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With a tease that a big announcement was coming, the Nippon Sangoku manga confirmed an anime adaptation was in the works in January 2026. The property began in 2021 by Matsuki Ikka as serialized through Ura Sunday for Shogakukan. The series has six volumes out so far, with the most recent out in November 2024. Ikka had made their debut in 2020 with Bukuro Kicks and this is their second series.
With an April 5th premiere date, along with confirmation that Prime Video picked it up for streaming worldwide outside of Japan, the latest update has the production bringing out the first preview of the 8th episode ahead of its May 24th, 2026, debut.
The project has set Kazuaki Terasawa as the director with animation production at Studio Kafka. Takahiko Abiru is on board for the character designs.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Kenshō Ono as Aoteru Misumi
- Asami Seto as Saki Higashimachi
- Takashi Nagasako as Denki Taira
- Megumi Han as the Narrator
- Jun Fukuyama as Yoshitsune Asama
- Kazuhiro Yamaji as Mitsuhide Ryūmon
- Yūichi Nakamura as Yasuaki Kaku
- Taihi Kimura as Fuji III
- Minami Tsuda as Ōga Wajima
- Kenyu Horiuchi
- Shuichiro Umeda
- Shunsuke Sakuya
- Ayumu Murase
The ending theme song is “Chikai” as performed by Leina.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: In a near-future Japan where civilization has regressed due to nuclear war, natural disasters, and corrupt governance. The nation fractures into three, plunging into a new Three Kingdoms era as each vies for supremacy. Aoteru Misumi, once an obscure local bureaucrat, sets his sights on the reunification of Japan. Armed with vast knowledge and exceptional eloquence, he steadily rises. The legend of the man later known as the prodigious strategist begins now.
Previous promos and visuals:
© 松木いっか/小学館 / 日本三國製作委員会
© 松木いっか/小学館 / 日本三國製作委員会
© 松木いっか/小学館 / 日本三國製作委員会
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