Fans who tore through the freshly wrapped first season of Dragon Strikers got exactly the news they were hoping for: the animated series is coming back. Disney Plus used the stage at the 2026 Anime Expo to confirm that season 2 lands in 2027, and the surprise timing of the reveal sent the show’s community into overdrive.
If you missed the first run, here’s the short version of why it matters. Dragon Strikers is an epic sports-fantasy series created by Sylvain Dos Santos and Charles Lefebvre, produced by La Chouette Compagnie in association with Disney Television Animation. It blends the high-stakes, world-building energy that made shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender such a phenomenon with the adrenaline of competitive sport — a combination that has earned it the informal tag of an Avatar successor among viewers.
The Anime Expo announcement is notable not just for what it says, but for how it was delivered. Renewals are often teased quietly through a social post or a end-of-season stinger. Dropping the season 2 confirmation in front of a live convention crowd — one of the biggest anime gatherings on the calendar — is a statement that Disney sees real long-term potential here, not a one-and-done experiment.
What we know right now is deliberately lean:
- Show: Dragon Strikers
- Platform: Disney Plus
- Season 2 release: 2027
- Creators: Sylvain Dos Santos and Charles Lefebvre
- Studios: La Chouette Compagnie with Disney Television Animation
Beyond that, Disney is keeping its cards close. There’s no confirmed episode count, no trailer breakdown and no returning-cast list to pore over yet — and rather than speculate, it’s worth taking the win for what it is: a definite green light with a year attached.
The bigger picture is what makes this interesting. Disney Plus has spent the past couple of years widening its animation slate well beyond the classic family fare people associate with the brand, chasing the kind of serialized, lore-heavy storytelling that anime and Western prestige animation fans devour. A show that fuses sports drama with fantasy is a smart fit for that strategy — it has the momentum of a shonen tournament arc and the mythology of a fantasy epic, wrapped in a format built for binge viewing.
For now, the takeaway is simple. Season 1 stuck the landing, the fanbase is loud, and Disney answered with a 2027 return date announced on one of the anime world’s biggest stages. Expect the trailers, cast confirmations and premiere-date specifics to trickle out as that window gets closer — but the essential question, whether Dragon Strikers gets to keep playing, has already been answered.
