Sibling Showdown! The fourth series of "Kingdom" which will start airing on April 9, "The Change of Cheng Kuan" episode visual and scene cut from the first episode are now available!

From the fourth series of "Kingdom," which will start airing on April 9 (Sat.), the episode visual of "Seiheng's Incident" and the synopsis and scene cuts of the first episode have been released.

Kingdom" (written by Yasuhisa Hara) is a Chinese historical epic that depicts the activities of a boy, Nobu (CV: Seiichi Morita), who aims to become a great general under the heaven, and a young king, Yosei (CV: Jun Fukuyama), who later becomes the first emperor of Japan. The second live-action movie will be released in the summer of 2022.

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The fourth series of the TV anime "Kingdom" will finally start airing on April 9 (Sat) from 24:00 on NHK General. The episode visual of the first episode, "Seikyo no Hen," as well as the synopsis and scene cuts of the first episode have been released.

Episode Visual


After the battle that left a huge mark on the whole of China, the struggle for real power in the country between King Qin Eisei, who showed his talent in the battle at Xie, and his compatriot Lu Biwei intensified. The Zhao army invades Tongliu, the hometown of Cheng'ei's first wife Rui, and Cheng'ei personally leads his army to Tongliu to subdue the invaders and rescue his wife. However, the news arrived in the royal capital, Hamyang, that "Seirye had rebelled. .......

The truth of Cheng'ei's rebellion is revealed in "Cheng'ei's Rebellion," in which there are hints of a conspiracy. The visual depicts Yomei and Nar蟜蟜 facing each other with their eyes fixed on each other. The relationship between the two men, who have been fighting over the throne for many years, is expected to change in the anime broadcast.


Synopsis and advance cutaways]
■Episode 1 "The Seven Kingdoms after the War

Qin Dynasty, China, B.C. Nobu, the leader of the "Flying squadron" who aims to become the "Great General under Heaven", is promoted to the rank of "General of 3,000 men" for his work in the battle against the Hengjing Army over the Hakodani Pass, the national gate. He was promoted to the rank of "3,000 general.
Moreover, Qiang Qiang, the vice-captain, who had temporarily left the corps, returned to the Feixin Corps, which was energized. On the other hand, Hamyang, the royal capital, was also excited by the birth of the son of the King of Qin, Isei.
While each country, exhausted by the major battle called "Battle of Hanguanguan," plunges into a "period of civil war" to test their national strength, the State of Qin also faces a new period of turmoil. ......?

Script: Shunichi Miyashita Storyboard: Nobuhiro Takamoto Director: Taiji Kawanishi Animation Supervisors: Yasuhiro Okuda, Miyuki Nakamura, Tomoko Kitagawa, Toshimitsu Takechi, Hironari Asao


Production Information

TV animation "Kingdom" 4th series
NHK General:
April 9, 2022 (Sat) 24:00~ Broadcasting start

<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 "Rei-Ray-" / Song: SUIREN

Ending theme "Dazzling" / Song: Haku


<Cast
Nobu: Seiichi Morita
Haimasa: Jun Fukuyama
Koryoten: Rie Kugimiya
Qiang Qiang: Yoko Hikasa
Naruke: Yuki Miyata
Lu Fwei: Tetsuaki Genda
Shohei-kun: Junichi Suwabe
Shobun: Yutaka Nakano
Kammuki: Kentaro Ito
Mongbu: Kusunoki Daisuke
Teng: Akio Kato
Wangsun: Kenyu Horiuchi
Mongol: Kazuaki Ito
Wang Pun: Yoshimasa Hosoya
Mongchang: Hiroshi Nojima
Li Moku: Tomoyuki Morikawa
Wu Fengming: Daisuke Namikawa
Hao Lin: Atsuko Tanaka
and others


© Yasuhisa Hara/Shueisha, Kingdom Production Committee

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