TV anime "Kingdom," episode 2 "Ichido ni kai" synopsis & advance scene cuts released!

The second episode of the third series of the TV anime "Kingdom," which airs every Sunday from 24:10 on NHK Sogo, has been released with a synopsis and advance scene cuts.

This is a TV animation of the manga "Kingdom" by Yasuhisa Hara, which is serialized in "Weekly Young Jump" (Shueisha). The first series of the TV anime was broadcast on NHK BS Premium from June 2012 to February 2013, and the second series from June 2013 to March 2014. The second series was broadcast from June 2013 to March 2014.

The third series, which depicts the largest scale battle in the history of "Kingdom," resumed broadcasting from the first episode on April 4, 2021 (Sunday), although the broadcasting of episodes 5 and later had been postponed.

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The synopsis and scene cuts of the second episode, which will air on April 11 (Sun.) from 24:10, have been released.

The synopsis and scene cuts are as follows.
Episode 2 "All Together" (Japanese only)
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The "Gasshogun" consisting of six powerful countries begins its invasion of Qin Dynasty. In order to resolve the critical situation, Chang-pyeong-gun, the commander-in-chief of the army, negotiates with Qi-guo in the east, hoping to encourage Qin-guo to secede from the joint forces.
Meanwhile, still unable to fully grasp the situation, the flying squad caught up with the invading Wei army in the "Thunder Plains" and saw the Qin army fighting a good battle with a small number of soldiers against a large army commanded by Wei general Wu Fengming himself. The Qin army was fighting a good battle with a small number of soldiers against a large army commanded by Wu Fengming, general of the Wei army. It is the army of the great general Hyougo, with whom Nobu once fought under his command.

Script by Junichi Miyashita, storyboard by Junko Furukawa, direction by Kiyomitsu Sato, animation director by JIWOO, chief animation director by Hiroshi Tomioka

Production Information
TV animation "Kingdom

<Broadcast Information>
NHK General: Every week from April 4, 2021 (Sun.) 24:10~.
Broadcasting from the first episode

<Synopsis
In B.C., in the western part of China's Qin Dynasty, there was a young general, Shin, who was aiming to become a "great general under heaven," as he dreamed of with his late best friend.

Once upon a time, Nobu was involved in a coup d'état in the royal capital and fate brought him into contact with the current King of Qin, Eisei Yeisei, who fulfilled his own dream and helped him achieve the unification of China. He is destined to fulfill his own dream and join forces with the King to achieve his goal of "unifying China. Overcoming the death of his mentor Ouqi, who died in battle, Shinobu steadily climbs the ladder to his dream while engaging in friendly competition with other captains of his generation, including Mouten and Ouhen. Meanwhile, Nobu is also working hard to achieve his grand goal. Meanwhile, with a grand goal in mind, Masashi also focuses his efforts on expanding his power within the court in order to regain control of the country from his rival, Lu Fwei.

In the meantime, the Qin Dynasty succeeded in capturing Sanyang, one of the most important military bases in China, bringing it one step closer to the unification of China. However, the genius military strategist Li Moku of the Zhao Kingdom, who felt threatened by this move that could change the power structure of the Seven Kingdoms, launched a joint invasion of the six kingdoms of Chuxing, Zhao, Wei, Yan, Han, and Qi, with Chuxing's Prime Minister Shunshin as general-in-chief, and launched an invasion against Qin Dynasty. Qin Dynasty!
In this unprecedented crisis, the State of Qin rallies all the military power it possesses to intercept the combined armies!

＜Staff
Original Story/Supervisor：Yasuhisa Hara (serialized in Shueisha's "Weekly Young Jump")
Director : Kenichi Imaizumi
Series Composition： Noboru Takagi
Character Design : Hisashi Abe
Art Director：Yusuke Mizuno
Color Designer: Miyuki Abe
Director of Photography: Daichi Nogami
3DCG Production: Dandelion Animation Studio
Editing: Keisuke Yanagi
Music: Hiroyuki Sawano/KOHTA YAMAMOTO
Music Production: Avex Pictures
Sound Director: Kisuke Koizumi
Sound Production: Jinnan Studio
Animation Production: PIERO / Studio Signpost

Opening theme: "TOMORROW" / BiSH (avex trax)
Ending theme: "Deep inside" / waterweed (maximum10)

<Cast
Nobu: Seiichi Morita
Hasei: Jun Fukuyama
Koryoten: Kugimiya Rie
Lu Fwei: Tetsuaki Genda
Shohei-kun: Junichi Suwabe
Changwen: Yutaka Nakano
Kammuki: Kentaro Ito
Mongbu: Kusunoki Daisuke
Zhang Tang: Urayama Xun
Teng: Akio Kato
Hwanggong: Shiro Saito
Wangsun: Keno Horiuchi
Mongol: Kazuaki Ito
Wang Pun: Yoshimasa Hosoya
Mongchang: Hiroshi Nojima

Li Moku: Tomoyuki Morikawa
Chunsingkun: Yuya Uchida
Sweatmyung: Mio Tanaka
Ordo: Hiroyuki Kinoshita
Wu Fengming: Daisuke Namikawa
Sei Houmei: Kosuke Toriumi
Keisha: Daisuke Hirakawa
Hao Lin: Atsuko Tanaka
Hou Tsubasa: Tatsuo Suzuki
Hakurei: Yusho Kamimura
and others

(C) Yasuhisa Hara/Shueisha, Kingdom Production Committee
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