{"id":384796,"date":"2026-04-17T21:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/384796\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T21:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:31:08","slug":"first-look-at-season-2-of-hulus-record-emmy-winning-series-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/384796\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look At Season 2 of Hulu’s Record Emmy-Winning Series Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hulu may not be the first service that people think of when they imagine the top original programming on streaming, but it\u2019s quietly been climbing up in the prestige ranks with a few shows that have become major awards darlings \u2013 including one series that now holds the record for the most Primetime Emmy wins in a single year (18)<\/a>. Thanks to a shrewd move by FX and Hulu, the Emmy magnate is back in production on its next season. <\/p>\n

Sh\u014dgun Season 2 is now officially in production<\/a>, and we\u2019re getting our first look at it via a new social media video that\u2019s been posted by the network. Check that out below!<\/p>\n

Sh\u014dgun Season 2 First Look Revealed<\/p>\n

The video is a short teaser that features series producer and Emmy-winning lead actor Hiroyuki Sanda announcing that \u201cSh\u014dgun Season 2 is\u2026 In production.\u201d However, the teaser is formatted in the modern TikTok style: while Hiroyuki starts out in his civilian clothes, preparing things on set, the last line (\u201cIn production\u201d) cuts to him in full regalia as his character, Lord Yoshi Toranaga, the new Sh\u014dgun of Japan, after winning a deadly chess game of war and politics in Season 1. Wedged in between the two versions of Sanada is a sizzle reel of behind-the-scenes production footage, which teases how Sh\u014dgun<\/a> will once again be sparing no effort or expense to create the ancient world of feudal Japan. <\/p>\n

The production looks lavish and lovely, without a doubt. However, the pretty aesthetic isn\u2019t all viewers will need from Sh\u014dgun Season 2: The bigger risk will be getting the second season to have a story that is as deep, thrilling, and cohesive as Season 1. <\/p>\n

Sh\u014dgun Season 2 Is A Bold Gamble<\/p>\n

\"\"Fx-Hulu<\/p>\n

The story behind Sh\u014dgun\u2018s record-breaking sweep at the Emmys got a bit\u2026 murky. Sh\u014dgun was originally presented as a \u201climited series,\u201d which was based on the 1975 novel by author James Clavell \u2013 and that\u2019s exactly what we got. The TV series (from showrunners Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo) was regarded as a near-perfect adaptation of the book, from start to the big twist finish. However, FX-Hulu looked at a similar recent example (HBO\u2019s Watchmen, which swept every Emmys category available to the limited series category. That was a big win for HBO, that year, but since Watchmen didn\u2019t run for any additional seasons, and the Emmy and Golden Globes nominations were limited, it was a limited win for the network. <\/p>\n

When Sh\u014dgun was waiting on its awards season recognition, FX-Hulu decided to take a bold swing and announce that a second season of the show was in the works. That shifted Sh\u014dgun from a limited series to a regular series, opening the doors so that the show could compete across all major categories, which ultimately resulted in those record-breaking wins. <\/p>\n

\"\"Hiroyuki Sanda & Cosmo Jarvis in Sh\u014dgun Season 2 \/ Fx-Hulu<\/p>\n

At the same time, Sh\u014dgun Season 2 will be taking the bold step of continuing the story of Lord Toranaga as he tries to hold his seat of power as Sh\u014dgun of Japan. Clavell never wrote a sequel novel, so it will be uncharted territory, narratively speaking; however, Sh\u014dgun was a dramatic novel that was based on actual Japanese history, and the lead characters of Toranaga, English naval pilot John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis), and Lady Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai) were all based on real-life historical figures. SPOILERS Mariko died at the end of Season 1, but the Blackthorne lived and was seduced into Toranaga\u2019s service, as Toranaga secretly achieved his ruthless ascension to ultimate power. That\u2019s fertile ground for deeper character drama in Season 2, while history provides some pretty exciting accounts of what Toranaga had to contend with during his reign of power. <\/p>\n

Sh\u014dgun Season 2 is in production. Discuss all things TV with us on the ComicBook Forum<\/a>! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hulu may not be the first service that people think of when they imagine the top original programming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[251,156,4435,111,139,69,90889,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-384796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-hulu","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-shogun","15":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}