Blue Eye Samurai - Season 1 [UPDATED]

Netflix has officially renewed the series for a Season 2 (announced December 2023). Season 2 will move the setting to London, plunging Mizu into a foreign, industrializing world of colonial power, gunpowder, and new forms of prejudice. The creators have indicated a planned four-season arc.

– Highly recommended for fans of Samurai Jack , Arcane , Vinland Saga , and classic samurai cinema. Blue Eye Samurai - Season 1

A masterpiece of adult animation that rivals live-action prestige drama in emotional weight and technical execution. 2. Synopsis Set in Japan's Edo period (17th century), the series follows Mizu (voiced by Maya Erskine), a mixed-race ronin (masterless samurai) seeking bloody revenge. Mizu is driven by a singular goal: to hunt down and kill the four white men who were present in Japan at the time of her birth—one of whom is her biological father. She blames them not only for her own existence as a "half-breed" (a kokujin or "blue eye") but also for the death of her mother and the lifelong persecution she has endured. Netflix has officially renewed the series for a