Ranking of Kings
A deaf prince who cannot lift a sword, in a picture-book style that hides how hard the series hits.
Ranking of Kings kept one opening title sequence, 101 seconds long, across season 2.
At 101 seconds, it opens well above the 58-second median for animation sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on Fuji TV in 2021, when Beastars and The Promised Neverland were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 2
101sPosted by Crunchyroll. This is the second cour's opening — Vaundy's "Naked Hero" — which is the one Crunchyroll posted; the first has not been found with credits.
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