The Elusive Samurai anime adaptation will continue with a second season.
Season 1 premiered on July 6 JST and ran for a cour.
The Elusive Samurai is based on the manga by Yusei Matsui, which began serialization in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump in 2021. There are 17 tankoubon volumes as of September 2024.
Manga Plus describes the manga as:
Yusei Matsui, creator of Assassination Classroom and Neuro: Supernatural Detective, is back! Set in feudal Japan in between the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, our hero Hojo Tokiyuki is a boy on the run that history all but forgot! When the Kamakura shogunate is overthrown by Ashikaga Takauji, Tokiyuki’s family and standing are viciously taken away from him, and he must flee to the far reaches of the land to survive and seek out his revenge!
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Staff 9Season 1)
• Director: Yuta Yamazaki (Wonder Egg Priority assistant director)
• Assistant director: Yusuke Kawakami (Bocchi the Rock! live performance director)
• Character designer and chief animation director: Yasushi Nishiya (Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle sub-character designer)
• Series composer: Yoriko Tomita (My Dress-Up Darling)
• Color designer: Kazuko Nakashima(Wonder Egg Priority)
• Art director: Ayumi Kojima(The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World)
• Compositing director: Yuya Sakuma (Horimiya: The Missing Pieces)
• Animation production: CloverWorks
Cast
• Asaki Yuikawaas Hojo
• Hinaki Yano as Shizuku
• Mari Hino as Kojirou
• Sayumi Suzushiro as Ayako
• Aoi Yuki as Genba Kazama
• Kikunosuke Toya as Fubuki
• Yuichi Nakamura as Suwa Yorishige
Source: @nigewaka_anime
