Hell’s Paradise Announces Season 2 in Dramatic PV

The search for freedom continues in the second season of Hell’s Paradise.

After Hell’s Paradise premiered its finale, Episode 13 “Dream and Reality,” the anime announced a second season was in development. Filtered through the lens of someone remembering their past, the announcement PV touches on several key moments of Season 1 and features Yamada Asaemon Shugen who appears in the final episode. No announcement date has been released as of this article’s publication.

Written and illustrated by Yuji Kaku, Hell’s Paradise debuted in Shueisha’s Shōnen Jump+ in January 2018 and ran until January 2021. The series has been collected in 13 tankōbon volumes. The manga has received praise for the mangaka’s detailed illustrations and the relationship between Gabimaru and Sagiri. In its first year on the Shōnen Jump+, Hell’s Paradise has been cited as the most popular series on the platform and clocked 3.6 million copies in circulation in April 2021.

Hell’s Paradise follows Gabimaru, a ninja whose strength and emotionless facade has earned him the nickname “Gabimaru the Hollow,” who is currently, and has been for a long time, on death row. The problem with Gabimaru is that nothing seems to kill him. When Sagiri, a master swordsman from the Yamada Asaemon family of executioners come to try her hand at killing him, she surprises him when she suggests that he, himself, has been subconsciously trying to stay alive. It’s even more shocking when she deduces, correctly, that Gabimaru’s love has been keeping him alive. Sagiri offers him an opportunity of a lifetime: if he joins her and a group of death row convicts to a journey to Shinsenkyo to find the elixir of life, he’ll be free.

MAPPA produced the anime adaptation which aired on April 1, 2023 with 13 episodes. Kaori Makita directed the adaptation with Nozomi Ishii overseeing the production and Akira Kindaichi as the scriptwriter. Chiaki Kobayashi voiced Gabimaru while Yumiri Hanamori voiced Sagiri.

Season 1 of Hell’s Paradise is available to stream on Crunchyroll. Season 2 is currently in production.

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