Anime Japan 2024 in a crazy, yet surprisingly not surprising, collaboration. The anime will be coming to Netflix on June 6, and you can see the announcement trailer below: 52621n
Watch the teaser visual below, confirming it as a ‘Netflix Film.’
About Hanma Baki
Keisuke Itagaki wrote and illustrated the Hanma Baki original manga. It ran from 1991 to 1999 in Weekly Shonen Champion and was collected into 42 volumes. There were 3 sequel manga series, Baki, Baki Hanma, and Baki-Dou, all of which ran in the same magazine. Lastly, the 5th series, also titled Baki-Dou (but romanized differently), started in October 2018.
The latest reboot began in 2018 with Baki, which ran for 26 episodes and was animated by Double Eagle and TMS Entertainment. Baki: The Great Raitai Tournament Saga followed in the Spring of 2020. Baki Hanma (also known as Baki: Son of Ogre) is the third installment of the reboot, and Baki Hanma Season 2 picked up right after the first season.
About Kengan Ashura
The Kengan Ashura manga is written by Yabako Sandrovich and illustrated by Daromeon. The manga ran from 2012 to 2018 in Shogakukan’s Ura Sunday magazine. A sequel Kengan Omega from the same author/artist duo started in 2019 and is still ongoing.
The first anime season was produced by LARX Entertainment and streamed on Netflix over two 12-episode parts in 2019. It was directed by Seiji Kishi, with character designs by Kazuaki Morita. Makoto Uezu was in charge of the series composition, while Yasuharu Takanashi composed the music. The second season released its first part in September 2023, and the second part is set to release in August this year.
Netflix is streaming both of the shows, so it makes sense they will also be streaming the HANMA BAKI VS KENGAN ASHURA collaboration anime.
Source: Netflix on YouTube, Anime Japan 2024
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© Keisuke Itagaki (Akita Shoten) / Baki Hanma Production Committee
© Yabako Sandorovich, Daromeon, Shogakukan/Kengan-kai