Satoru Noda’s Award Winning Golden Kamuy 2nd Season Announced, Premiers on October 8th

Golden Kamuy 2nd Season

Golden Kamuy is a historical/adventure manga by Satoru Noda. The manga got its anime adaptation and premiered in April 2018 by Geno Studio. This year’s 39th issue of Shueisha‘s Young Jump magazine revealed on Thursday that Golden Kamuy 2nd Season will be coming this year on October 8th. The manga was a hit series by Noda as it received numerous awards and was ranked high in many other events.

Golden Kamuy 2nd Season

Golden Kamuy 2nd Season

The basic overview of the manga is,

The story follows a survivor of the battle of 203 Hill in the Russo-Japanese War named Saichi Sugimoto who has become a miner in Hokkaido in order to provide for the widow of his dead comrade, Toraji. He hears a dubious story of hidden Ainu gold (worth about 800,000,000 JPY / 6,636,000 USD) stashed by a criminal group and accidentally finds clues to its location. After being attacked by the 7th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army and other mysterious groups, he decides to search for the gold along with an Ainu girl, Asirpa, who rescues him from Hokkaido’s harsh northern wilderness.

Golden Kamuy 2nd Season

Sayuri and the band MY FIRST STORY are collaborating on the opening theme song “Reimei.” Musical group eastern youth are performing the ending theme song “Tokeidai no Kane” (The Clock Tower’s Bell).

The first season premiered on April 9. Crunchyroll streamed the series with English subtitles as it aired in Japan, and Funimation streamed it with an English dub.

Have you watched Golden Kamuy season 1? If yes what are your views regarding 2nd season adaptation? Did you like the first season? Let us know in the comments.