The Elusive Samurai (TV 2)

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Alternative title:
Nigejōzu no Wakagimi (Japanese)
逃げ上手の若君 (Japanese)
Genres: adventure, comedy
Themes: historical, samurai
Plot Summary: The boy escapes and becomes a hero. The story of a young boy that begins with the fall of the Kamakura Shogunate. After the fall of the Kamakura Shogunate, Hojo Tokiyuki, a survivor of the Hojo family, races through a turbulent era.
User Ratings: 15 ratings have been given [details]
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 Very good: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Good: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Decent: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 So-so: 1 vote (sub:1)
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Seen in part or in whole by 84 users, rank: #6005 (of 10574)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.333 (Decent+), std. dev.: 2.0548, rank: #6851 (of 10767)
Weighted mean: 6.632 (Good−), rank: #5646 (of 10767) (seen all: 6.63)
Bayesian estimate: 7.004 (Good), rank: #3672 (of 8140)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 11
Vintage: 2026-07-17
Opening Theme:
"Onigoto" (鬼事) by Kento Nakajima
Ending Theme:
"Romantic ga Hoshii nara" (ロマンティックがほしいなら feat. 小坂菜緒, 正源司陽子, 藤嶌果歩（日向坂46）) by Botchi Boromaru
Insert song:
"Ima Sugu OTETSUKI☆" (今すぐOTETSUKI☆) by Ayako (CV Sayumi Suzushiro) (ep 14)
"Plan A" (プランA) by DISH// (ep 23)
Reviews: Show:
The Elusive Samurai Season 2 ‒ Episode 12 (Oct 3, 2026)
The Elusive Samurai Season 2 ‒ Episode 11 (Sep 28, 2026)
The Elusive Samurai Season 2 ‒ Episode 10 (Sep 19, 2026)
The Elusive Samurai Season 2 ‒ Episode 9 (Sep 14, 2026)
The Elusive Samurai Season 2 ‒ Episode 8 (Sep 8, 2026)
The Elusive Samurai Season 2 ‒ Episode 7 (Aug 31, 2026)
The Elusive Samurai Season 2 ‒ Episode 6 (Aug 22, 2026)
The Elusive Samurai Season 2 ‒ Episode 5 (Aug 17, 2026)
The Elusive Samurai Season 2 ‒ Episode 4 (Aug 8, 2026)
The Elusive Samurai Season 2 ‒ Episode 3 (Aug 3, 2026)
The Elusive Samurai Season 2 ‒ Episode 2 (Jul 25, 2026)
The Elusive Samurai Season 2 ‒ Episode 1 (Jul 18, 2026)
The Elusive Samurai Season 2 (Jul 16, 2026)
News:
Japanese Animation TV Ranking, September 14-20 (Oct 10, 2026)
The Elusive Samurai Anime's 2nd Season Casts Niina Hanamiya (Sep 4, 2026)
Japanese Animation TV Ranking, July 20-26 (Aug 1, 2026)
Hindi Dubs for Tomb Raider King, Black Torch, More Anime Stream on Crunchyroll (Jul 17, 2026)
The Elusive Samurai Anime's Season 2 Reveals Ending Theme Song Artist (Jul 13, 2026)
The Elusive Samurai Season 2's New Video Unveils Opening Song, Cast, Staff, July 17 Debut (Jul 3, 2026)
Crunchyroll India to Stream Black Torch, Dara-san of Reiwa, Kaiju Girl Caramelise, More Anime in Summer 2026 (Jun 21, 2026)
Crunchyroll Announces Release Schedule for Summer 2026 Season (Jun 17, 2026)
The Elusive Samurai Season 2 Anime Reveals Special Promo Video, New Visual (Mar 28, 2026)
The Elusive Samurai Season 2 Anime Debuts in July 2026 (Dec 21, 2025)
Press Release:
Crunchyroll Announces Summer 2026 Anime Season (Jun 18, 2026)
Other article:
The Summer 2026 Anime Preview Guide - The Elusive Samurai Season 2 (Jul 18, 2026)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yūta Yamazaki
Series Composition: Yoriko Tomita
Script:
Dai Hazeyama (eps 2, 6)
Rino Yamasaki (eps 3-4)
Yoriko Tomita (eps 1, 5)
Storyboard:
Asahi Kiyuna (ep 4)
Cheng Rui Qiu (ep 6)
Maring Song (ED)
TOMATO (OP)
Yūichirō Komuro (ep 3)
Yūsuke Kawakami (ep 2)
Yūta Yamazaki (eps 1, 5)
Episode Director:
Ai Sunadokei (ep 5)
Asahi Kiyuna (ep 4)
Cheng Rui Qiu (ep 6)
Yūichirō Komuro (ep 3)
Yūsuke Kawakami (ep 2)
Yūta Yamazaki (ep 1)
Unit Director:
Maring Song (ED)
TOMATO (OP)
Music:
Akiyuki Tateyama
GEMBI
Original creator: Yūsei Matsui
Character Design: Yasushi Nishiya
Art Director: Ayumi Kojima
Chief Animation Director: Yasushi Nishiya
Animation Director:
Chihiro Takahashi (ep 5)
Jun Yamazaki (ep 3)
Kazumasa Ishida (ep 6)
Mari Tomita (ep 4)
Maya Shindo (ep 4)
Nogya (ED; ep 3)
Ryōta Arima (ep 3)
Ryū Miura (ep 5)
Saki Takahashi (ep 3)
Sakika Suzuki (ep 6)
Shinnosuke Ōta (アニメーションディレクター)
Shuhei Miwa (ep 4)
Ting Yi Wu (ep 3)
Yasushi Nishiya (OP; ep 1)
Yuya Uetake (ep 2)
Sound Director: Akiko Fujita
Cgi Director:
Jie Ren
Mai Kawakita
Director of Photography: Yūya Sakuma

Architecture Research: Riichi Kamome
Art Setting:
takao
taracod
Assistant Director: Yūsuke Kawakami
Color design: Kazuko Nakashima
Editing: Daisuke Hiraki
Insert Song Arrangement:
Hiroki Arai ("Plan A" ep 23)
Kentarō Sonoda ("Ima Sugu OTETSUKI☆" ep 14)
Insert Song Composition:
DISH// ("Plan A" ep 23)
Kentarō Sonoda ("Ima Sugu OTETSUKI☆" ep 14)
Insert Song Lyrics:
Kentarō Sonoda ("Ima Sugu OTETSUKI☆" ep 14)
Takumi Kitamura ("Plan A" ep 23)
Insert Song Performance:
DISH// ("Plan A" ep 23)
Sayumi Suzushiro (as Ayako; "Ima Sugu OTETSUKI☆" ep 14)
Prop Design: Yogoinu
Sound Effects: Tomokazu Mii
Theme Song Arrangement:
Botchi Boromaru (ED)
sabio (OP)
Takao Konishi (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Botchi Boromaru (ED)
sabio (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Botchi Boromaru (ED)
Kento Nakajima (OP)
sabio (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Botchi Boromaru (ED)
Kaho Fujishima (Hinatazaka46; ED)
Kento Nakajima (OP)
Nao Kosaka (Hinatazaka46; ED)
Yōko Shōgenji (Hinatazaka46; ED)
Typography:
Mai Yamaguchi
Yūto Hama
Asaki Yuikawa as Tokiyuki Hōjō

Anri Katsu as Kiyohara Shinano-no-kami
Aoi Yūki as Genba Kazama
Atsushi Miyauchi as Kō no Moronao
Hinaki Yano as Shizuku
Hiroki Tōchi as Shokan
Katsuyuki Konishi as Takauji Ashikaga
Kenichi Suzumura as Masashige Kusunoki
Kikunosuke Toya as Fubuki
Makoto Furukawa as Tadayoshi Ashikaga
Mari Hino as Kojirō
Niina Hanamiya as Mima
Ryū Yamaguchi as Kō no Moroyasu
Sayumi Suzushiro as Ayako
Takahiro Yamamoto as Sukefusa Ichikawa
Yōji Ueda as Yasuie Hōjō
Yūichi Nakamura as Yorishige Suwa
Yutaka Aoyama as Sadamune Ogasawara

Akimasa Ohmori as Narrator (ep 3)
Ayumu Murase as Magojiro Shiba (ep 1)
Binbin Takaoka as Nagasaki Enki (ep 12)
Fuminori Komatsu as Emperor Go-Daigo (eps 5, 11)
Fumitake Ishiguro as
Moritaka Suwa
Tokitsugu Suwa (eps 6, 11-12)
Gō Shinomiya as Kinmune Saionji (eps 8-10)
Hiroki Matsukawa as Muneie Tokoiwa (ep 4)
Jōichirō Yoshida as Chikamitsu Yūki (ep 10)
Juri Nagatsuma as Hikari (ep 5)
Katsuyuki Miura as Yorinao Nezu (eps 3-4, 7)
Kenji Yamauchi as Doyo Sasaki (ep 8)
Kenta Miyake as Shigenobu Mochizuki (eps 3-5)
Mai Fuchigami as Tamonmaru (ep 9)
Masafumi Kobatake as Old man with rectangular features (eps 3-5)
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Yoshisada Nitta (eps 7, 10)
Norio Ishizawa as Narrator (ep 12)
Ryōta Suzuki as Prince Moriyoshi (ep 1)
Ryūnosuke Watanuki as Bald old man (eps 3-5)
Satsumi Matsuda as Narrator
Setsuji Satō as Shinzaburo Akazawa (ep 2)
Setsuo Itō as Hachirō Miura (eps 11-12)
Shinichirō Kamio as Saemontarō Shinomiya (eps 4-5, 12)
Shinya Takahashi as Old man with focus lines on his face (eps 3-4)
Shohei Harada as Honma (ep 1)
Shunpei Kusano as Some kind of monster (eps 3-5)
Soungdok as Yūki Sanjūrō (ep 3)
Taisuke Nakano as
Nagatoshi Nawa (ep 10)
Noriie Ishido (ep 1)
Taiten Kusunoki as Yukiyasu Unno (eps 3-4, 7)
Takashi Uezumiya as Tomomitsu Inukai (ep 3)
Tetsu Inada as Yasaburō Hoshina (eps 3-5, 12)
Toshiki Masuda as Yoshisue Shibukawa (ep 1)
Wakana Kuramochi as Sakae (eps 1, 5)
Yasuyuki Kase as Noriaki Uesugi (ep 1)
Yuka Terasaki as Kunitoki Hōjō (eps 1, 6)
Yūko Sanpei as Person in the Tengu Mask (ep 7)
Yumiko Kobayashi as Yoritsugu Suwa (eps 6, 12)
Yuu Hayashi as Tsuneie Iwamatsu (ep 1)

Hiroki Matsukawa (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 10-12
)
Jōichirō Yoshida (eps 1, 6, 11)
Kōsuke Okamoto (eps 8, 11)
Masafumi Kobatake (eps 1-2)
Naomi Shindō (ep 8)
Natsuki Aikawa (ep 8)
Natsumi Kawaida (ep 11)
Rikumi Moriwaki (eps 1, 7, 11)
Risa Hayamizu (ep 9)
Shinya Takahashi (eps 1-2, 6, 10)
Shohei Harada (eps 3, 5, 7, 12)
Shunpei Kusano (eps 7, 12)
Taisuke Nakano (ep 5)
Takashi Uezumiya (eps 1-2, 6, 11)
Takehiro Hasu (eps 1-2)
Japanese companies
2D Design: Wit Studio (eps 3, 5)
2nd Key Animation:
CloverWorks (eps 4-5)
Cypic (eps 4-5)
NAGOMI (ep 4)
Studio Arche (ep 5)
Studio ArcLine (ep 4)
Studio Lings (ep 5)
Studio Massket (ep 4)
TOHO animation STUDIO (ep 5)
Wish (ep 4)
3DCGI:
Boundary
exsa
Animation Production: CloverWorks
Art Direction Assistance: david production (eps 3-5)
Background Art:
CloverWorks Art Room (eps 2-3, 5)
david production (OP; ED; eps 1-5)
Broadcaster: Fuji Television Network (noitaminA)
Finish Animation:
Bird (OP; eps 1-2, 4-5)
CloverWorks (OP; ED; eps 1-5)
CloverWorks Overseas Animation/Paint Room (ep 4)
D-COLORS (OP; eps 1-2, 4-5)
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 3-4)
office fuu (ep 5)
Production I.G (OP; eps 1, 4)
R.I.C (ep 2)
Shuka (ep 5)
Studio Road (ep 2)
Studio Targe (ep 1)
Harmony: david production (eps 1, 4)
In-Between Animation:
A st. (OP; eps 2-5)
CA Soa (ep 2)
CloverWorks (OP; ED; eps 1-5)
CloverWorks Overseas Animation/Paint Room (eps 3-5)
EMT Squared (ep 5)
FLINT BASE (ep 5)
GAINAX Kyoto (ep 5)
Graphinica (ep 3)
Nam Hai (OP; eps 2, 4-5)
OLM (ep 4)
PINE JAM (ep 5)
Production I.G (ep 5)
PT.Kreasi Studio Ubud (OP; eps 4-5)
Raging Bull (ep 2)
TOHO animation STUDIO (OP; eps 2, 4-5)
Trigger (ep 4)
ZEXCS (ep 5)
Line Test:
Asura Film
Azuhata Production
Brain's Base
PT.Kreasi Studio Ubud
Tera Effect
Online Editing: qooop (eps 1-5)
Photography: CloverWorks
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Kevin Hoffer

Casting Director: Wolfie Trausch
Abby Trott as Tokiyuki Hojo

Brittany Cox as Ayako
Courtney Chu as Shizuku
Jeannie Tirado as Kojiro
Jonah Scott as Takauji Ashikaga
Kaitlyn Robrock as Kazama Genba
Keith Silverstein as Sukefusa Ichikawa
Kellen Goff as Sadamune Ogasawara
Michaela Murphy as Mima
Ricco Fajardo as Yorishige Suwa
Stuart Allan as Fubuki
Todd Haberkorn as Kiyohara Shinano-no-kami

Ben Balmaceda as Tsuneie Iwamatsu
Cory Yee as Yukiyasu Unno
Daman Mills as Noriaki Uesugi
Fred Tatasciore as Shokan
John Choi as Kinmune Saionji
Jonathon Ha as Yoshisue Shibukawa
Katie Leigh as Yoritsugu Suwa
Kyle Omori as Yasaburō Hoshina
Laura Post as Magojiro Shiba
Mark Whitten as Moritaka Suwa
Ryan Colt Levy as Prince Moriyoshi
Sean Burgos as Shigenobu Mochizuki
Wolfie Trausch as Saemontarō Shinomiya
Xander Mobus as Yorinao Nezu

John Choi
English companies
ADR Production: Pixelogic Media Partners, LLC
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Licensed by: Aniplex of America
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Simon Herlin

Adaptation: Alexandre Touchet
Aurore Saint-Martin as Tokiyuki Hôjô

Alice Orsat as Genba Kazama
Anna Lauzeray-Gishi as Shizuku
Anthony Audoux as Fubuki
Bertrand Nadler as Tadayoshi Ashikaga
Cécilé Gatto as Ayako Mochizuki
Jérémy Zylberberg as Yorishige Suwa
Mathilde Carmes as Kojirô Nezu
Pierre Carbonnier as Moruyasu Kô Nô
Raphaël Cohen as Sadamune Ogasawara
Sacha Petronijevic as Kô No Moronao
Stéphane Marais as Sukefusa Ichikawa
Vincent Bonnasseau as Takauji Ashikaga

Anna Lauzeray-Gishi as Sakae
Benjamin Bollen as Honma
Benjamin Lhommas as Moritaka Suwa
Erwan Tostain as Tsuneie Iwamatsu
Jean-Marco Montalto as Yoshisue Shibukawa
Louis Lecordier as Moriyoshi Shinnô
Marion Valantine as Narratrice
Ophélie Bernard as Kunitoki Hôjô
Pierre Carbonnier as Noriaki Uesugi
Quentin Vana as Magojirô Shiba
Simon Herlin as Shibuya

Farid Benchoubane
Florent Chako
Fred Colas
Mathieu Gourlet
Morgan Sarpaux
Yann Sundberg
French companies
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