Kingdom Season 6 anime reveled the first full trailer and theme songs information, along with a new teaser visual and main staff. Studios Pierrot and Signpost are returning to animate, and the anime is set to premiere in October 2025. VIZ Media will begin releasing the manga in English in Fall 2025, coinciding with the new anime season.
The opening theme will be “Ikite, Sansan” by Ikimono-gakari, while the ending theme “Hoko” (Howl) will be performed by Sora Tomonari. Comments from both artists were also shared alongside the announcement. A preview of the opening song can be heard in the trailer below.
Comments From the Theme Songs Artists
Ikimono-gakari Comment
The manga Kingdom began its serialization in 2006, the same year Ikimono-gakari made its debut. Just like the main characters, Shin and Sei, who have soared forward with great strength, Kingdom has grown into a work known throughout Japan. We’ve watched its rise with admiration and excitement, as if watching the back of a great general. It is a true honor for us, Ikimono-gakari, to now be part of this great wave by contributing the anime’s theme song. We are reminded of the conversations we shared with author Hara-sensei since our debut, and from those memories, we created a song that is a hymn to those who live with all their might.
Sora Tomonari Comment
The battles in Kingdom are truly clashes of conviction against conviction.
To capture that intensity, we recorded everything from the clashing of armor to shouts and roars from scratch.
The lyrics include subtle references that evoke the historical setting and world of the story.
It’s a powerful song that conjures up images of thunderous roars and great armies charging across the battlefield.
Together with the sixth season of the anime, we hope you feel the resounding sounds of war in your chest.
I am deeply honored to have been entrusted with the ending theme.
Kingdom Season 6 Anime Staff
- Director: Kenichi Imaizumi
- Series Composition: Noboru Takagi
- Character Design: Hisashi Abe
- Art Director: Junichi Higashi
- Color Design: Miyuki Abe
- Director of Photography: 髙野 弘樹
- 3DCG Production: Dandelion Animation Studio
- Editing: Keisuke Yanagi
- Music: KOHTA YAMAMOTO / Hiroyuki Sawano
- Music Production: Avex Pictures
- Sound Director: Kazuzou Hamano
- Sound Production: Jinnan Studio
- Animation Production: Studio Pierrot / Studio Signpost
You can also see the new teaser visual below:
Additional Information & Background
Kenichi Imaizumi is returning to direct the series for Season 6, while returning cast members includes Jun Fukuyama as Ying Zheng, Masakazu Morita as Li Xin, and Rie Kugimiya as He Liao Diao. The latest cast additions for the fifth season included included Toshiyuki Morikawa, Daisuke Hirakawa and Koji Ishii.
Kingdom is a historical manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Hara. The story is set during China’s Warring States period (475–221 BCE) and is centered on Xin (Shin), a war orphan aiming to become a general under Ying Zheng (Ei Sei), the future First Emperor of China. The manga has over 110 million copies in circulation, as well numerous forms of adaptations.
The anime adaptation has released 132 episodes over 5 seasons so far. They are:
- Season 1 (2012): 38 episodes, Studio Pierrot, aired April–December 2012
- Season 2 (2013): 39 episodes, Studio Pierrot, aired June 2013–March 2014
- Season 3 (2021): 26 episodes, Studio Pierrot, Studio Signpost, aired April–October 2021 (delayed from 2020 due to COVID-19)
- Season 4 (2022): 26 episodes, Studio Pierrot, Studio Signpost, aired April–October 2022
- Season 5 (2024): 13 episodes, Studio Pierrot, Studio Signpost, aired January-March 2024
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: Kingdom Official Website
©Yasuhisa Hara / Shueisha / Kingdom Production Committee
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