The Elusive Samurai Season 2 anime released new trailer today alongside information about the series premiere date and the new opening theme song. The Elusive Samurai Season 2 will broadcast in Japan beginning on July 17, and Crunchyroll will also stream it as part of the summer 2026 anime simulcast lineup . Kento Nakajima will perform the new opening theme for the series, entitled “Onigoto," which is also featured in the trailer. The Elusive Samurai Season 2 Anime Main Trailer Yusei Matsui serialized the original The Elusive Samurai manga from January 2021 to February 2026 in Weekly Shonen Jump, with 25 volumes published in total. VIZ Media also publishes an English-language version. Yuta Yamazaki directs the TV anime at animation studio CloverWorks, with assistant direction by Yusuke Kawakami, series composition by Yoriko Tomita, character designs and chief animation direction by Yasushi Nishiya, animation direction by Shinnosuke Ota, and music by Akiyuki Tateyama and GEMBI. Crunchyroll streams The Elusive Samurai and describes the story: In the year 1333, the Kamakura shogunate government comes crumbling down. A trusted vassal, Ashikaga Takauji, betrays the shogunate and organizes a rebellion. Hojo Tokiyuki, the rightful heir, escapes the massacre with a Shinto priest named Suwa Yorisige to Kamakura.