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Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku Season 2's 1st Promo Video Reveals New Cast

The official website for the anime of Yūji Kaku's Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku manga announced new cast members in the first promotional video for the anime's second season on Tuesday. The anime's staff also announced that the second season will air on TV Tokyo and affiliated channels, and will stream on the Prime Video, Netflix, and Lemino streaming services in Japan.

The newly announced cast members are:

Previously announced new cast member is Ryōta Suzuki, who will play the character of Yamada Asaemon Shugen, and first appeared in the first season's 13th and final episode.

The anime's staff also posted new visuals for characters Gabimaru, Yamada Asaemon Sagiri, Chōbei Aza, Yamada Asaemon Tōma, and Yuzuriha:

Twin Engine also announced on Tuesday that the Hell's Paradise: Paradise Battle survival role-playing game based on the manga, will launch for iOS, Android, and Windows in early November this year.

Kaori Makita (Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather) is returning to direct the anime at MAPPA. Twin Engine is credited for planning. Akira Kindaichi (to the abandoned Sacred Beasts, Garo -Vanishing Line- episode scriptwriter) is again in charge of series scripts. Akitsugu Hisagi (Kids on the Slope, Banana Fish sub-character design) is back to design the characters, and Yoshiaki Dewa (The aquatope on white sand, IRODUKU: The World in Colors) is again composing the music. Ayako Suenaga returns as the color key artist.

As for new staff, Chika Toda (assistant director of photography for Jujutsu Kaisen season 2, RE-MAIN) is the new compositing director of photography, replacing Hyo Gyu Park. Junichi Higashi (Fairy gone both seasons, Love Live! Sunshine!!) is the new art director, replacing e-caesar.

The anime's first season premiered in April 2023 and aired on TV Tokyo and its affiliates. The anime is streaming on Crunchyroll in America, Europe, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. The series is streaming on Netflix in Asian-Pacific countries except for Australia, New Zealand, and China. Crunchyroll is also streaming an English dub.

The manga centers on Gabimaru, once exalted as the strongest ninja, but who has now quit his trade, violating the laws of his village. After being captured, he claims he has nothing left to live for. However, due to his superhuman levels of training, he has inadvertently survived multiple executions, from attempts at beheading to burning at the stake. The executioner Sagiri Asaemon tells him that he has lingering attachment to life, and issues him a mission to win his acquittal: to find the elixir of immortality.

Kaku launched the manga on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ website and app in January 2018, and ended the series in January 2021. The manga's 13th and final volume shipped in April 2021.

Viz Media released the manga digitally through its Shonen Jump service, and Shueisha also released the manga through its MANGA Plus service. Viz Media also releases the manga in print.

The manga's second stage play adaptation titled Hell's Paradise -Tsui no Shō- (Hell's Paradise -Final Chapter-) ran in Tokyo and Kyoto in February 2024.

Sources: Press release, Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku anime's website, Comic Natalie