Anime “Touken Ranbu Kai -Kouden Burning Honnoji-” will start broadcasting from April 2024
It has been decided that the TV anime "Touken Ranbu Kai -Kouden Moyuru Honnoji-'' will begin broadcasting in April 2024. This work is a new anime based on the stage play "Touken Ranbu".
The original idea is the PC browser and smartphone app game "Touken Ranbu ONLINE." A sword training simulation game in which the player takes on the role of a priest, leading a group of "sword men" who have transformed famous swords into warriors, and fight to protect history.
DMM GAMES and Nitroplus teamed up to create "Touken Ranbu ONLINE,'' which has gained huge support since its service launch in January 2015 and was one of the causes of a nationwide sword boom. ・We have succeeded in numerous media mixes such as musicals, consumer games, stage plays, movies, and kabuki, and are taking the entertainment world by storm.
The stage play "Touken Ranbu" premiered in 2016, and 15 works have been performed so far, and it has become a popular series that captivates many audiences with its profound and heart-pounding story and powerful sword fight scenes.
The title of the new animation based on the script for the first work of the stage play "Touken Ranbu", for which an animation project had been announced, has been decided as "Touken Ranbu Kai -Kouden Moyuru Honnoji-" and will start broadcasting in April 2024. It becomes.
Ahead of the broadcast, the teaser PV for this work has been released. The film opens with Honnoji Temple engulfed in flames, and a number of swordsmen appear, centering around swords related to Oda Nobunaga, and the animation video dramatically tells the story of Nobunaga's feelings and conflicts.
Additionally, a teaser visual has been released, depicting the brave faces of the swordsmen with determined expressions against Honnoji Temple in the background.
In addition, the animation staff has also been released. As previously revealed, Kenichi Suemitsu, who has been writing and directing stage plays for many years, will also serve as the series composer and scriptwriter for this work, and the animation will be produced by Domerica (representative works: "Romantic Killer", " It has been revealed that The Animation will be in charge of the project.
Also, cast information has been released, and the same voice actors as the original game "Touken Ranbu ONLINE" will continue to provide character voices. Along with the character visuals, the main characters of this work are Kosuke Toriumi (playing Mikazuki Munechika), Tomoaki Maeno (playing Kunihiro Yamabagiri), Yuki Yasushi (playing Sozo Samonji), Daisuke Sakaguchi (playing Yukimitsu Fudo), and Tarusuke Aragaki. We have also received official comments from six voice actors, including (voice of Heshikiri Hasebe) and Seiichiro Yamashita (voice of Yagen Toshiro), expressing their thoughts on this work.
From today, the official website, official X, and official TikTok will be open, and we will continue to release the latest information.
What kind of story will the Honnoji Incident depicted in the anime be? Please pay attention to the broadcast from April 2024.