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The second season of the hit anime collection, Rurouni Kenshin, will contact down on Netflix in a number of areas in October 2025.
For these unfamiliar, the collection is about within the Meiji period of Japan, with the story specializing in a wandering swordsman, Kenshin Himura, who arrives in Tokyo in 1878.
As you could recall, Netflix picked up the present in a number of areas, together with the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Latin America, and South Africa, in February of this year. That pick-up was an enormous shock on the time, on condition that it had been primarily unique to Crunchyroll up till that time. The streamer carries each the unique audio and dubs for English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
That mentioned, Netflix has a robust attachment to the franchise, as they carry all of the live-action films from 2012, together with the principle trilogy launched within the early 2020s, and extra just lately, maintain the unique rights to the 2 2021 live-action films labeled as Netflix Originals.
After all, Netflix in Asian territories, that are already streaming season 2, have been streaming the present for various years, with Japan simulcasting it and nations like South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore selecting it up quickly after.
Following its launch in these new territories in 2025, the present picked up modest viewership with 16.9M hours watched equating to round 1.8M views.
The arrival on Netflix comes round a 12 months after its preliminary launch in late 2024, with Crunchyroll having first-run rights within the US to the present. All episodes will land in a number of nations, together with the USA and the UK, starting on October 4th, 2025.
What are you able to count on from season 2? Kenshin heads to Kyoto alone, rejecting Saitō’s alliance to keep away from additional casualties. Sanosuke tries to comply with however is stopped and defeated by Saitō, who in the end acknowledges his resolve and lets him go. In Tokyo, Megumi consoles Kaoru, urging her to uphold the dojo and giving her drugs for Kenshin. Yahiko then convinces Kaoru to pursue Kenshin, reminding her that she is the one one that can convey him again.
Higher information nonetheless is {that a} third season is within the works. Confirmed in March 2025 at AnimeJapan, though different particulars in regards to the launch schedule stay below wraps.
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