Musashi Paints the Arena Red
The new trailer opens with Miyamoto Musashi cutting down underground arena legends — Doppo Orochi, Retsu Kaioh, and Gōki Shibukawa fall before his blade in quick succession. "It begins, Tokugawa. This is war," the resurrected swordsman declares, setting the tone for Part 2's all-out bloodbath. The footage is drenched in blood spray and raw impact, capturing what the Comic Natalie report describes as fierce death matches between "the strongest" combatants.
For anyone still catching up, Baki-Dou: The Invincible Samurai follows the aftermath of Baki Hanma's victory over his father Yujirō — the "strongest creature on Earth." With no worthy opponent left, Baki's world is upended when cutting-edge science resurrects a clone of legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. The revived Musashi wastes no time challenging every fighter in the underground arena, dragging Baki, Yujirō, and the entire martial arts world into a new kind of war — one fought with blades.
The anime is produced by TMS Entertainment (Detective Conan, Lupin III), with Toshiki Hirano directing and Tatsuhiko Urahata on series composition. Nobunaga Shimazaki (Haruka Nanase in Free!, Mahito in Jujutsu Kaisen) leads the voice cast as Baki, joined by Naoya Uchida as Musashi and Akio Ōtsuka as Yujirō. The returning cast also features Masako Nozawa as Tokugawa Kanko, Rikiya Koyama as Retsu Kaioh, Takuya Eguchi as Kaoru Hanayama, and Tōru Furuya as the narrator.
Chevon and J SOUL BROTHERS Set the Soundtrack
Alongside the trailer, the production announced that Hokkaido-based rock band Chevon will perform the Part 2 opening theme "Roku no Wa" (六ノ輪), replacing WANIMA's "Furuboko" from Part 1. Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS take over the ending with "KATANA," succeeding Novel Core's "Mountain Top."
Chevon's vocalist shared that Baki is the one manga all three band members love — the perfect center of their individual tastes. She named the Miyamoto Musashi vs. Motobe Izou fight as her all-time favorite bout in the entire franchise, calling it the most human and gritty battle she's ever read. The song title "Roku no Wa" — literally "The Sixth Ring" — nods to Musashi's famous treatise Go Rin no Sho (The Book of Five Rings), imagining what a sixth ring might mean to a swordsman resurrected in the modern era.
Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS member Ryūji Imaichi explained that the song draws on the katana as its central concept, inspired by Musashi's renowned Niten Ichi-ryū dual-wielding style. The track aims to capture the tension of drawing a blade and the charged atmosphere of two fighters facing off.
Part 1 Heads to Japanese TV
In additional news from Comic Natalie, the first 13 episodes of Baki-Dou — which launched as a Netflix exclusive in February 2026 — will begin airing on Japanese television starting July 5, 2026. The broadcast spans TOKYO MX, BS Nittele, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, TV Aichi, HTB Hokkaido Television, and TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting. It's a well-worn path for Netflix anime in Japan, where the streaming debut often precedes a terrestrial TV run by several months.
Looking Ahead
Part 2 of Baki-Dou: The Invincible Samurai drops all 12 episodes on Netflix worldwide on June 18, 2026. The first 13 episodes are already streaming on the platform for viewers wanting to catch up before the new batch arrives.
The Baki-Dou manga, written and illustrated by Keisuke Itagaki, is published by Akita Shoten under its Shonen Champion Comics imprint. Earlier arcs of the Baki franchise have been published in English, though international availability of Baki-Dou specifically remains limited. Netflix handles the anime's global distribution, so no separate regional streaming partner is needed — if you have Netflix, you're set.