The final screening
event for the second season of Baki Hanma in Japan announced
that the manga written and illustrated by Keisuke Itagaki , BAKI-DOU , will have
an anime adaptation. The statement confirmed that TMS Entertainment studios will
continue to be in charge of the animation, however, no release date was
revealed .
The anime adaptation
of Baki Hanma had two seasons, released in September 2021 and July 2023,
respectively, and distributed by Netflix globally.
For his part, Itagaki
published the manga in the magazine Weekly Shonen Champion from
the publisher Akita
Shoten between March 2014 and April 2018, with a total of
twenty-two compilation volumes published. Subsequently, a second part was
published from October 2018 to June 2023 in the same magazine, achieving
seventeen compilation volumes.
BAKI-DOU
Synopsis
Baki
Hanma, increasingly satisfied with his title of “Strongest Boy in the World,”
spends his days in boredom. Having finally resolved the dispute with his
demonic father Yuujirou, Baki defends his title in the Kourakuen Underground
Arena while he stifles yawns caused by the ease with which he defeats his challengers.
Baki's friends and mentors also struggle with this new, peaceful immobility,
completing great feats of strength training with little enthusiasm.
Soon,
Japan is rocked by the revelation of a long-gestating scientific experiment
that results in the successful cloning of the legendary samurai Musashi
Miyamoto. The famous warrior enjoys testing his strength against Baki and other
Tokyo fighting icons, but he has a hard time assimilating into the modern era.
Miyamoto clings to his ancient ideals of honor and duel to the death, a
philosophy that clashes with the calmer present.
As the
resurrected swordsman attempts to rise to the top of this unknown society by
fighting his way through Baki's friends, he finds himself on a collision course
with the vengeful teenager. Baki gets carried away with emotion and faces his
new rival.
Source: Comic Natalie
©Keisuke Itagaki
(Akita Publishing) / Baki the Hanma Production Committee
