Netflix gives encouraging update on Blue Eye Samurai season 2

It’s been two and a half years since Mizu (Maya Erskine) cut a bloody path across Edo Japan in Blue Eye Samurai, Netflix’s extremely stylish animated revenge tale. The celebrated series was renewed back in 2023, but there haven’t been any updates since August 2025, when creators Amber Noizumi and Michael Green released a teaser featurette.

Netflix has finally confirmed that the series is still in the works and “coming soon” and that it will be previewing the new season during a presentation at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June.

Blue Eye Samurai season 1 ended with Mizu leaving her allies behind to travel to London, where the Irish smuggler and arms dealer Abijah Fowler (Kenneth Branagh) said she could find the other two men who might be her father. The new logline for the series confirms that Mizu’s quest will continue in the British capital, where she’ll face “new friends, old foes, and her own demons.” Back in Japan, Mizu’s apprentice Ringo (Masi Oka) is searching for a new purpose, since he believes that Mizu died in a fire in Edo. Princess Akemi (Brenda Song) and the arrogant swordsman Taigen (Darren Barnet) will be navigating palace intrigue following the death of the Shogun in the season finale.

Beyond providing an update on Blue Eye Samurai, Netflix teased numerous other projects that will be previewed at the festival. The animated Ghostbusters series from Ben Hibon and Elliott Kalan that was first announced in 2022 will be released in 2027. Ricky Gervais’ adult animated series Alley Cats premieres on Aug. 7. Sparks of Tomorrow, a new alt-history anime series set in a steam-powered version of 20th century Kyoto, will premiere on July 5. This year will also see the release of Brad Bird’s Ray Gunn and The Ribbon Hero, an adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s shōjo manga Princess Knight.