Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress will mark the 10th anniversary of its TV broadcast in April, with the official launch of the “Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress 10th Anniversary Project.” The project’s theme, “Kabaneri’s Ten-Year Journey,” will look back on the series’ decade-long history through several commemorative initiatives.
As part of the announcement, comments were released from Tasuku Hatanaka (Ikoma), Sayaka Senbongi (Mumei), and director Tetsuro Araki.
Hatanaka said, “I truly feel like I’ve spent such a dense and long time with this work. If possible, I’d love to see Ikoma and Mumei once again.”
Senbongi commented, “Even after the broadcast ended, many people continued to bring up Kabaneri, and every time it made me feel proud. What I experienced on set back then became my foundation and has supported me through these past ten years.”
Director Araki reflected on the origins of the series, saying, “It started as a project I launched from my small desk, praying that it would reach people. I remember searching to see if the word ‘Kabaneri’ already existed and pumping my fist when nothing came up.”
To commemorate the project’s launch, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato will air on Fuji TV at 12:45 a.m. on March 6 (Kanto region). This will mark the film’s first terrestrial television broadcast. Originally released in 2019, the film continues the story after the TV series. It is also available on Netflix as a 3-part release.
Starting on April 4, the “Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress TV Broadcast 10th Anniversary Campaign” will be held at the Noitamina Shop & Cafe Theater in Aqua City Odaiba. The campaign will feature special in-store exhibits, new anniversary illustrations used for merchandise, limited collaboration menu items, and revival screenings of fan-voted anime episodes.
The official radio program “Kabaneri Tours,” originally streamed during the 2016 broadcast, will also return for a limited time. It will be played exclusively in-store during the latter half of the campaign period.
Araki also noted that the project became especially meaningful to him because Hatanaka and Senbongi later married in real life. He said that watching the two during recording influenced how he tuned their characters, and that he believes something genuine was captured in the finished work. While acknowledging that not everything in production went perfectly, he described the series as a treasure he intends to continue cherishing.
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress is set in Hinomoto, an island nation in the Far East during the transition from the early modern to modern era, where humanity fights against the Kabane, immortal monsters that spread rapidly. The TV anime by WIT Studio aired in 2016, followed by compilation films in late 2016 and early 2017, and the sequel film The Battle of Unato in 2019.
Source: Oricon
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