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The synopsis and advance scene cuts for the second episode of the TV anime "Jigokuraku" have been released.

Based on the popular manga series by Yuji Kaku, which was serialized in "Shonen Jump+" (13 volumes) and has been a great sensation. Sentenced to death, the strongest Shinobi, Gebaimaru, and other "sinners" fight together with the "executioner of beheadings" who watches over them, in order to return alive from an island infested with unknown creatures. MAPPA is in charge of animation production.

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The second episode of the TV anime "Jigokuraku", which will air on April 8 (Sat) on the TV Tokyo network and other networks, has been released with a synopsis and scene cuts.

Synopsis and scene cuts
Episode 2 "Sorting and Choosing
In order to obtain the elixir of immortality, Gabaimaru and the dead criminals are gathered by the Shogunate. What awaits them is a killing spree in the name of selection. On the battlefield, Sagiri tries to find out whether Gabaimaru is truly a villain who should be killed or not.

Production Information
TV animation "Jigokuraku

＜Broadcast Information
From April 1: Every week (Sat.) from 23:00 on TV Tokyo affiliate and others
From April 4: Every Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. on AT-X
(Repeat broadcasts: Every Thursday at 9:00 p.m. / Every Monday at 3:00 p.m.)
From April 13: Every Thursday at 24:05 on TV Wakayama
From April 20: on TV U Fukushima (TUF, TBS), every Thursday from 25:28

<Distribution information
Prime Video, NETFLIX, Hikari TV, and Lemino will distribute the program every Saturday from 24:00.
Lemino service will start on April 12, 2023. Hikari TV members can continue to watch on Lemino.

<Staff> Original story by Yuji Karai
Original Story: "Jigokuraku" by Yuji Garai (Shueisha Jump Comics)
Director : Kaori Makita
Series Composition : Kazuaki Kaneda
Character Design : Kohji Hisaki
Music: Yoshiaki Dewa
Animation Producer: Tsune Kawagoe
Production: MAPPA
Planning: Twin Engine
Original Cooperation: Shonen Jump + Editorial Department

Opening Theme: "W●RK" millennium parade × Sheena Ringo (Sony Music Labels)

<Cast
Gabaimaru: Chiaki Kobayashi
Yamada Asaemon Sagiri: Hanamori Yumiri
Asa Eulogyubei: Ryohei Kimura
Yamada Asaemon Kirima: Kensho Ono
Yuzuri Yuzuri: Riyo Takahashi
Yamada Asaemon Shien: Chikahiro Kobayashi
Yamada Asaemon Noritza: Yusuke Kobayashi
Nurgai: Makoto Koichi
Tamiya Gantensai: Toru Inada
Yamada Asamon Tsukechi: Ichikawa Aoi
Yamada Asaemon Sentaku: Yamashita Daiki
and others

＜Synopsis
The time is the end of the Edo period.
Gebaimaru, formerly the strongest Shinobi in Ishikakure, is taken prisoner as a loose Ninja and becomes a mortal criminal,
He is told that he will be exonerated if he brings back "the elixir of immortality" from an island rumored to be the paradise of the Pure Land.
In order to reunite with his beloved wife, Gabaimaru heads for the island where the elixir is said to be located, together with the beheading executioner "Yamada Asaemon Sagiri".
When they land on the island, they are confronted by a group of dead criminals who are also in search of the elixir.
They are also confronted by unknown creatures lurking on the island, artificial and eerie stone statues, and the Immortals who rule the island. ......
Can Gabaimaru find the elixir and return home alive on this mysterious island?

Original story information
Serialized in "JUMP+" since 2018, to be completed in January 2021.
Now on sale
Comics "Jigokuraku" 13 volumes
Official fan book "Jigokuraku: Daitai shinsho" (A new book about the dissolution of Jigokuraku)
Official novelization "Jigokuraku Uta kata no yume

© Yuji Garai/Shueisha, Twin Engine, MAPPA