Blue Eye Samurai Season 2 Gets a January 2027 Release Date — And Netflix Just Ordered a Third and Final Season

Mizu Sets Sail for London — and Netflix Just Committed to Finishing Her Story

Blue Eye Samurai is finally coming back. At Anime NYC on August 20, Netflix revealed that Season 2 premieres January 2027 — and dropped an even bigger bomb on top of it: the Emmy-winning animated series has been renewed for a third and final season, which is already in production and slated for 2028.

For a show that premiered all the way back in November 2023 and was renewed almost immediately, that's a long wait. But the new 90-second teaser makes one thing clear: creator duo Amber Noizumi and Michael Green are spending that time well.

The Voyage to London Goes Very Wrong

Picking up from the Season 1 finale, the teaser follows Mizu (voiced by Maya Erskine) on her brutal sea voyage toward London, where the two remaining white men who might be her father are hiding. The catch? Her uneasy travel companion is none other than Abijah Fowler, the arms dealer voiced by Kenneth Branagh — the same man she spared precisely because he could get her there.

The voyage doesn't go smoothly. The teaser shows their ship slammed by a violent storm, sailors swept overboard, and Mizu screaming in fury as she takes the wheel herself. She then wakes up on deck with a sword pointed at her face — presumably held by Fowler, who appears to have slipped out of the cell he was locked in at the end of last season. Earlier footage screened at the Annecy Festival in June even showed the two looking distressingly chummy upon arrival in Europe.

The supporting cast is still stacked

Season 2 won't abandon everyone Mizu left behind in Japan:

• Ringo (Masi Oka), Mizu's loyal apprentice, is searching for a new purpose after being left behind
• Princess Akemi (Brenda Song) navigates treacherous royal politics following the death of the Shogun
• Taigen, the disgraced swordsman, remains part of Mizu's orbit as her hunt continues

Sending Mizu to London is also a bold tonal swing — the series will explore how Edo-period Europe reacts to a mixed-race swordmaster wandering into it, opening up an entirely new visual world for the animators at Blue Spirit.

Why this renewal matters

• Season 1 sits at a near-perfect 97% on Rotten Tomatoes and won an Emmy for its animation
• A confirmed final season means no cancellation cliffhanger — Mizu's revenge story gets a real ending
• Season 3 already in production suggests Netflix wants to avoid another three-year gap
• It joins Netflix's growing slate of prestige adult animation alongside Arcane's legacy and Castlevania: Nocturne

Bottom line: Mark your calendars for January 2027. Mizu's blade is heading to London, and with an ending officially locked in, Blue Eye Samurai is shaping up to be one of Netflix's most complete epics. Now if only Fowler can be trusted...