Overview
- Season 2 is planned for 2026 with the story moving a decade forward and centering on Ochiba no Kata, as described by creators Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo.
- Hiroyuki Sanada and Cosmo Jarvis are set to return, with the new season framed by the creators as an experiment in subverting expectations.
- Sanada made absolute authenticity a condition to join the project, driving Japanese casting, period-accurate language, and historically faithful design.
- The three-episode premiere of Season 1 reached nine million views across Hulu and Disney+, according to the Walt Disney Company.
- Filming on Season 2 is slated to start early 2026, and Sanada indicated part of the production might shoot in Japan after Season 1 recreated Edo-era settings in Vancouver due to COVID-19.