‘Jigokuraku 2nd Season’ Unveils New Cast, Staff, First Promo

September 30, 2025

The official website for the television anime adaptation of Yuuji Kaku’s Jigokuraku (Hell’s Paradise) manga revealed new cast, staff, and the first promotional video on Tuesday. Jigokuraku 2nd Season (Hell’s Paradise Season 2) is scheduled to premiere in January 2026 on TV Tokyo and its affiliates. Prime Video, Netflix, and Lemino will also stream the series.

Cast

Shugen Yamada Asaemon: Ryouta Suzuki (Wind Breaker)

Jikka Yamada Asaemon: Kouji Yusa (Ao no Exorcist)

Kiyomaru Yamada Asaemon: Maaya Uchida (Grand Blue)

Isuzu Yamada Asaemon: Sayaka Ohara (Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken)

Staff

Director: Kaori Makita (Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: The Clouds Gather)

Series Composition: Akira Kindaichi (Dororo script)

Character Design: Akitsugu Hisaki (Banana Fish main animator)

Art Director: Junichi Higashi (Kingdom) NEW

Color Design: Ayako Suenaga (Zenshuu.)

Director of Photography: Chika Toda NEW

Music: Yoshiaki Dewa (Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World – The Animated Series)

Animation Producer: Wataru Kawagoe (Takt Op. Destiny)

Studio: MAPPA

Production: Twin Engine

Note: The staff denoted with the legend NEW are new in their respective roles

The anime adapts Yuuji Kaku’s historical fantasy manga, which he began drawing in Shounen Jump+ in January 2018 and concluded it with 128 chapters in January 2021. Shueisha published the 13th and final volume in April of the same year.

VIZ Media simulpublishes the manga in English on its Shounen Jump platform and released the 13th and final volume in March 2022.