Here are the release dates and schedule for Suikoden: The Anime (subject to change):
- First Cour
- Episode 1 – October 6 – OUT NOW
- Episode 2 – October 13 – OUT NOW
- Episode 3 – October 20
- Episode 4 – October 27
- Episode 5 – November 3
- Episode 6 – November 10
- Episode 7 – November 17
- Episode 8 – November 24
- Episode 9 – December 1
- Episode 10 – December 8
- Episode 11 – December 15
- Episode 12 – December 22
- Second Cour
- Episode 13 – TBA
New episodes of Suikoden: The Anime will premiere at the following times (subject to change):
- Pacific Daylight Time: 8:30 a.m. PDT
- Mountain Daylight Time: 9:30 a.m. MDT
- Central Daylight Time: 10:30 a.m. CDT
- Eastern Daylight Time: 11:30 a.m. EDT
- Greenwich Mean Time: 3:30 p.m. GMT
OP/ED, Cast and Staff
amazarashi performs the opening theme song “Kanashimi Sae Otonabite (Even in Sadness I’ll Look Like an Adult).” Koji Nakamura performs the ending theme song “closed eye sun.”
The cast of Suikoden: The Anime includes:
- Taku Yashiro as Luca Blight
- Chika Anzai as Jillia Bright
- Akihiro Mine as Rowd
- Tsukino Chikasada as Pilika
- Ayumu Murase as Luc
- Takeo Otsuka as Shu
- Yoshino Aoyama as Apple
- Masato Niwa as Mukumuku
- Toshiki Kumagai as Riliu
- Shimba Tsuchiya as Jowy
- Ayumi Hinohara as Nanami
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Viktor
- Yuichi Nakamura as Flik
- Jun Kasama as Kurgan
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Seed
- Megumi Han as Leknaat
- Shota Hayama as Gengen
- Ryunosuke Watanuki as Rikimaru
- Saya Niimi as Rina
- Mizutama Umino as Eilie
- Yusuke Sasaki as Bolgan
- Jin Yamanoi as Agares Blight
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Anabelle
- Kōdai Sakai as Jess
Yūzō Satō directs Suikoden: The Anime at Konami animation. NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan anime and music production department member Ryō Hino is the anime’s producer and production manager. Michihiro Tsuchiya oversees the series scripts.
Fumi Ishikawa is the game character designer, and Arata Suzuki is credited for the original drafts of the anime character designs. What’s more, Ryō Yamauchi is the anime character designer. Yoshikazu Iwanami is the sound director, and Kōji Nakamura is composing the music.
Where Can I Watch Suikoden: The Anime?
Suikoden: The Anime is streaming for free on YouTube in several countries:
- United States
- Canada
- Latin America (Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Guyana, Suriname)
- The Caribbean (Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, and other Eastern Caribbean countries)
- Ireland
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Saudi Arabia
- United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- Qatar
- Kuwait
- Bahrain
- Oman
- Yemen
- Iraq
- Iran
- Jordan
- Lebanon
- Syria
- Israel
- Palestine
- Turkey
- Nigeria
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Ethiopia
- South Africa
- Zimbabwe
- Zambia
- Malawi
- Botswana
- Namibia
- Mozambique (Portuguese-speaking)
- Angola (Portuguese-speaking)
- Cabo Verde (Portuguese-speaking)
- Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese-speaking)
- São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese-speaking)
- Sierra Leone
- Liberia
- The Gambia
- Somalia
- Sudan
- South Sudan
- Eritrea
- Libya
- Egypt
- Eswatini
- Lesotho
In Japan, the anime airs on TOKYO MX, Kansai TV, BS Asahi, and 32 other stations.
What is Suikoden: The Anime About?
The story of Suikoden: The Anime is based on the events of Suikoden II, which is included in Suikoden I & II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars.
Here’s an overview of Suikoden II, via Konami:
Our story’s hero and his friend Jowy are members of the Unicorn Youth Brigade, which participated in a drawn-out border dispute between the Highland Kingdom and the City-States of Jowstown. A few months earlier, a truth agreement was signed between the two forces, both of which were happy to see an end to the fighting. However, hidden under the momentary peace the fires of a new war continued to smolder…
