The martial arts anime featuring humanity challenging the gods is getting a season 2 in 2023, also on Netflix.
By: Nicole S. Castro on June 19, 2022 at 23:14 PHT
Official accounts have released a new teaser visual to announce an upcoming season two for martial arts anime Record of Ragnarok (Full title: Record of Ragnarok II).
As the Tweet above adds, the second season will premiere on streaming platform Netflix in 2023. Additional details regarding season 2 will be revealed at the Anime Expo 2022 in July. New characters who will enrich the story are expected to appear in season 2.
Record of Ragnarok (Japanese: 終末のワルキューレ, Romaji: Shūmatsu no Warukyūre) is a Japanese manga series written by Shinya Umemura and Takumi Fukui and illustrated by Ajichika. It began in Coamix's (formerly also published by Tokuma Shoten) seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Zenon in November 2017. The official English translation is licensed by Viz Media.
Season 1 of the anime adaptation was an original net animation (ONA) by Graphinica. It premiered on Netflix in June 2021.
Synopsis
Every 1000 years, the Gods' Council assembles to decide the fate of humanity. After 7 million years of human history, the gods come to the decision that humans are irredeemable and must go extinct. However, the valkyrie Brunhilde (CV: Miyuki Sawashiro) proposes to give humanity one last chance to prove their worth and the gods agree to hold the battle of Ragnarok, a tournament with 13 notable humans from across history against 13 of the most powerful gods engaging in duels to the death. Humanity will be spared if their side achieves 7 victories in the competition. To even the odds, each human is granted the assistance of a valkyrie who transforms into a powerful weapon tailored for their user's combat style called "Volund", at the risk of losing her life if the user is killed. (from Wikipedia)
Source: Record of Ragnarok official Twitter, official website, Comic Natalie
NICOLE S. CASTRO
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Nicole is based in the Philippines and works as a freelance Japanese Translator/Interpreter and copywriter (English). She is a JLPT N2 passer who watches anime to "study" for N1. She has a long career history on LinkedIn (with primary focus on media and translation), but her anime watchlist is much, much longer.
