Winter Anime "Heike Monogatari" Latest PV & Visuals Revealed! Broadcasting will begin on January 12, 2022 (Wed.) on Fuji Television Network!

The latest PV, visuals, and terrestrial broadcasting information from the TV anime "Tale of the Heike" has arrived, and a special program will be broadcast in January.

The TV anime "Tale of the Heike" features the original character "Biwa" (CV. Aoi Yuuki) as the main character and narrator of the story, Biwa-houshi. The story centers on Biwa's interaction with the Heike family, including Kiyomori Taira's eldest son Shigemori (CV: Takahiro Sakurai) and his younger sister Tokuko (CV: Saori Hayami), and depicts a group of people who lived their lives at the mercy of the times.

⇒ " The Tale of the Heike" is being adapted into a TV anime for the first time, starring Aoi Yuuki and Takahiro Sakurai! It will be distributed on FOD from September 15 and broadcast on terrestrial wave from January 2022!

⇒Click here for the list of winter 2022 anime!

The latest PV and visuals of the work, which is currently being distributed on FOD, has been announced and will be broadcast on Fuji TV's "+Ultra" from January 12, 2022 (Wednesday).

In addition, a special program will be broadcast on January 5, 2022 (Wed.) from 24:50 on Fuji TV and other stations, featuring highlights of the work and interviews with cast and staff (narration by Yuki Tamaki).

Second PV】【Newest Visuals

The latest visual

Work Information

TV animation "Heike Monogatari

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Fuji TV "+Ultra": From January 12, 2022, every week (Wed.) 24:55～
Available on FOD in advance

＜Cast
Biwa CV: Yuuki Aoi
Shigemori Taira CV: Takahiro Sakurai
Tokuko Taira CV: Saori Hayami
Kiyomori Taira CV: Tetsuaki Genda
Go-Shirakawa Ho-Ho CV: Chiba Shigeru
TAIRA Tokiko CV: INOUE Kikuko
Taira no Yumemori CV:Miyu Irino
Taira no Yumori (as a child) CV: Yumiko Kobayashi
Taira no Sukemori CV: Okamoto Nobuhiko
Taira no Kiyotsune CV: Hanae Natsuki
Atsumori Taira CV: Ayumi Murase
Emperor Takakura CV: Koutaro Nishiyama
Muneyori Taira CV: Shuyuki Hiyama
Tomomori Taira CV: Subaru Kimura
Shigehira Taira CV: Yu Miyazaki
Shizuka Gozen CV: Inori Minase
Minamoto no Yoritomo CV: Tomokazu Sugita
Yoshitsune Minamoto CV: Hiroki Kaji

＜Staff
Based on "Natsuki Ikezawa's Complete Collection of Japanese Literature 09: The Tale of the Heike", translated by Hideo Furukawa, published by Kawade Shobo Shinsha
Director : Naoko Yamada
Screenplay : Reiko Yoshida
Character Planning: Fumiko Takano
Music: Kensuke Ushio
Animation Production: Science SARU
Character Design: Takashi Kojima
Art Director: Tomotaka Kubo (Dehogirary)
Animation Director: Shotaro Imai
Color Designer: Ken Hashimoto
Director of Photography: Kazuto Demizuida
Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose
Sound Director: Eriko Kimura
Sound Effects: Hiromune Kurahashi (Otonarium)
Historical Supervisor: Yoshihiko Sata

B iwa Supervisor: Yukihiro Goto

＜Introduction＞
《The sound of the bell at Gion Shosha echoes the impermanence of all things. The color of the flowers on the sal tree reveals the inevitability of decline.The Heike clan was about to reach the height of its prosperity in terms of power, military might, and wealth.
Shigemori Taira, a man with eyes that can see the dead, meets Biwa, a Biwa priestess with eyes that can see into the future, who predicts that "you will all perish soon.
From an aristocratic society to a warrior society, 15 turbulent years of Japan's historical transition unfolds.

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