Sakamoto Days Season 2 Teaser Visual and Character Trailer Revealed
The new director and the focus on JCC and the assassin training institution suggest Season 2 is expanding the world beyond Sakamoto's immediate family, potentially setting up a longer-running conflict with X.
Key Facts
- Sakamoto Days Season 2 is scheduled to release in January 2027.
- Daisuke Nakajima directs Season 2, with Masaki Watanabe credited as chief director.
- The character trailer introduces Etsuko Satoda, Amane Yotsumura, and Satoru Yatsumura.
- Yuto Suzuki's Sakamoto Days manga has surpassed 15 million copies in circulation worldwide.
- The manga has 28 volumes released as of August 4, 2026.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime Corner, OtakuKart Anime.
Sakamoto Days Season 2 revealed a new teaser visual and a character trailer ahead of its January 2027 release. The teaser, described as an 'other version,' features Taro Sakamoto and Shin Asakura, who also appeared on the first teaser. The character trailer introduces three new characters: Etsuko Satoda, Sakamoto's former teacher; Amane Yotsumura, a conflicted student; and Satoru Yatsumura, Amane's elusive father. Daisuke Nakajima takes over as director from Masaki Watanabe, who is now credited as chief director. Studio TMS Entertainment handles animation, with Yo Moriyama returning as character designer and Taku Kishimoto handling series composition. Netflix will again stream the anime worldwide. Season 2 follows Sakamoto and Shin infiltrating JCC, Japan's assassin training institution, to gather information about X, while ORDER members Nagumo, Shishiba, and Osaragi head to Kyoto for an assignment that turns dangerous. The story also digs into the shared past of Sakamoto, Nagumo, Rion, and Slur. Yuto Suzuki's manga has surpassed 15 million copies in circulation worldwide.
- Daisuke Nakajima takes over as director from Masaki Watanabe, who moves to chief director. Watanabe directed the first season's two parts.
- The first season aired in two parts beginning January 2025, and Netflix announced the sequel shortly after the first part ended. Both parts stream on Netflix.
- The teaser visual is labeled an "other version," a second take on the same key art featuring Sakamoto and Shin after the first teaser.
- The character trailer came out of Netflix's latest anime and animation slate presentation.
- The manga has run in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump since 2020, with 28 volumes released as of August 4, 2026. VIZ Media holds the English license.
- A live-action film adaptation of the manga released in Japan during the 2026 Golden Week, from April 29 to May 5.
- X, also known as Slur, is the masked antagonist whose conspiracy drives the JCC infiltration plot. The story digs into the shared past of Sakamoto, Nagumo, Rion, and Slur.
- In Kyoto, ORDER members Nagumo, Shishiba, and Osaragi are ambushed by an unexpected attacker during their assignment.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.