Golden Kamui", episode 1 synopsis & advance cut!

The first episode of the TV anime "Golden Kamui," which will start airing on April 9 (Mon.), has arrived with a synopsis and advance cuts.

Golden Kamui" is a popular comic currently serialized in Weekly Young Jump by Satoru Noda. Set in Hokkaido at the end of the Meiji Era, the story follows the adventures of a former army soldier, Saichi Sugimoto, and an Ainu girl, Ashi (Ri-pa), who are after Ainu buried treasure. The Ainu culture, customs, and cuisine are realistically depicted in the film, making it a work that can be enjoyed as historical entertainment as well.

The TV animation version is directed by Hittoshi Namba, director of "Fate/Grand Order -First Order-," with series composition by Noboru Takagi, director of "Kuroko no Basketball," and character design by Kenichi Onuki, character animation director for "Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blood Orphens. Production will be handled by Geno Studio of "Slaughterhouse" fame.
⇒ 2018 Spring Anime List

The first episode "Wenkamui" will be aired sequentially from today, April 9 (Monday), and the synopsis and advance cuts have arrived.

Episode 1 "Wenkamui" Synopsis
Screenplay by Noboru Takagi, Storyboard by Namimi Sanjo, Directed by Takahiro Kawagoe, Art direction by Junichi Hayama and Naho Kozono.

Saichi Sugimoto, a hero of the Russo-Japanese War who was called "Sugimoto the Immortal," spent all his time after his discharge from the army mining for gold sand in Hokkaido, hoping to make a fortune. Then, Sugimoto met a middle-aged man who told him about the buried gold that had been stolen from the Ainu people. The man who took the gold was imprisoned in Abashiri Prison, and he had given tattoos to the escaped prisoners in his cell to show them where the gold was. Sugimoto initially thought the story was a hoax, but subsequent events suddenly make it more plausible. ......