The Biggest Netflix Original Anime Is Coming Back To Finish The Story
After nearly a year-long wait, Kengan Ashura Season 2 Part 2 is finally within reach. The Netflix original series will be available to stream on August 15, bringing the brutal action-centric anime to a thrilling conclusion. With stakes that have never been higher, the bone-crunching final battle promises to be one that nobody will forget.
[Kengan Ashura] centers around a series of fights called Kengan matches, which are sponsored by a group of wealthy business owners.
On July 24, Netflix dropped the official trailer for Kengan Ashura Season 2 Part 2 on YouTube. In the trailer, everything in store for viewers is laid out on the table. With intense hand-to-hand combat and fighters with everything to lose, Season 2 Part 2 appears to be a non-stop showstopper.
Since debuting on Netflix in 2019, Kengan Ashura has left quite an impression on fans. The series is based on the popular manga written by Yabako Sandrovich and illustrated by artist Daromeon. The manga originally ran from 2012 to 2018, featuring 27 volumes.
Despite the apparent bloodlust and kinetic fight sequences, character development has always been a key aspect to the Netflix series.
The Netflix series is produced by Larx Entertainment, which is based out of Tokyo, Japan. The animation studio has also produced projects such as the MMORPG Soul Worker: Your Destiny Awaits and fighting video game Tekken: Bloodline. Veteran animation director Seiji Kishi helms the anime series while screenwriters Makoto Uezu and Gō Zappa pen the script.
The story centers around a series of fights called Kengan matches, which are sponsored by a group of wealthy business owners. The “winner takes all” fights are fought by unarmed gladiators who are often recruited by the business owners for their savage fighting techniques.
Kengan Ashura has been one of Netflix’s most popular anime since it first hit the streaming service. The series follows Kazuo Yamashita, an ordinary fifty-six year old man who is summoned by the chairman of his company and hired as a manager of a gladiator. Yamashita is assigned to manage the mysterious and powerful Kengan fighter named Ohma Tokita.
As Kengan Ashura nears the end of its run, just 55 chapters from the manga remain for the anime to adapt.
Despite the apparent bloodlust and kinetic fight sequences, character development has always been a key aspect to the Netflix series. The inner turmoil of the fighters gives deeper meaning to each punch that is thrown and every drop of blood that is spilled. As the series progresses, viewers begin to understand how each fighter became the fighter that they are today.
Kengan Ashura Season 2 Part 1 picked up after Ohma’s drama-filled victory in the first round of the tournament. But the win didn’t come without its consequences. Ohma eventually succumbed to his own injuries in the fight and fell into a coma.
Even with Ohma’s unfortunate injury, the tournament continues and the show goes on. As Ohma remains hospitalized, alliances change and former enemies become friends. But when a dramatic coup develops behind the scenes, everything appears to be changing.
As Kengan Ashura nears the end of its run, just 55 chapters from the manga remain for the anime to adapt. Viewers can expect a balanced narrative as the story wraps up. The previous three parts covered 181 of the manga’s 236 chapters.
