"Blue Eye Samurai" has been a huge hit on Netflix Now, the show's creators, Amber Noizmi and Michael Green, will continue the adults-only animated adventure for at least one more season

In a statement released on December 11, Netflix acknowledged that "Blue Eye Samurai" will have a second season The show was a pleasant surprise for Netflix, both critically and in terms of viewer engagement It maintained a 100% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes after 19 reviews and received a 96% rating from viewers It also spent two weeks in the global top 10 when it began distribution in November

Details on the newly announced second season are sparse In fact, since it has only been announced and no release date or plot details have been given, we can only speculate However, in an interview with Collider, the husband-and-wife duo of Nozumi and Green said that they have always envisioned it as a television series and an ongoing story, requiring "at least four seasons" to complete

A four-season run is not guaranteed at this point, but at least we know that another episode will come from what may be Netflix's best new show of 2023

If you haven't seen "Blue-Eyed Samurai" yet, here's a primer on what you need to know before playing it on Netflix

Blue-Eyed Samurai, voiced by Maya Erskine as Mizu, is an animated television series set in Edo period Japan Japan during this period was a feudal society under the Tokugawa Shogunate, a military dictatorship that ruled Japan from Edo

Not only was it a strict society with an increasingly important class structure, the Edo period is also notable for its policy of isolation To prevent colonization by European powers and to maintain domestic control, outsiders were largely prohibited from entering Japan during the Tokugawa shogunate

This is why Miz is an incredibly fascinating protagonist in Blue-Eyed Samurai Not only is she a woman and has hurdles to overcome, but because she is half Caucasian and half Japanese, society views her as subhuman The first season of the show is about her revenge against a white man who took advantage of her mother and is still in the country illegally

While the story is rich and compelling, the show excels thanks to great action scenes I immediately compared it to Quentin Tarantino's epic "Kill Bill," but reading Collider's interview, it seems that the show's creators had this in mind from the beginning

So if you haven't seen this amazing animated historical fiction yet, you have two options: if you subscribe to Netflix, just log in and start watching But if you don't subscribe to Netflix, the streaming service is offering Episode 1 for free on YouTube for a limited time Start watching now and be prepared for when season 2 begins