Description
Baki is the sequel of Baki tha Grappler anime series. The manga of Baki was written by Keisuke Itagaki and it is released in 1991. It has 42 volumes.
Plot
Baki the Grappler is the story of a teenager Baki Hanma who trains really hard to defeat his dad. His dad is the most strongest man on the Earth. To defeat him, he keep on fighting with different fighting skills opponents with no rules hand to hand combat.
In Baki season 2, there will be a tournament in which all fighters from all the world will participate and the winner will be the most powerful among them. Baki and his dad, both are going to participate in it.
In season 1, Baki got infected from a poison which enters her body during a fight. He still trying to recover so that he can fight and defeat his dad.
News
The title of Season 2 of Baki is Keisuke Itagaki’s Baki ( New Grappler Baki: In search of our strongest hero ). The official site of Baki announced on this Thursday, April 4, 2020.
Release Date
Keisuke Itagaki’s Baki will be premiered on Netflix on June 4.
Cast
Most of the cast are old but 12 new cast have been announced in the announcements and they are
- Kenichi Ogata as Kaku Kaiō
2. Yoshiyuki Kouno as Son Kaiō
3. Yasuhiko Kawazu as Yō Kaiō
4. Daichi Endō as Mon Kaiō
5. Ryuuzo Hasuike as Jo Kaiō
6. Hiroaki Ishikawa as Mō Kaiō
7. Takanori Hoshino as Samwan Kaiō
8. Tomoaki Ikeda as Ri Kaiō
9. Satoshi Taki as Han Kaiō
10. Yutaka Aoyama as Juku Kaiō
11. Hideaki Tezuka as Shobun Ron
12. Hiroki Yasumoto as Shunsei Kaku
Toshiki Hirano is the director of second season of Baki at TMS Entertainment while Shingo Ishikawa is designing the characters. Tatsuhiko is the incharge of series scripts. Masanori Nishiyama is the new art director. Other staffs are Hiromi Miyawaki ( color designer ), Tatsuo Noguchi ( photography director ), Yuriko Sano ( editor ), Kenji Fujisawa ( composer ) , Keiko Urakami ( Sound Director ) and Yasuyuki Uragami ( Sound Dircetor )
The opening theme of second season of Baki is being performed by GRANRODEO while the ending theme song will be performed by Ena Fujita.
First season of Baki has been premiered by Netflix in Japan in June 2018. It has 26 episodes which ends in December 2018. Outside the Japan, Baki has been premiered in two half of the season. First half of the season with 13 episodes has been released in December 2018 while the second half of the season in March 2019.
Netflix describes the story:
The protagonist, Baki Hanma, trains with an intense focus to become strong enough to surpass his father, Yujiro Hanma, the strongest fighter in the world. Five of the world’s most violent and brutal death row inmates are gathering to face Baki. Their objective is to taste defeat — their unmatched strength and skill have led them to grow bored of life itself, and they now seek out Baki in the hopes that he can overwhelm and utterly crush them. In this crisis, other underground martial art warriors gather to fight by Baki’s side: Kaoru Hanayama, Gouki Shibukawa, Retsu Kaioh, and Doppo Orochi. An epic showdown between violent death row inmates and Baki and his friends begins!