There has been a significant rise in the number of animated series on offer on streaming giant, Netflix, with the prospect of more coming in the future. One of its most exciting offerings in recent times isBlue Eye Samurai, which premiered on the platform in 2023. While attending the Anime Expo 2025, Netflix offered a wide range of insight into several of its animated productions, includingBeastars,Record of Ragnarok III,Sakamoto Days, and the aforementionedBlue Eye Samurai. In attendance at the event, albeit via pre-taped interviews, wereAmber Noizumi and Michael Green, co-creators ofBlue Eye Samurai, and executive producerJane Wu, previewing the return of the series.
It’s exceedingly clear that Netflix’s hit animated seriesBlue Eye Samuraiis an ambitious show, and Season 2 will look to push the boundaries established in the first season. The animated series follows Mizu, a half-Japanese, half-white woman who lives inEdo-period Japan. It follows the time period depicted in the FX miniseries,Shōgun, which depictshistorical figures— Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) is based on the real-life shōgunTokugawa Ieyasu. It is a time period when the borders of the nation are closed to the outside world, meaning her whiteness is a sign and source of disgrace. Mizu is voiced byMaya Erskine(PEN15), with Noizumi discussing what comes next, sharing that Mizu’s “journey remains the same. Revenge is her religion.” Via The Hollywood Reporter, co-creator Green went on to add that Mizu “believes that at least two of [the men] that she’s out to kill are going to be somewhere in this magical place called London,” and that Season 2 will kick off with her “breaking in somewhere to kill someone.”
Blue Eye Samuraihas been a hit for Netflix, with scores as high as 97% and 93% on the aggregator platform,Rotten Tomatoes. It’s been a success at the awards as well on the awards stage, earning six Annie Awards, a Peabody nomination, andthree juried Emmy winsin Character Design, Production Design, and Storyboard. Season 1 of the anime series saw some of the characters killed off. However, it’s possible that demise might not be the final stop after all. Audiences can expect to see the return of the Swordmaker, Ringo, Taigen and Akemi, with Noizumi teasing, “there are also going to be maybe some people you thought died, who maybe are still alive.”
The Future of ‘Blue Eye Samurai’ Is Already Mapped Out
Despite premiering at the end of 2023, the award-winning series will only return sometime in 2026. Speaking with Collider in August 2024, Green, Noizumi, Wu andMyron Nettingarevealed that Season 2 would haveonly 6 episodescompared to eight episodes in the first season. There is also a clear path regarding how many seasons of Mizu audiences will get. “Currently, we’re planning for three seasons. We have a second season pick-up, one hopes the third season will exist because we certainly have plans for it. We’re imagining three right now. I think we said four once in an interview, possibly with Collider, and it suddenly became ‘the lore!’ Things you say when you’re not used to being interviewed,“Wu and Nettinga revealed.
You can stream all episodes from Season 1 ofBlue Eye Samuraion Netflix now.
Blue Eye Samurai
Source:The Hollywood Reporter
