Mizu’s (Maya Erskine) quest for vengeance is far from over. 

The hero of Blue Eye Samurai will continue to seek — and swiftly deliver — justice in Season 2. That’s the impression we get from a new image, released as part of this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France, which you can check out below. 

In Season 2, Mizu’s bloody mission brings her to London, where she faces new friends, old foes, and her own demons. In Japan, Akemi and Taigen navigate Edo Castle under a dangerous new shogun, while Ringo searches for a new purpose.

You can also get a sneak peek of the bloodshed to come in the above preview featuring creators, executive producers, and writers Amber Noizumi and Michael Green, as well as executive producer Jane Wu.

The series, set in 17th-century Edo period Japan, was renewed for Season 2 back in Dec. 2023. “When we started this project, we made a commitment to take this very personal story set in Edo-period Japan and bring it to life in the most authentic and beautiful way possible. Our animators, historians, musicians, martial artists, and voice cast made this a reality beyond our expectations,” Noizumi and Green told Netflix. 

“We are thankful to our entire team and to our viewers from all over the world who have shown such passion for Mizu and her path of revenge. Mizu has a lot more blood to spill! We are deeply grateful to our incredible partners at Netflix for letting the journey continue.”

The last time we saw the mixed-race master of the sword, her hair was unbound and eyes determined as she sailed into the uncharted waters toward London to find her two remaining potential fathers. 

She’d already killed one, Violet, before the events of Season 1 began, while Irishman Abijah Fowler (Kenneth Branagh) remained locked below deck as her prisoner. Fowler might not be her father, but why didn’t she kill him, again? Oh yeah, because “he has function, he’s a road map to the others,” said Green. “She fully plans to kill him, but she needs him first.”

The creative team is eager to see what awaits Mizu when she arrives in London in Season 2. “It would be an interesting part of Mizu’s personal journey to see how Europeans react to her,” said Noizumi. “What would she think of Western culture when she’s suddenly immersed in it? Are they all the monsters she thinks they are?”

Green and Noizumi already had another season plotted out even before the Season 2 announcement. They were just hoping “enough people turn out that we get to make it,” Green said. “There’s adventure to be had.”

In addition to creators Noizumi and Green, Erwin Stoff serves as executive producer and Jane Wu is supervising director and producer. Blue Spirit is the animation studio. Alongside Erskine as Mizu and Branagh as Abijah Fowler, the voice cast includes George Takei (Seki), Masi Oka (Ringo), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (The Swordmaker), Brenda Song (Akemi), Darren Barnet (Taigen), and Randall Park (Heiji Shindo).  The supporting voice cast includes Stephanie Hsu (Ise), Ming-Na Wen (Madame Kaji), Harry Shum Jr. (Takayoshi), and Mark Dacascos (Chiaki), among others. 

Behind the Animation of ‘Blue Eye Samurai'

Slice through Season 1 of Blue Eye Samurai now, only on Netflix.