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Hindu U.S. Statesman Urges Netflix to Reconsider Streaming Record of Ragnarok Season 2
posted on by Adriana Hazra
The President of the Universal Society of Hinduism Rajan Zed made a statement on Thursday urging co-CEOs of Netflix Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos to reconsider streaming Record of Ragnarok II, the second season of the anime of Shinya Umemura, Ajichika, and Takumi Fukui's Record of Ragnarok (Shūmatsu no Walküre) manga.
Zed had made a public statement in March 2021 urging Warner Bros. Japan to "not trivialize" Hindu deity Lord Shiva preceding the Record of Ragnarok anime's debut.
Netflix had listed the anime for release in India on June 17, 2021 alongside its worldwide release, but removed the listing before its debut. The second season of the anime will debut on Netflix in 2023, but is not slated to launch in India.
Zed had earlier addressed Coamix and urged the company "not to trivialize Lord Shiva and other highly revered Hindu gods and goddesses in its manga publications."
The Shūmatsu no Walküre manga launched in the Comic Zenon magazine in November 2017. Umemura is writing the story, while Ajichika is drawing the art. Fukui is credited for composition.
The Ryo Fu Hō Sen Hishōden (The Legend of Lu Bu Fengxiang The Flying General) spinoff launched in Comic Zenon in October 2019, and will end in its seventh volume on December 20.
Source: Press release
