The crossover anime film BAKI HANMA VS KENGAN ASSHURA has revealed its first trailer, along with new key visuals, theme song, and all the competitors. The anime will premiere on Netflix on June 6. In addition to Baki and Ohma, we will see Saw Paing Yoroizuka vs Kaoru Hanyama, as well as Raian Kure vs Jack Hammer. The theme song is “Fly High” by Atarashi Gakko and you can check out the new trailer below.
BAKI HANMA VS KENGAN ASSHURA – First Anime movie trailer
The crossover anime film was announced at this year's Anime Japan 2024 event. The new key image shows off all the fighters and you can also check it out below.
Introducing Hanma Baki
Keisuke Itagaki wrote and illustrated the original Hanma Baki manga. The story was published in Weekly Shonen Champion from 1991 to 1999 and collected into 42 volumes. There are 3 subsequent manga series, Baki, Baki Hanma and Baki-Dou, all published in the same magazine. Finally, a fifth series, also titled Baki-Dou (but romanized differently), began in October 2018 and was recently confirmed to receive its own anime adaptation.
The latest reboot began in 2018 with Baki, which ran for 26 episodes and was animated by Double Eagle and TMS Entertainment. Baki: The Great Raitai Tournament Saga followed in spring 2020. Baki Hanma (also known as Baki: Son of Ogre) is the third part of the reboot, and Baki Hanma Season 2 aired immediately after the first season .
Introducing Kengan Ashura
The Kengan Ashura manga series is written by Yabako Sandrovich and illustrated by Daromeon. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan's Ura Sunday magazine from 2012 to 2018. The Kengan Omega sequel by the same author/artist duo began in 2019 and is still ongoing.
The first anime season was produced by LARX Entertainment and streamed on Netflix across two 12-episode seasons in 2019. Directed by Seiji Kishi, character designs by Kazuaki Morita. Makoto Uezu is responsible for composing the series, while Yasuharu Takanashi composes the music. The second part released the first part in September 2023 and the second part is scheduled to release in August this year.
Netflix is streaming both shows so it makes sense that they would also stream HANMA BAKI VS KENGAN ASSHURA anime collaboration.
Source: Netflix on X
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© Keisuke Itagaki (Akita Shoten)/Baki Hanma Production Committee
© Yabako Sandorovich, Daromeon, Shogakukan/Kengan-kai