The official Twitter/X account for the Blue Miburo TV anime series has announced that a second season is in production and will premiere “next winter.” The newest season is set to adapt the “Serizawa Assassination” story arc. The 24-episode TV anime first premiered in Japan on October 19, 2024.
A new key visual and announcement video for the second season were also released.
Kumiko Habara (Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp) is directing the anime series, with Kenta Ihara (Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy) as series screenwriter, Yuko Oba (Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp) as character designer, Miyako Nishida (Rainbow Days) as character designer, and Yuki Hayashi (My Hero Academia) as music composer. MAHO FILM is in charge of the animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast includes:
- • Shuichiro Umeda as Nio Chirinu
- • Yohei Azakami as Toshizo Hijikata
- • Kensho Ono as Okita Souji
- • Chiaki Kobayashi as Hajime Saito
- • Shun Horie as Taro Tanaka
The anime is based on the historical samurai manga by Tsuyoshi Yasuda, which debuted in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine on October 13, 2021. Eighteen tankobon volumes have been released as of March 2025. The 15th and 16th volumes currently make up the manga’s second part, the “Shinsengumi Arc.” Kodansha USA releases the manga in English under the title The Blue Wolves of Mibu.
Crunchyroll is currently streaming Blue Miburo worldwide, outside of Japan, and describes the main synopsis as:
The Black Ships arrive in Kyoto as the shogunate stumbles toward ruin. Living amidst the chaos is Nio, a kindhearted boy on the verge of discovering his destiny. He meets two “Miburo,” Hijikata Toshizo and Okita Soji, members of the band of Mibu ronin who will later become the famous Shinsengumi. With dreams of a better world, Nio joins their fight to defend the city.
Source: Blue Miburo Official Twitter
