The special stage panel for BAKI-DOU: The Invincible Samurai, the anime of Keisuke Itagaki’s first Baki-Dou manga, presented a new teaser promotional video and teaser visual at AnimeJapan 2026 on Sunday. The teaser video confirms that the anime will have a second cours (quarter of a year) that will stream exclusively on Netflix.
Netflixにて世界独占配信決定ッッ
⚔️アニメ『#刃牙道』第2クール💥
◥◣ ティザービジュアル公開ッッ ◢◤
「屠る」「斬り登る」「守護る」
力強さと覚悟を表情に宿した
三人の漢たち、ここに集結ッッ！！
“最強”を巡る壮絶な戦いを見逃すなッッ⚔️#バキアニメ@netflixjp pic.twitter.com/8PXIsA4wxi
— アニメ「刃牙」シリーズ【公式】 (@baki_anime) March 29, 2026
The panel also confirmed that the anime’s first cours will air on television in Japan this year.
Image via Baki’s X/Twitter account
©板垣恵介（秋田書店）／刃牙道製作委員会
The anime premiered worldwide on Netflix on February 26. The anime’s first 13 episodes were made available all at once.
Naoya Uchida stars in the anime as Miyamoto Musashi.
Itagaki’s original Baki The Grappler martial arts manga ran for 42 volumes in Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine from 1991 to 1999. Kodama Tales began publishing the manga worldwide in English in October.
The Baki sequel manga ran for 31 volumes from 1999 to 2005. Media Do releases the manga in English. After Baki, Itagaki published the 37-volume Hanma Baki manga in Weekly Shōnen Champion from 2005 to 2012. The first Baki-Dou manga, the overall fourth manga in the franchise, launched in Weekly Shōnen Champion in March 2014 and ended in April 2018 with 22 volumes.
A new Baki-Dou manga launched in Weekly Shōnen Champion in October 2018, and it ended in June 2023. (The new Baki-Dou manga uses different characters for “Baki” in the title from the previous Baki-Dou manga, although it retains the name “Baki-Dou.”) The latest manga in the franchise, Baki Rahen, launched in Weekly Shōnen Champion in August 2023.
The new anime of Itagaki’s Baki (New Grappler Baki: In Search of Our Strongest Hero) manga debuted its first season on Netflix in June 2018 inside Japan, and it ran for 26 episodes ending in December 2018. Netflix posted the first 13 episodes outside of Japan in December 2018, followed by the second half of the first season in March 2019.
The Baki: Dai Raitaisai-hen anime then debuted worldwide on Netflix with all episodes at once in June 2020.
Baki Hanma is the third Baki series on Netflix, and a sequel to the Baki: Dai Raitaisai-hen series. The anime debuted worldwide on Netflix in September 2021 with all 12 episodes.
The second season of Baki Hanma debuted worldwide on Netflix in July 2023, with the “Tale of Pickle & The Pickle War Saga” story. The anime’s “The Father VS Son Saga” story debuted in August 2023.
Source: AnimeJapan 2026’s Baki-Dou anime special stage panel
