Golden Kamuy Live-Action Sequel Comes In An Unexpected Format
The Golden Kamuy live-action series already being produced could hint at the entire manga being adapted much faster than anticipated.
The successful Golden Kamuy live-action will finally get a sequel after only a year of release.
Except, not in film form.
On January 22, 2025, it was revealed that a sequel to the Golden Kamuy film is coming to Netflix in February 6 but it will be in the form of a drama series.
“Golden Kamuy” Drama Series is coming to Netflix in English on Feb 6!
Direct sequel to the Live-Action Movie (available on Netflix too)pic.twitter.com/UV4CLvHLBg
— Manga Mogura RE (Anime & Manga News) (@MangaMoguraRE) January 22, 2025
Will this mean that all chapters of the manga will be adapted into live-action?
Since the film debuted to Netflix on May 2024, the pace of this news is surprisingly swift, although
The first film directed by Shigeaki Kubo adapted the first three arcs of the Golden Kamuy manga, spanning over 20 chapters.
Satoru Noda, the original author, supervised the scripting process to ensure the film did not deviate from the manga.
About Golden KamuyÂ
Written and illustrated by Satoru Noda, Golden Kamuy manga was first serialized on for Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump on August 21, 2014 and ended on April 28, 2022, reaching 31 volumes.
Golden Kamuy was later adapted into an anime that currently has 4 seasons with 49 episodes and 4 Original Video Animations (OVAs).
The first three seasons and all 4 OVAs were produced by Geno Studio and began airing on April 9, 2018 and ended on December 21, 2020
Season 4 would be produced by Brain’s Base (Baccano! and To Your Eternity Season 1) under most of the same staff from previous seasons, beginning release on October 3, 2023.
However, the season would take an abrupt break on November 7, 2022 due to the loss of a significant staff member and thus ending the season on its 6th episode.
Season 4 returned on April 3, 2023 and ended on June 26, 2023 for a total of 13 episodes, as opposed to 12 like previous seasons.
There is no update on the Final Season of Golden Kamuy, which was announced in June 2023 to be in production.
The anime has adapted 244 chapters, leaving only 70 chapters and its last three arcs to adapt.
Golden Kamuy is the story of Saichi Sugimoto, a veteran of the Russo-Japanese War of 1905, and his journey with a young Ainu girl named Asirpa as they look for the 24 Abashiri convicts who had tattooed skins containing pieces of a map that would lead them to a treasure full of gold.
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