“The Heike Story” is made into a TV animation for the first time by Aoi Yuki, Takahiro Sakurai and others!

“The Heike Story” is made into a TV animation for the first time by Aoi Yuki, Takahiro Sakurai and others! Pre-delivered on FOD from September 15th & terrestrial broadcasting from January 2022!
September 03, 2021 10:010
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“The Heike Story” is made into a TV animation for the first time by Aoi Yuki, Takahiro Sakurai and others! Pre-delivered on FOD from September 15th & terrestrial broadcasting from January 2022!
The TV anime “The Heike Story” will be broadcast on Fuji TV “+ Ultra” and others from January 2022, and it will be pre-distributed on FOD from September 15th this month. PV, cast, staff, etc. were announced at once.

The Tale of the Heike, which was handed down by Biwa Hoshi and had a great influence on the literature and theater of posterity, is a great classic that depicts the prosperity and downfall of the Heike. Based on the overwhelming narrative translated by Hideo Furukawa, it will be made into a TV animation for the first time by an elite creator.

As the main character and storyteller, Biwa Hoshi, this work features the original anime character “Biwa” (CV. Aoi Yuki). Taira no Kiyomori (CV. Tessho Genda)’s eldest son Shigemori (CV. Takahiro Sakurai) and his sister Tokuko (CV. Saori Hayami) and other Heike people interact with “Biwa”. We will develop “The Heike Story” as a group image drama of people who lived hard while being at the mercy of the times, not just historical facts.
It is also noteworthy that famous talented voice actors such as Natsuki Hanae and Yuki Kaji are listed.

The staff also announced. The director is Naoko Yamada, and the series composition and screenplay is Reiko Yoshida. Fumiko Takano, a manga artist, is in charge of her first draft animation character.
Music by Kensuke Ushio, animation production “Don’t touch the video lab!” Won the 24th Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Division Grand Prize, and in early summer 2022 theatrical animation “Inu-Oh” (Original: Hideo Furukawa, director: Masaaki Yuasa) will be working on Science SARU, which is about to be released in theaters.

[Public PV]

Prior to the terrestrial broadcasting in January 2022, the TV anime “The Heike Story” will be pre-exclusively distributed every Wednesday from 24:00 to FOD from September 15th (Wednesday) this month! Overseas, it will be distributed worldwide simultaneously with Funimation and bilibili.
Pay attention to the taiga animation “The Heike Story” by elite creators.

《The voice of the bell of Jetavana, the sound of various acts, the color of the flowers of the sal tree, and the reason for the desperation of the prosperous people》
The end of the Heian period. The Heike Ichimon was trying to reach its peak in all aspects of power, armed force, and financial power.
Taira no Shigemori, a man with eyes that can see the dead, meets Biwa, a girl of Biwa Hoshi who has eyes that can see the future, and it is predicted that “you will soon perish.”
From aristocratic society to samurai society-The turbulent 15 years of Japan’s historic transformation begin.

Certainly, I wanted to seriously face the important story of the living people.

I thought “The Tale of the Heike” was an endless existence like the universe, but it was a very colorful and really affectionate work. I hope you will feel at ease in your heart.
Thank you.
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Anime official website: HEIKE-anime.asmik-ace.co.jp
Anime official Twitter account: @heike_anime

Work information

■ TV anime “The Heike Story”
・ Started broadcasting in January 2022 on Fuji TV “+ Ultra” and others.
・ Pre-exclusive delivery from 24:00 on September 15, 2021 (Wednesday) on FOD

• Broadcast and distribution dates and times are subject to change.

Aoi Yuki
Takahiro Sakurai
Saori Hayami
Tetsuaki Genda
Shigeru Chiba
Kikuko Inoue
Miyu Irino
Yumiko Kobayashi
Nobuhiko Okamoto
Natsuki Hanae
Ayumu Murase
Koutaro Nishiyama
Nobuyuki Hiyama
Subaru Kimura
Yu Miyazaki
Inori Minase
Tomokazu Sugita
Kaji Yuki

Original: Translated by Hideo Furukawa “Natsuki Ikezawa = Personal Editing Complete Works of Japanese Literature 09 Heike Monogatari” published by Kawade Shobo Shinsha
Director: Naoko Yamada
Screenplay: Reiko Yoshida
Character draft: Fumiko Takano
Music: Kensuke Ushio
Animation production: Science SARU
Character design: Takashi Kojima
Art Director: Tomotaka Kubo
Video director: Shotaro Imai
Color design: Ken Hashimoto
Cinematographer: Kazuto Izumida
Edited by: Kiyoshi Hirose
Sound Director: Eriko Kimura
Sound effects: Hiromune Kurahashi (Otonarium)
History supervision: Yoshihiko Sata
Supervised by Biwa: Yukihiro Goto

(C) “The Heike Story” Production Committee