BLUE EYE SAMURAI – Season 2
Netflix’s Emmy Award-winning hit Blue Eye Samurai is officially returning for a second season, and thanks to a recent Netflix Animation presentation at Annecy, we’ve got a new first look and some more early first details—and a sneak peek—of what Mizu is up to next.
The presentation was part of Netflix’s Anime showcase, where it showcased some upcoming anime projects, but also some adult animated projects that fall between the spectrum of what’s considered anime/adult animation. Blue Eye Samurai, naturally, was front and center alongside other highly anticipated projects like Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 and Bass X Machina.
While the series is written and produced in the U.S. and animated right in France (at Bluesburg/Blue Spirit Studios), the showcase emphasized just how heavily the show leans into traditional anime visual grammar.
Here is a breakdown of everything that was revealed for Blue Eye Samurai Season 2, including a detailed look at an exclusive new clip!
London Bound: A New Setting for Season 2
If you recall the bloody and brilliant finale of Season 1, our protagonist, Mizu, had captured Abijah Fowler. Setting the stage for the new setting, Jermaine Turner, Director of Adult Animation at Netflix, said, “Season 1 ended with Mizu and her prisoner Fowler, who was the big bad, on a ship bound for London, the next stop on her quest for bloody revenge.”
The presentation confirmed that Season 2 picks up right where we left off, taking the wandering ronin out of Japan and dropping her straight into the gritty, grimy streets of London.
What Happens in the Exclusive Season 2 Clip?
“In this exclusive clip for season 2, let’s see how that’s going for her,” the Turner teased before treating attendees to a sneak peek that perfectly sets the tone for Mizu’s European arrival.
In the footage, Fowler acts as Mizu’s reluctant guide. He warns her about their new surroundings, noting that London is “impressive when you smell it” and certainly “not a land for dainty customs. Or baths.”
Despite being Mizu’s prisoner, Fowler remains as arrogant as ever. He reminds Mizu that she only keeps him alive for one reason: to find the other white men she wants to kill. Fowler confidently tells her to “pocket your doubt,” claiming that while it’s been a long time since he walked the streets of London, the city used to answer to him. He even darkly jokes that Mizu could “have your dad murdered by Tuesday.”
Mizu, as laser-focused as ever, makes it clear she doesn’t care about the sights. All she cares about is the men she is going to kill, coldly stating she wants them “rawly” and “scared.”
Of course, it wouldn’t be Blue Eye Samurai without some brutal action. Cut to the next part of the clip, which is an intense brawl in a fight pit in the underground of London with Mizu facing down two brute-sized bald London geezers. A group of locals confronts Mizu, calling her “ugly” and a “monkey.” Unsurprisingly, it doesn’t end well for the locals, as a flurry of panicked screams (“No! No! No!”) erupts, after Mizu quickly goes to work on the baddies, but only after all the bets had been placed against her.
Sticking to its “Seinen” Anime Roots
While breaking down the creative vision for the new season, Turner emphasized that the series will maintain its mature, uncompromising edge: “Tonally, the show clearly carries the DNA of seinen anime, with graphic violence, moral ambiguity, and emotional complexity that never softens the world we’re experiencing.”
Naturally, it’s noted that the upcoming episodes will continue to draw heavily from “Zatoichi films and the works of Akira Kurosawa.” Fans can look forward to more top-tier action, as the presenter noted that “the fight choreography speaks anime fluently, with speed cuts, dramatic stillness, before explosive moments, and stylized impact moments.”
Ultimately, the presentation summed up exactly why the show works so incredibly well on a global scale: “Blue Eye Samurai is rooted in the tradition of classic Japanese samurai cinema. However, its storytelling and action choreography are filtered through decades of anime evolution, resulting in a series that feels both timeless and contemporary.”
No word on when this new footage will make its way onto our screens, but fingers crossed in the weeks to come. Likewise, not a peep on release date or even a window, although, as we’ve previously covered, you can expect Blue Eye Samurai S2 to hit your screens in 2027.
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