Kengan Ashura (ケンガンアシュラ) is a 2019 web anime series based on the manga series with the same name written and illustrated by Yabako Sandrovich's. It was serialized and published in Shogakukan's Ura Sunday Comics magazine from April 18, 2012 to August 9, 2018, with a total of 27 volumes.
The anime series was announced in May of 2015, in the magazine as part of the Ura Sunday fan poll on which series should receive an anime, to which Kengan Ashura won the poll. It was animated by Larx Entertainment, directed by Seiji Kishi, and released the first batch consisting of 12 episodes on Netflix on July 31, 2019, while the second batch with the final 12 episodes premiered on October 31, 2019. On March 24, 2022, it was announced that the series is receiving a second season and split into two parts, with the first part premiering on September 21, 2023, while the second part premiered on August 15, 2024.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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| Main Characters | |||
| Ohma Tokita | Tatsuhisa Suzuki | Kaiji Tang | |
| Erik Kimerer (young) | |||
| Kazuo Yamashita | Chō | Keith Silverstein | |
| Hideki Nogi | Jōji Nakata | Michael C. Pizzuto | |
| Kaede Akiyama | Yumi Uchiyama | Erika Harlacher | |
| Lihito | Hayato Kaneko | Jonah Scott | |
| Jun Sekibayashi | Tetsu Inada | Jake Green | |
| Cosmo Imai | Junya Enoki | Bryce Papenbrook | |
| Setsuna Kiryū | Daisuke Namikawa | Todd Haberkorn | |
| Takeshi Wakatsuki | Yasuyuki Kase | Griffin Puatu | |
| Recurring Characters | |||
| Sen Hatsumi | Ryuzo Hasuike | Christopher Corey Smith | |
| Ryo Inaba | Megumi Ogata | Johnny Yong Bosch | |
| Christine Marie Cabanos (young) | |||
| Hajime Hanafusa | Akira Ishida | Erik Kimerer | |
| Keizaburō Sawada | Sōichirō Hoshi | Bryce Papenbrook | |
| Julius Reinhold | Hiroshi Shirokuma | Michael Sorich | |
| Suekichi Kaneda | Koji Yusa | Erik Kimerer | |
| Naoya Ookubo | Katsuyuki Konishi | Jake Green | |
| Saw Paing Yoroizuka | Nobuyuki Hiyama | Erik Kimerer | |
| Minor Characters | |||
| Rei Mikazuchi | Daisuke Ono | Joe Hernandez | |
| Mokichi Robinson | Katsuki Murase | Adin Rudd | |
| Masaki Meguro | Noriyuki Kawamoto | Doug Erholtz | |
| Ren Nikaido | Chiharu Sawashiro | Kyle McCarley | |
| Takayuki Chiba | Takanori Hoshino | Todd Haberkorn | |
| Raian Kure | Yoshitsugu Matsuoka | Griffin Puatu | |
| Kaolan Wongsawat | Kenjirō Tsuda | Christopher Corey Smith (Season 1) | |
| Howard Wang (Season 2) | |||
| Haruo Kōno | Takahiro Mizushima | Alejandro Saab | |
| Seishu Akoya | Rikiya Koyama | Joe Ochman | |
| Muteba Gizenga | Taiten Kusunoki | Christopher Corey Smith | |
| Adam Dudley | Chado Horii | Todd Haberkorn | |
| Gozo Murobuchi | Kazuya Ichijō | Alejandro Saab | |
| Fūsui Kure | Misono Suzuki | Christine Marie Cabanos | |
| Urita Sukizō | Masayuki Katō | Stuart Krug | |
| ? (young) | Erika Harlacher (young) | ||
| Yohei Bando | Naomi Kusumi | Keith Silverstein | |
| Kokomi Yoshizawa | Ryōko Maekawa | Megan Buchholz | |
| Elena Robinson | Rina Hidaka | Reba Buhr | |
| Takerō Ushiroda | Eiichirō Tokumoto | Bob Buchholz | |
| Ryo Himuro | Masaaki Mizunaka | Joe Hernandez | |
| Rino Kurayoshi | Aki Toyosaki | Reba Buhr | |
| Nikaido Ren | Chiharu Sawashiro | Erik Kimerer | |
| Yoshirō Yoshitake | Kanehira Yamamoto | Doug Erholtz | |
| Yoshiko Togawa | Natsuko Kuwatani | Erika Harlacher | |
| Akira Nishihonji | Masaya Matsukaze | Jake Green | |
Additional Voices[]
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Notes[]
- Michael C. Pizzuto's first anime dub outside of Hong Kong.
- Megan Buchholz's first and so far only voice acting appearance.
- Howard Wang replaces Christopher Corey Smith as Kaplan Wongsawat in Season 2.
Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date | Category | Format | Content | Classification | Country | ||
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July 31, 2019 | Anime / Netflix Original Series |
Digital | Season 1 | 12 eps. | TV-14 | United States | 
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| October 31, 2019 | 12 eps. | |||||||
| September 21, 2023 | Season 2 | 12 eps. | ||||||
| August 15, 2024 | TBA | |||||||
See Also[]
- Baki Hanma VS Kengan Ashura
External Links[]
- Kengan Ashura at the Internet Movie Database.
- Kengan Ashura (ONA) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
- Kengan Ashura on Behind The Voice Actors.