Voice actor Ayumu Murase is joining the voice cast of the ongoing second season of Hell’s Paradise. He will voice the assassin character Shija. The second season premiered in Japan on January 11, 2026.
Murase joins the anime’s voice cast, which includes:
- • Chiaki Kobayashi as Gabimaru
- • Yumiri Hanamori as Yamada Asaemon Sagiri
- • Ryohei Kimura as Chobei Aza
- • Ryota Suzuki as Yamada Asaemon Shugen
- • Kensho Ono as Yamada Asaemon Toma
- • Rie Takahashi as Yuzuriha
- • Koji Yusa as Yamada Asaemon Jikka
- • Maaya Uchida as Yamada Asaemon Kiyomaru
- • Sayaka Ohara as Yamada Asaemon Isuzu
Kaori Makita is directing the second season, with Akira Kindaichi as series composer, Koji Hisaki as character designer, Yoshiaki Dewa as music composer, and Wataru Kawagoe as animation producer. MAPPA is in charge of the animation production.
Yuji Kaku’s dark fantasy action manga series ran in Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ service from January 22, 2018 to January 25, 2021. VIZ Media licensed the manga for English release under the title Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku.
The first season aired for 13 total episodes during the Spring 2023 anime season from April 2023 to July 2023.
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Crunchyroll is streaming both seasons of Hell’s Paradise in select countries and territories worldwide. It describes the main premise of season two as:
In search of clues to the elixir, Gabimaru and his group arrive at the castle of Tensen, the monsters who rule the island. Meanwhile, the shogunate sends additional expeditions to Shinsenkyo led by Yamada Asaemon Shugen, which are joined by the Iwagakure. Gabimaru must try to find the elixir and escape from the island as an all-out showdown between humans and celestial immortals looms near.
Sources: Hell’s Paradise Official Japanese Twitter (2), Crunchyroll News, Comic Natalie
