At the end of 2023, and without making much noise, the Blue Eye Samurai series was released on Netflix, a fiction full of katanas, martial arts, ultraviolence and secrets that not only captivated us with its animation, but also made us vibrate with a story of revenge. Now, and from the hand of the director of Jujutsu Kaisen, it is presented a new anime with all the letters that want to become your favorite show of the first third of the year.
It can be seen starting February 11 on HBO Max and goes by the name Ninja Kamui. Their story, presented from the subscription serviceJoe Higan, a nukenin (or renegade ninja) who escaped his clan and is hiding from his violent past in rural America with his family. “One night, he is ambushed by a team of assassins from su former organization demanding bloody retribution from Joe and his family for betraying his old code. Resurrecting from his apparent ‘death’, Joe will re-emerge as his former self, Ninja Kamui, to avenge his family and friends.” Come on, there’s going to be a lot of action in his footage.
A dream-team to develop the series
And if you need more proof of this, just take a look at the trailer, a generous footage of sword fights and scenes with spurting blood. Its development is handled by E&H Production, an animation team led by Park Sung-hoo, a South Korean anime director with extensive experience in the industry who may be more familiar to you from the recent and acclaimed Jujutsu Kaisen. The character designs are the work of Takashi Okazaki (Afro Samurai).
The trailer shared in this news also gives clues about a program with some science fiction elements. But to talk more about its story we will have to wait until February 11, the premiere date of the fiction on Adult Swim, in the United States, and HBO Max. His first season will last 12 episodes. Enough to know if this can hook us.
