A year ago, The Walt Disney Company took anime lovers by surprise by announcing an important partnership with Kodansha to co-produce and/or exclusively distribute anime series based on mangas from this important Japanese publisher through its streaming platforms. streaming Worldwide. And the first license acquired by Disney as part of this agreement was, surprisingly, Season 2 of Tokyo Revengers.
Takemichi and Tokyo Manji leave Crunchyroll to return with new adventures in 2023. But when and on what platform will you be able to see the following episodes in Latin America? Here the details.
About Tokyo Revengers
The franchise has its origins in the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Ken Wakui, which was serialized in the pages of the magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine between March 2018 and November 2022. The Kodansha publishing house has compiled the story and has been compiled into 30 volumes to date. A work that has more than 70 million copies in circulation and won the award for Best shōnen at the 44th Kodansha Manga Awards.
The print has inspired spin-offsplays, movies live-actiony a popular anime. The first season of the latter had a total of 24 episodes broadcast between April and September 2021. Meanwhile, the upcoming season will be divided into two parts: Christmas Showdown (adaptation of the Black Dragons arc) and Tenjiku Arc.
Production continues by the Liden Films studio (Blade of the Immortal). Koichi Hatsumi (Gangsta.) returns as director; Yasuyuki Muto (Deadman Wonderland) as a screenwriter; Kenichi Ohnuki (Golden Kamuy) and Keiko Ōta (Ace Attorney) as character designers; while Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Jujutsu Kaisen) repeats as composer.
The cast will be led again by Yūki Shin as Takemichi Hanagaki, the most important change being the replacement of Tatsuhisa Suzuki by Masaya Fukunishi as Ken “Draken” Ryūgūji. New additions to the cast include Mikako Komatsu and Tomokazu Sugita as Yuzuha Shiba and Taiju Shiba, respectively.
Disney provides the following synopsis of Tokyo Revergers:
“Takemichi, a former criminal who accidentally acquired the ability to travel through time, vows to save his high school girlfriend from being murdered by the notorious Tokyo Manji gang and thereby change the fate of those around him.”
When and where to see Tokyo Revengers: Season 2?
As is tradition for Disney anime licenses, Season 2 of Tokyo Revengers can be seen exclusively through Star Plus in Latin America.
The good news? The platform’s support team confirmed that the episodes of Tokyo Revengers They will arrive in your catalog on the same day as their release in Japan. This is the first simulcast for an anime on this service streaming in our region.
Tokyo Revengers: Christmas Showdown debuted on Saturday, January 7, 2023 on Star Plus. The first part consisted of 13 chapters.
For its part, Tokyo Revergers: Tenjiku Arc premieres on October 3, 2023 at 2:00 pm EST (12:00 pm, Mexico Time) on Star Plus. A new episode will premiere every week.
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We remind you that the first season of Tokyo Revergers is available on Crunchyroll.