Tetsuro Araki's original TV anime "Kabaneri of the Iron Castle" starts in April 2016!　In March, a special advanced version of the show will be shown in theaters for the first time in Noitamina's history!

Broadcast of the TV anime "Kabaneri of the Iron Castle" is set to begin in April 2016. New information has been released simultaneously.

Kabaneri of the Iron Castle" is a new original anime that was announced at the "Noitamina Project Presentation 2015" held in November 2014 and has since been shrouded in secrecy. Set in the island nation of Hinomoto, where steam engines have developed, the steampunk action series depicts boys and girls boarding the armored steam locomotive "Ko-Tetsujo" to fight against the "Kabaneri," or living corpses with hearts of steel. WIT STUDIO is producing the film. It was also newly revealed that Haruhiko Mikimoto of "The Super Dimension Fortress Macross" will be the original character designer. The cast includes Yu Hatanaka as Ikoma, the heroine Mumyo as Ayaka Sembongi, Shobu as Marei Uchida, Kurusu as Toshiki Masuda, Ryusei as Yuki Kaji, Kanae Oki as Shoju, Yuna as Mariya Ise, Ryota Osaka as Sugari, Kensuke Sato as Kibi Do, and Mamoru Miyano as Mima. Mamoru Miyano for Mima.

The first time in Noitamina's history, a special advance edition of "Kabaneri of the Iron Castle: Introduction" will be screened at 10 theaters nationwide for one week only starting March 18, 2016. Advance tickets with "Kabane T-shirt" will also be available. In addition, there will be a special project for ticket purchasers titled "Hinomoto Kabane-ization Project" as a linked project. SNS icons will be distributed to those who participate in the project, and "gifts for the production staff" will be upgraded as the number of participants increases.
For 100 participants: Cup Ramen For 300 participants: Cake For 500 participants: Pizza For 1,000 participants: Yakiniku Bento For more than 300 participants: "Cup Ramen + Cake" and for more than 500 participants: "Cup Ramen + Cake" and for more than 500 participants: "Cup Ramen + Yakiniku Bento". If the number of participants exceeds 500, "Cup Ramen + Cake + Pizza" will be offered.

<Story
As the wave of the Industrial Revolution swept across the world and the modern era was about to give way to the modern era, an immortal creature suddenly appeared. It is said that it will not perish unless its heart, which is covered with a steel coating, is shot through, and that those bitten by it will also revive and attack people after dying. The creatures, which later came to be known as kabane, multiplied explosively and covered the entire world.
The people of the Far Eastern island nation of Hinomoto managed to survive by building fortresses called "stations" in various parts of the country and shutting themselves away in them in order to counter the Kabane threat. Only thickly armored, armored steam locomotives (commonly known as hayajiro) were able to come and go between stations, and the stations managed to maintain their livelihood by exchanging their products with each other.
Ikoma, a boy steam smith, lives in Araganeki Station, where iron manufacturing and steam engine production are the mainstay of life. He has been developing his own weapon, the "tsuranuki-tube," to defeat the kabane, and longs for the day when he will be able to demonstrate his power.
Then one day, Koutetsujo, one of the Sunjo, arrives at Kenkin Station after passing through the front line. Ikoma, who was sent to clean and maintain the vehicles, witnesses a mysterious girl who is exempted from the obligatory Kabane censorship.
That night, while Ikoma is reunited with the daytime girl who calls herself Mumei, Sunjo rushes into Kenshin Station, running amok. The entire crew had been wiped out and turned into cabanes! Kabanes overflowed into Hyeonjin Station. Ikoma runs against the wave of panic-stricken people. This time I will not run away, I will defeat the kabanes with my tsuranuki tube!
--- Thus begins Ikoma's battle to become a truly shining man.