TOUGEN ANKI: Nikko Kegon Falls Arc Sets October 2 Premiere — New Trailer Adds Three Cast Members

TOUGEN ANKI’s second season now has a firm premiere date. A new trailer and key visual, released September 19, 2026, confirm the Nikko Kegon Falls Arc begins broadcasting in Japan on October 2 — and adds three new voice cast members playing characters aligned with the story’s rival Momotaro faction.

The Date, Time and Where It Airs

The Nikko Kegon Falls Arc premieres Friday, October 2, 2026, at 11:30 p.m. JST, on Nippon Television’s late-night “Friday Anime Night” (Fura Ani) block, broadcasting across a 30-station nationwide network in Japan. BS Nippon TV picks it up separately on Mondays at 11:30 p.m. starting October 5. Official material describes this as the show’s second season, paired with the Nikko Kegon Falls Arc subtitle — not a rebrand that drops the arc-naming convention the first season used.

Two special edited recap broadcasts air just ahead of the premiere: a Kyoto Arc recap on September 30 and a Nerima Arc recap on October 1, both airing in the same late-night slot. Multiple Japanese outlets report this season is airing as a split two-cour production — the first cour runs from the October premiere, with a second cour set to begin in April 2027. Treat that April date as the current plan rather than a locked schedule; TOUGEN ANKI’s official site hasn’t published an episode count or exact split point.

Worldwide Streaming, Minus Japan and China

Crunchyroll confirmed it will stream the Nikko Kegon Falls Arc worldwide, excluding Japan and China, alongside same-window availability on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Rakuten Viki and a range of other regional platforms. In Japan itself, the arc streams day-and-date across ABEMA, dアニメストア, U-NEXT and other domestic services alongside the NTV broadcast. No exact international premiere time beyond “day-and-date with the Japanese broadcast” has been detailed for most of those platforms.

Three New Cast Members, All on the Momotaro Side

The new trailer confirms three additions to the cast, all playing members of the Momotaro Institution — the organization opposing protagonist Shiki Ichinose’s Oni-blood side in the story’s long-running conflict:

• Kenichi Suzumura as Kusabi Momoura
• Yuki Kaji as Hizumi Momotsugi
• Kisho Taniyama as Senritsu Momoo

Official material confirms their organizational affiliation and casting but doesn’t detail their specific roles, powers or how they factor into the Nikko Kegon Falls story beyond that. Don’t read more into their significance than the cast reveal itself confirms — footage of new characters in a trailer isn’t the same as confirmation of their plot function.

New Theme Songs

The opening theme is “BACKLASH,” performed by Hiromitsu Kitayama, and the ending theme is “Hand in Hand” (手と手), performed by TRACK15 — both newly confirmed alongside the trailer and key visual.

What the New Key Visual and Trailer Show

The new key visual centers Shiki surrounded by dark, blood-red tendril imagery consistent with the series’ established oni-transformation visual language, continuing the tone set by the first season rather than signaling a visual overhaul. Beyond confirming the new cast, theme songs and October 2 date, the trailer itself hasn’t been independently verified against a specific official upload at the time of writing — treat visible character appearances in promotional material as confirming their presence in the new arc, not as confirmation of specific plot events, alliances, or outcomes involving them.

Quick Context: Where the Story Picks Up

TOUGEN ANKI follows Shiki Ichinose, a high schooler who learns he carries the blood of the “oni” after a sudden attack by members of the “Momotaro” faction — descendants of the mythic Momotaro locked in a millennia-long conflict against oni-blooded humans. The manga, written and illustrated by Yuki Urushibara, has been serialized in Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shonen Champion and has surpassed 6.5 million copies in circulation. The Nikko Kegon Falls Arc follows directly from the Kyoto and Nerima arcs covered in the first season, which is why NTV is airing recap broadcasts of both just before the new arc begins.

Director Ato Nonaka returns behind the camera, with Yukie Sugawara handling series composition, Kohta Yamamoto composing the score, and Studio Hibari again handling animation.

What’s Still Unconfirmed

An exact episode count for the first cour, the precise split point before the confirmed April 2027 second-cour start, and the new Momotaro-side characters’ specific roles in the story remain unannounced. Treat all of those as open questions rather than settled facts until TOUGEN ANKI’s official channels confirm them directly.

For more of the current anime slate heading into October, see our coverage of Black Clover Season 2’s October 3 release date and Suikoden’s own October 3 premiere and third trailer.