Kingdom Season 5 revealed a new key visual along with a January 6, 2024 premiere date. Pierrot and St.Signpost are animating the sequel to the popular series, which unveiled its first key visual in July.
Additional cast has also been revealed and includes Kentaro Ito as Kanki, Haruka Nagamine as Kokuou, Kenji Nomura as Raido, and Motoki Sakuma as Maron.
Kenichi Imaizumi directed the 4th season, which aired last year. Noboru Takagiwas in charge of the series composition, while Hisashi Abe was credited with character designs. Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto composed the music. The main cast from the previous seasons is returned:
Kingdom is based on a shounen manga by Yasuhisa Hara, which started serialization in Weekly Young Jump in 2006. It currently has 708 chapters and 62. Sui Ishida, Tokyo Ghoul author, was involved in the project as Hara’s assistant. The anime adaptation by Pierrot and IKIF+ premiered in 2012. Pierrot animated the second season and was joined by St. Signpost on the third. The anime adaptation has had 129 episodes so far. Although it’s a long-running series the manga still hasn’t been licensed in English, but it has been officially licensed in French.
Crunchyroll is streaming the series and describes the plot as:
Shin and Hyou are war-orphans in the kingdom of Qin. They dream of proving themselves on the battlefield until the day Hyou is captured by a minister. The boy manages to escape and return to his village, but he is badly injured. Shin then meets a mysterious youth who bears an eerie resemblance to Hyou—a boy who will one day become emperor!
Source: Official Website
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