The highly anticipated “Sai-Kyo-Oh! Zukan: The Ultimate Tournament,” the sequel to “Sai-Kyo-Oh! Zukan: The Ultimate Battles,” is slated to premiere on April 6 on TV Tokyo and its affiliates. Based on Gakken’s popular children’s book series, this new anime promises even more exciting battles between various creatures.
Anime Details
Premiere Date
The anime will premiere on April 6, 2025.
Based on Popular Books
“Sai-Kyo-Oh! Zukan” is based on a series of children’s books by Gakken, boasting over 5.4 million copies in circulation. The series pits animals and dinosaurs against each other in a tournament.
Setting
The setting of the new anime is “Sai-Kyō-Jima” (The Ultimate Island), a mysterious isolated island with countless unexplored battlefields from wildernesses and rocky crags to forests, ice fields, and caverns. Here, players from various species such as otherwise extinct animals, bugs, and dinosaurs wage tournament-style battles, all to lay claim to the title of the strongest. Besides previously introduced creatures such as the Tyrannosaurus, Purussaurus, lion, and Hercules beetle, the new anime adds more species which battle to be the ultimate one, such as marine creatures and dragons.
Staff
The talented staff behind “Sai-Kyo-Oh! Zukan: The Ultimate Tournament” includes:
- Chief Director: Kunihiko Yuyama
- Director: Makoto Satō
- Series Composition: Shinji Sato
- Character Design: Imaitoonz
- Sound Director: Kisuke Koizumi
- Music: Yasuharu Takanashi, Johannes Nilson, Team-MAX
Kunihiko Yuyama also served as the chief director for the first TV anime.
Theme Songs
- Opening Theme: Victory Song ~ The Strongest, Invincible Number One (勝利の歌～最強無敵ナンバーワン) by ROF-MAO
- Ending Theme: ARE YOU READY? by Hayato Kagami
Previous Anime
The first television anime, “Sai-Kyo-Oh! Zukan: The Ultimate Battles,” premiered on January 6, 2024, within the Iniminimanimo program on TV Tokyo. It ran for 50 episodes, with the final episode airing on December 14, 2024. Yoshihisa Kawahara starred as Mr. Most in the first anime. The anime is directed by Kunihiko Yuyama at OLM Digital.
