Bad news, Blue Eye Samurai fans! We've got a long while yet to wait before Netflix's hit anime series returns for its second season.
In a new interview with Collider, creators Michael Green, Amber Noizumi, Jane Wu and Myron Nettinga suggested that the show's new batch of six episodes won't be ready until 2026 – and that's just a "fondest hope". The quartet went on to say that elaborate, animated productions such as this one cost a lot and take time to make, and that they're not willing to compromise the quality by rushing the process.
"We're in panic mode right now because we still have a schedule and we still have a budget, and we're trying to get all that to talk to each other," explained Wu. "We're in the beginnings of production and getting it started, and everything else is in the planning stages."
Netflix subscribers are no strangers when it comes to waiting long periods between instalments of their favorite shows. As it stands, Stranger Things fans are looking at a three-year gap between season 4 and the fantasy horror's upcoming fifth and final season. Viewers of Mindhunter and Russian Doll have experienced similar delays in the past.
