TV anime "Kingdom," episode 15 "Behind Hakodani-Kan" synopsis & advance scene cuts released!

The synopsis and advance scene cuts of the 15th episode "Behind Hakodani-Kan" from the third series of the TV anime "Kingdom" currently airing every Sunday from 24:10 on NHK Sogo have been released.

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 the fifth and later episodes had been postponed.

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The synopsis and advance scene cuts for episode 15, which will air on July 25 (Sun.) at 24:35, have been released.

The episode will start 25 minutes later than usual.
(*The air date and time are subject to change.)

Synopsis and advance cutscenes
Episode 15 "Behind Hakodanseki
＜Staff
Screenplay : Shunichi Miyashita
Storyboard : Masato Tamagawa
Direction : Taiji Kawanishi
Animation Supervisor：Minoru Morita, Chinatsu Ishida, Nozomu Shimazaki, Tomoko Kitagawa
Chief Animation Director：Rinshin

<Synopsis
The fifteenth day of the Battle of Hankogekan, which both sides had guessed would be the day of the "decisive battle".　The Qin army regains its momentum thanks to the success of Mengwu. The defending forces of Hakodogoguan, which had been in a difficult situation after being attacked by the Wei and Han armies, rode the momentum of the battle and began to push back the enemy through the efforts of their soldiers. However, the situation suddenly reversed this trend!
What is the meaning of the words that Chuxi General Qinlin delivered to the main camp of the combined armies shortly after the war began?　Can the Qin army, once again in dire straits, defend the Guguan?

The "Kingdom" TV animation "Kingdom" is a new series of the "Kingdom" TV animation series.
TV animation "Kingdom

＜Broadcast information＞
NHK General: Every week (Sun.) 24:10~ from April 4, 2021
Broadcast 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, such as 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 counterpart Lu Fwiwei.

In the meantime, the Qin Dynasty succeeded in conquering Sanyang, one of the most important military bases, bringing it one step closer to the unification of China. However, the genius military strategist Li Moku of Zhao State, who felt threatened by this move that could change the power structure of the Seven Kingdoms, launched an invasion of Qin State by a combined force of the six kingdoms of Chuxing, Zhao, Wei, Yan, Han, and Qi, with Chuxing's Prime Minister, Shunsheng, as its commander-in-chief. 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 Ying: Tatsuo Suzuki
Hakurei: Yusho Kamimura
and others

(C) Yasuhisa Hara/Shueisha, Kingdom Production Committee