Golden Kamuy OVAs now streaming on Crunchyroll

SUMMARY

• Golden Kamuy rose to popularity in Japan and features a diverse and older readership.
• The film adaptation drew attention to Ainu culture and history.
• Crunchyroll recently added 5 new OVA episodes while waiting for news about the fifth and final season.

Golden Kamuy was recently popularized by Young Jump (YJ) magazine, the “Shonen Jump for adults”, in the sense that they are both published by Shueisha, are the largest magazines in their respective divisions and share a similar marketing strategy (it is the same magazine . Oshi no Ko is serialized).

Young Jump Gory and more “serious” content may be serialized, but not all titles will be. Some may be mistaken for shounen or even shoujo (sometimes it happens with Kaguya-sama: Love is wardifferent YJ blue).

In any case, Golden Kamuy hit, and although there is no news about the fifth and final season so far (it was announced in July 2023), Crunchyroll recently added 3 OVAs to their catalog. Apart from the last one there are 2 episodes each, so there are 5 new episodes to watch. The OVA is titled “The Bodyguard of Barato / Terror! The Mysterious Giant Bird”, “Love made me escape from prison / a terrifying battle with a deadly poison! a giant snake in the Hokkaido desert!” SY “Monsters.”

These OVAs were released from 2018 to 2019. There is another episode, “Shiton Animal Record”, which has not come to the service so far. With the news Golden Kamuy content, the service also helped Kizumonogatari: Koyomi Vamp SY The Concierge movie of the same day.

Stories Featuring the Ainu

His popularity exploded in Japan

Golden Kamuywritten by Satoru Noda, was published from 2014 to 2022, totaling 31 volumes. The main character, Saichi Sugimoto, is a war veteran who fought in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), which resulted in a massive victory for Japan (and a crushing blow to the Russian tsar), gave way to the Japanese. sovereignty over Manchurian territory (although Manchuria was still officially considered a Chinese territory, Japan received special rights).

After the war, Sugimoto goes to Hokkaido, where he goes with Asirpa, an Ainu girl, in search of a hidden treasure. The story is fictional, but Noda studied the real history of Hokkaido during this period (Meiji Era. 1868-1912) and connected this political background to the story. So the author tries to portray the Ainu people, a minority group native to northern Japan, in a real and accurate way. For example, the story features Abashiri Prison, a very violent prison where the inmates are both criminals and political prisoners.

The anime adaptation helped increase the popularity of the series in Japan, bringing a sudden focus on the Ainu culture, which is a good thing considering the oppression they faced. Currently four seasons have been aired: season 1 and 2 aired in 2018, season 3 aired in 2022 and season 4 started in 2022.

Studio Basics of the brain (For eternity) directed the final season, replacing Geno Studio, which animated seasons 1-3. Shizutaka Sugahara also took over as director, replacing Hitoshi Nanba in the previous season. The series also spawned a live-action film adaptation.

The fifth and last
Golden Kamuy
The first distribution of the season has yet to be announced. The series is available on Crunchyroll.

Source: ANN