Shogun Season 2: Creators Tease Ambitious Plotlines and Monumental Battles

FX is officially making more Shogun. Creators Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo just sketched out what Season 2 looks like, and it sounds big: time jumps, love, war, and yes, giant battles. Also, do not expect it anytime soon.

What they said (and where)

Marks and Kondo talked up the follow-up during a Disney+ originals preview at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, as reported by Variety. The Emmy-winning series, led by Hiroyuki Sanada, is getting what Marks calls a straight-up saga this time. Kondo says they are venturing into 'deeper, more cavernous spaces' — which is a poetic way of saying they are digging into some heavy character stuff.

'Part 2 is, I would say, two things. Like the first season, I think part two is a really sweeping, beautiful, and you are never going to see it coming, entirely unexpected love story. It is also a story of war and the cost of war. There are battle sequences that we are putting together now in part two. I do not think you have ever seen anything like this kind of scale, this kind of tragedy, and this kind of humanity.'

The big swings for Season 2

• It deals with the aftermath of Season 1 but jumps ahead 10 years to catch up with everyone later in life.
• Marks, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, says it is both a sweeping, unexpected love story and a war story about what that war costs.
• They are building out large-scale battle sequences, with Marks promising scope, tragedy, and humanity at a level he says we have not seen on TV.
• He frames the new season as a saga first and foremost; Kondo hints the character work goes darker and deeper.
• Timeline reality check: production will take a while. Do not look for Season 2 to arrive a year after Season 1 — it will need more time.

The 10-year jump, explained

The time skip is not just a stylistic choice. Marks says the writers are using it to re-introduce the characters almost like we are meeting them for the first time — seeing what changed over a decade, what it cost them, and who they turned into. In other words, it is a clean way to reset the board without rebooting the show.