The hunt is back on. Netflix’s Blue Eye Samurai is officially gearing up for another round of blood-soaked justice, and fans finally have a date to mark on their calendars. 

The streamer announced that season 2 will premiere sometime during January 2027 at Anime NYC, ending a wait that has stretched on since the series first debuted in late 2023. Alongside the announcement, Netflix also released a teaser trailer that offered a first look at what’s ahead for Mizu’s bloody quest for revenge. 

Blue Eye Samurai became one of Netflix’s most acclaimed animated series almost immediately after release, holding a 97% approval rate on Rotten Tomatoes. The show also won three juried Emmys for Outstanding Individual Achievement on August 14, 2024, for animation in storyboard, production design, and character design. 

Later the same year, in September, the show won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program, beating out competition like X-Men ‘97, Bob’s Burgers, and The Simpsons. 

Created by husband-and-wife team Michael Green and Amber Noizumi, the show follows Mizu (voiced by Maya Erskine), a mixed-race, blue-eyed swordswoman living in disguise as a man in Edo-period Japan while hunting down the four white men responsible for her tragic past. 

Season 1 ended with Mizu leaving Japan behind, setting sail for London with her captive, Abijah Fowler (voiced by Kenneth Branagh), in tow, in pursuit of the remaining two men on her list. As the official logline for season 2 details, Mizu’s revenge-fueled hunt continues, facing new friends, old foes, and her own demons. 

Back in Japan, other key characters carry their own arcs forward: Akemi (voiced by Brenda Song) and Taigen (voiced by Darren Barnet) navigate a treacherous political landscape under a dangerous new shogun in Edo Castle, while Ringo (voiced by Masi Oka) searches for a sense of purpose away from his old life. 

The teaser opens mid-voyage after a brief glimpse of the events from season 1, showing Mizu aboard a ship looking out at a nasty storm in the distance. Scenes flash between London and the swordswoman’s status at sea, contrasting London in a warm glow of hope with the tumultuous sea being painted in cool blue tones that instill a true sense of dread for Mizu’s survival. 

Events crescendo as Mizu’s whole crew seemingly is swept away into the ocean, the storm Mizu spotted having caught up with the ship. But, of course, Mizu does not back down and declares that she once again chooses revenge as waves crash down around her. The next scene shows Mizu passed out and tied stubbornly to a part of the ship to ensure her goal of revenge is enacted when, from behind, a mysterious shadow appears and points a katana towards her. 

Netflix didn’t stop at announcing season 2 either, adding that the series will officially end with a third season that is slated to debut in 2028. With that endpoint confirmed, fans can rest easy and watch the new season knowing exactly how much of the journey is left and that Mizu’s reckoning is building towards a definitive finish, not an open-ended one previously feared.  

Blue Eye Samurai season 2 premieres on Netflix in January 2027.