One Piece-Level Epic Locks In Season 2 Release Date, Key Visuals Unveiled

If you were waiting for Gabimaru to get another shot at surviving that cursed island, good news: we finally have a date on the calendar. After the Season 2 announcement back at Jump Festa 2025 (which, yes, happened in December 2024 because event naming is chaos), the Hell's Paradise team has locked the premiere and dropped a fresh visual to prove it.

So, when does Season 2 drop?

Hell's Paradise Season 2 premieres in Japan on Sunday, January 11, 2026, at 11:45 p.m. on TV Tokyo and its affiliate stations. MAPPA is back on animation duties. The official site and X account rolled out a new key visual alongside the date.

"I will survive and leave this island."

There is a small programming quirk worth flagging: streaming in Japan kicks off 30 minutes after the TV broadcast. The tweet calls it 24:15 every Sunday, which is just how Japanese TV lists 12:15 a.m. on Monday. Same night, just past midnight.

Where to watch it

• Japan broadcast: TV Tokyo and affiliates, January 11, 2026 at 11:45 p.m. JST
• Japan streaming: Prime Video, Netflix, and Lemino begin weekly at 24:15 (12:15 a.m. Monday), roughly 30 minutes after the TV airing
• International: Crunchyroll will stream Season 2 outside Asia, including the Americas, Europe, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand (same setup as Season 1)
• Asia-Pacific: Netflix will stream the season in APAC countries, except Australia, New Zealand, and China

New faces you should know

The fresh key art also spotlights four new members of the Yamada clan arriving in Season 2: Shugen, Jikka, Kiyomaru, and Isuzu. Expect them to matter.

Quick refresher and what Season 2 is actually tackling

If you need a reset: Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku follows Gabimaru the Hollow, a lethal shinobi from Iwagakure who gets sentenced to execution after trying to ditch his old life. He repeatedly survives his own execution because, well, he is built different. He then gets one shot at freedom: go to the island of Shinsenkyo, find the Elixir of Life, bring it back to the shogun, and somehow not die in the process.

Season 2 pushes deeper into Shinsenkyo, which is where the series gets gnarlier: tougher enemies, bigger reveals about what the island really is, and the truth behind the Elixir. The group also has to deal with Lord Tensen, the island's top predator, while uncovering Shinsenkyo's origins and purpose. Short version: the danger spikes, and the lore opens up.

The hype check (and where to read)

Season 1 punched above its weight in 2023 and built a serious fanbase. If you want to catch up, Season 1 is currently on Crunchyroll. Manga readers can find Hell's Paradise via Viz Media.

For the scorekeepers: IMDb has it at 8.1, and MyAnimeList sits at 8.08. With Season 2 landing in January 2026, we will see if it can match the first season's heat. I am betting on it. You?