The anime adaptation of Konami’s classic RPG Suikoden II began streaming free on YouTube with English subtitles on October 6, with new episodes dropping every Tuesday. The series had already premiered in Japan on October 3 via Tokyo MX at 11:30 p.m. JST. Ani-One Asia has also licensed the anime for the region.

The YouTube stream is available in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Ireland, parts of Africa and the Middle East, as well as New Zealand and Australia. The full regional availability has been posted in English on the anime’s official X/Twitter account.

Story Synopsis

Konami describes the story as follows: the hero and his friend Jowy are members of the Unicorn Youth Brigade, a unit that took part in a prolonged border conflict between the Highland Kingdom and the City-States of Jowstown. A truce was signed between the two sides months prior, but beneath the fragile peace, the embers of a new war continue to smolder.

Voice Cast

• Toshiki Kumagai as Riliu
• Shimba Tsuchiya as Jowy
• Ayumi Hinohara as Nanami
• Katsuyuki Konishi as Viktor
• Yūichi Nakamura as Flik
• Taku Yashiro as Luca Blight
• Chika Anzai as Jillia Blight
• Akihiro Mine as Rowd
• Tsukino Chikasada as Pilika
• Ayumu Murase as Luc
• Takeo Ōtsuka as Shu
• Yoshino Aoyama as Apple
• Masato Niwa as Mukumuku
• Jun Kasama as Culgan
• Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Seed
• Megumi Han as Leknaat
• Shōta Hayama as Gengen
• Ryūnosuke Watanuki as Rikimaru
• Saya Hitomi as Rina
• Mizutama Umino as Eilie
• Yūsuke Sasaki as Bolgan
• Jin Yamanoi as Agares Blight
• Miyuki Sawashiro as Anabelle
• Kōdai Sakai as Jess

Staff

The anime is produced at KONAMI animation, the game company’s dedicated anime studio. Yūzō Satō (credited as YUZO on the English website) directs, while Ryō Hino of NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan serves as producer and production manager.

• Michihiro Tsuchiya (PriPara, ClassicaLoid) — series scripts supervisor
• Fumi Ishikawa (Konami Digital Entertainment) — game character designer
• Arata Suzuki (Konami Digital Entertainment) — original anime character design drafts
• Ryō Yamauchi (My Master Has No Tail; Please Put Them On, Takamine-san!) — anime character designer
• Yoshikazu Iwanami (Psycho-Pass, Ghost in the Shell Arise) — sound director
• Kōji Nakamura (EUREKA SEVEN AO, Ping Pong live-action film) — music composer

The Suikoden Franchise

Konami originally released Suikoden for PlayStation in 1995, with the sequel following in 1998. The franchise spans five mainline entries and five spinoff titles. In March 2025, Konami released Suikoden I&II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam.

Konami is also developing the new mobile and PC title Gensō Suikoden: Star Leap, which launched on iOS and Android in Japan on August 7. A Steam release is also planned, and the developers have confirmed the game will support English, French, German, Korean, and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional).