‘Blue Eye Samurai’ Season 2: Netflix Renewal Status & What to Expect

Blue Eye Samurai. Maya Erskine as Mizu in Blue Eye Samurai. Cr. COURTESY OF Netflix © 2023
Blue Eye Samurai has been probably the greatest surprises of the yr and undoubtedly will seemingly be ranked amongst the most effective sequence added to Netflix in 2023. Fans are already clamoring for a season 2, however will it get one? It’s but to be greenlit and the crew behind the present has given some tips about how one can assist the present get renewed. 
Created by Michael Green and Amber Noizumi, the superbly crafted and animated sequence sees an outcast samurai residing in Edo-era Japan out for revenge. The present options an all-star voice solid, together with George Takei, Maya Erskine, and Masi Oka.
If you don’t have a Netflix subscription and need to try the present – you are able to do so on YouTube, the place the primary episode is accessible without spending a dime.

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Has Netflix renewed Blue Eye Samurai for a season 2?
Official Renewal Status: Pending
When the present was initially ordered, we solely heard that it was picked up for a single 10-episode season. As a outcome, the present is ready on renewal and might want to leap by means of hoops that every one Netflix exhibits should get by means of to justify transferring ahead.
Typically, with animation titles, we see exhibits get renewed upfront for a number of seasons. That doesn’t look like the case right here, with quite a few individuals hooked up to the present encouraging followers to observe for a renewal.
Michael Green, in August 2022, wrote about the way to get a present renewed at Netflix and retweeted it on November eleventh for “no cause simply cuz!!”:
“This will sound silly (and it’s) however in case you are savoring a brand new present dropped on Netflix, if it’s all the identical to you, please let the episodes play by means of instantly so the completion is counted in a timeframe that’s significant to the present’s success.
I like Netflix. Working there’s a artistic pleasure. I do consider it will change in time. But for the second that is related.
You can’t save a present after it has been cancelled. You can get it renewed by watching all of it the best way, instantly.”
Jason Scheier (a manufacturing designer on the present) echoed these sentiments on X on November twelfth:
“… Netflix won’t green-light season 2 till we watch the present right through. Help me repost and get the phrase out to observe Blue Eye Samurai!! You received’t be disillusioned!! Also remember to thumbs up on the app!”
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The cause that these episode orders are frontloaded is due to the size of time it takes to develop a present like this and the way they’re put collectively behind the scenes. As a outcome, we don’t all the time see renewals for animated exhibits that transcend their preliminary orders.
There are loads of exceptions, after all. Blood of Zeus is a good instance that was given a two-season order after season 1. But in that case, we’ve needed to wait three years for a brand new season to land. That’s a substantial wait, and viewership will undoubtedly undergo.
We’ll have extra on the viewership in a second, however Michael Green famous that the scores launched on November 14th have been “encouraging.”
It’s price noting that Netflix has put vital advertising and marketing out for the present with lots of backing from the streamer. Through quite a few data drops, the present was slowly revealed. It additionally featured prominently at each DROP 01 forward of launch and Netflix’s Geeked Week following its launch. They’ve thrown a lot of articles at it with their TUDUM web site and even advertising and marketing post-release, such because the drop of the black and white particular launch of season 6 on YouTube.
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How effectively is Blue Eye Samurai Performing on Netflix?
Before we get into viewership, we should always start with the crucial acclaim the sequence has picked up.
Those evaluations are summarized by RottenTomatoes, the place the present has a 100% rating, with the crucial consensus being as follows:
“Visually dazzling whereas paying deft consideration to character, Blue Eye Samurai is a masterfully rendered animated journey.”
The present additionally, on the time of publishing, ranks because the 86th highest-rated title on IMDb of all time, with a 9.0 ranking from 11k customers.
Netflix clearly has excessive hopes for the sequence relating to awards, too. As of November 2023, the sequence has been positioned on Netflix’s For Your Consideration satellite tv for pc web site, a promotion web site that pitches voters for occasions just like the Emmys. The sequence is entrance and heart on the prime, subsequent to the long-running sequence Big Mouth and The Dragon Prince.
Performance will little doubt be crucial to renewal, nonetheless.
Let’s start with Netflix’s personal Top 10 information, the place the present missed out the primary week of launch however did go on to characteristic in week 2.

In week 2 (Nov 6 to Nov 12), the sequence ranked sixth globally with 18.10M hours watched, equating to the finished viewing equal of two.9M.

In our prime 10 report for that week, our resident numbers professional, Frederic, wasn’t significantly praising of its efficiency so far however did conclude:
“Animated sequence have had a tricky time charting within the Top 10 since 2021, bar just a few vital exceptions, so the truth that it did for its second week is already successful. It was a really small success however a win nonetheless.”

We are transferring onto FlixPatrol subsequent, which permits us to take a deeper dive on the every day Netflix prime 10s.
There, we are able to see the present seemingly peaked on day 5 and has been sliding ever since. The present has carried out finest in some Asian territories, reminiscent of India, France, and the United States.

Another metric we are able to use for exterior recognition is Google Trends. Let’s evaluate it to among the different animated releases to date in 2023. We can see that it’s protecting tempo with Castlevania: Nocturne and trouncing two canceled sequence, Agent Elvis and Captain Fall,  each of which have been canceled.
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There’s extra to come back on this entrance within the coming weeks so keep tuned.

What to Expect From Season 2 of Blue Eye Samurai If It Happens?
If you’re questioning whether or not the present has sufficient story to justify getting a second season and never on the lookout for spoilers, we’ll say this. While the door is left open for extra, season 1 as a bundle does inform a pleasant contained story.
Warning: Spoilers forward for the finale of season 1. 
The last episode, titled Great Fire of Meireki, named after the precise occasion of the Furisode Fire that destroyed as much as 70% of the Japanese capital of Edo, finally sees Mizu looking down Abijah Fowler however, surprisingly, decides to spare him as a result of he’s the important thing on discovering others.
Season 2 would see Mizu and Fowler’s journey to Europe, particularly London, to seek out Skeffington and Routey. Will Fowler nonetheless be spared if Mizu finds them? That’ll be the crux of the following season.

Now it’s over to you – do you need to see a second season of Blue Eye Samurai? Let us know within the feedback.

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