Three New JCC Faces Show Off Their Killing Styles
The centerpiece of Netflix's Sakamoto Days news at Anime NYC 2026 was a character trailer spotlighting the three characters joining the cast in Season 2. According to Japanese anime news site Anime Anime, the footage shows the newcomers trading assassin skills at blinding speed, each getting a moment to demonstrate how they fight.
The three are Amane (周), a student at the assassin training school JCC, voiced by Kikunosuke Toya (Denji in Chainsaw Man); Etsuko Satoda (佐藤田悦子), one of JCC's longest-serving teachers, voiced by Misa Watanabe; and Yotsumura (四ツ村), whose past includes a stint as the No. 2 of an assassin organization, voiced by Shinshu Fuji.
That school setting is the spine of the new season. To dig up information on X, alias Slur, the mastermind of a shadowy organization that kills assassins, Sakamoto goes undercover at JCC. TMS Entertainment (Detective Conan, Lupin III) returns to animate the season, with Daisuke Nakajima directing.
The New Key Art Arms Sakamoto With a Ballpoint Pen
Netflix also released an "Other Version" of the season's teaser visual. It keeps the original composition, with Sakamoto and Shin standing back to back, but now Sakamoto readies a ballpoint pen while Shin raises a gloved fist. The title's Japanese rendering, "Sakamoto no Hibi" (Sakamoto's days), is stamped large across a background of stylized black clouds.
The series adapts Yuto Suzuki's battle-action manga, serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump. Taro Sakamoto, a legendary hitman who retired for the sake of his family, now fights off the assassins sent after him to protect their quiet daily life. Tomokazu Sugita voices Sakamoto, with Nobunaga Shimazaki as his partner Shin Asakura. The manga has also been adapted into a live-action film in Japan.
Season 2 streams first on Netflix starting January 2027, and the first episode will stream and air simultaneously worldwide.
Edgerunners 2, Blue Eye Samurai, and Bass X Machina Fill Out the Slate
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 got the most concrete news: a worldwide premiere on October 20, 2026. Trigger is back for the new chapter set in the world of the game Cyberpunk 2077, and its third teaser confirms a full cast changeover, new protagonist included. The footage promises a Night City crueler and bloodier than before, framing the season as a story of redemption and revenge.
Blue Eye Samurai Season 2 arrives in January 2027. The Edo-period series, from a creative team that includes Logan and Blade Runner 2049 screenwriter Michael Green, follows Mizu, a mixed-heritage master swordfighter hiding in plain sight while plotting revenge. The new teaser shows Mizu sailing rough seas toward an enemy, declaring "I choose revenge," as a mysterious shadow closes in. Netflix also confirmed that Season 3 has been greenlit and will end the series.
Bass X Machina premieres worldwide on November 3, 2026. Brian Tyree Henry, the actor whose animation voice credits include Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, stars and executive produces. Inspired by the life of the real frontier lawman Bass Reeves, the series follows a father in a lawless wasteland forced to act as judge, jury, and executioner to protect his family. The teaser pits Bass and his cyborg arm against a machine-gun-wielding outlaw, a steel bull, and a giant robot.
Looking Ahead
Because all four titles are Netflix originals, the dates above apply worldwide: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 on October 20, 2026, Bass X Machina on November 3, 2026, and both Sakamoto Days Season 2 and Blue Eye Samurai Season 2 in January 2027. Sakamoto Days Season 1 and Blue Eye Samurai Season 1 are streaming on Netflix now, and Viz Media publishes Yuto Suzuki's manga in English. No date has been given yet for Blue Eye Samurai's newly announced final season.