Written and illustrated by the anime adaptation of the manga through the official website Satoru Noda, Golden Kamuy, it has been announced that the series will have a fourth season. In addition, some changes have been announced for the production of this sequel, the most important of which is the study change for animation. Geno Studiowho was responsible for the first three seasons of the anime will be replaced by the studios Brain base. The premiere date for this fourth season will be announced shortly.
The first promotional image for the sequel has also been released.
Production team
- Shizutaka Sugahara (D-Ask!) will direct the series in the studios Brain base, substitute Hitoshi Nanba.
- Noboru Takagi He will resume his role from the last three seasons to write and supervise the scripts.
- Takumi Yamakawa is the new character designer and replaces Kenichi Ohnuki.
Noda started publishing the manga through the magazine Weekly young jump from the publisher Shueisha since August 2014. The publisher published the twenty-seventh anthology in September 2021 and will publish volume number 28 on December 17th. The work entered its final story arc since last July.
The work inspired a three-season anime adaptation that, to date, includes thirty-six episodes and four OVAs, produced by Geno Studio Headed by Hitoshi Nanba and scripts written by Noboru Takagi. The three seasons, each with twelve episodes, premiered in Japan in April 2018, October 2018 and October 2020.
Summary of Golden Kamuy
In the early 1900s, Saichi Sugimoto searched relentlessly for gold in Hokkaido after the Russo-Japanese War. The former soldier, nicknamed “Sugimoto the Immortal” for his death-defying actions in combat, is looking for happiness to fulfill a promise he made to his best friend before his death: to support his family, especially his widow, who have to be treated abroad for their poor eyesight. One day a drunk lad tells Sugimoto the story of a man who murdered an Ainu group and stole a fortune in gold. Before he was arrested by the police, he was hiding the gold somewhere in Hokkaido. The only clue of his whereabouts is the coded card he tattooed on the corpses of his cellmates in exchange for a share of the treasure in case they escape and find him.
Sugimoto doesn’t think much about the story until he discovers the drunk’s corpse with the same tattoos that are described in the story. But before he can collect his thoughts, Sugimoto approaches a grizzly bear, the man’s killer, determined to end his meal. He is rescued by a young Ainu named Asirpa, whose father turned out to be one of the Ainu killed. With Asirpa’s hunting skills and Sugimoto’s survival instincts, the two agree to join forces and find the hidden treasure: one to conquer what was rightfully their village and the other to fulfill the dying wish of their friend.
Source: Anime website
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