Netflix Anime "O-oku" - A stunning trailer featuring the beautiful voices of Mamoru Miyano & Eriko Matsui and a number of scene photos!

The distribution date for the Netflix anime "O-oku" has been set, and a key visual and trailer have been released.

Set in the love-hate world of Edo, where "the positions of men and women are reversed," Fumi Yoshinaga's masterpiece "O-oku" (19 volumes) depicts the sad and beautiful love between a man and a woman whose fates are tossed to and fro by fate. This national work, which has been made into a live-action film many times, is finally being adapted into an anime for the first time, and it is being produced with deep respect for the original manga.

⇒The first anime adaptation of "O-oku" on Netflix! The cast includes Mamoru Miyano and is directed by Noriyuki Abe of "Yu Yu Hakusho" fame!

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The Netflix series "Ooku" will be distributed exclusively worldwide on June 29, 2023 (Thursday). The recent announcement of the splendid voice cast, including Mamoru Miyano, Eriko Matsui, Yuki Kaji, and Tomokazu Seki, has already attracted a great deal of attention.

Now, a key visual, a trailer featuring the beautiful voices of Mamoru Miyano as Arimoto Banrikoji and Eriko Matsui as Iemitsu Tokugawa, and new scene photos have been released.

The key visual, a stunning trailer, and numerous scene photos have been released!

The key visual depicts the dignified Arimoto and Iemitsu back to back.

The Edo period (1603-1867) was a time when the population of boys was reduced to about 1/4 of that of girls due to an epidemic, and power was shifted to women. The beginning of this trend dates back to the time of Tokugawa's third shogun, Iemitsu (CV: Eriko Matsui).

The shogun's position was handed over to a woman, and the world of the "O-oku" (the inner palace) was established, where the sexes were reversed, and the "three thousand beautiful men" were known as "bishonens. A beautiful monk, Arigoro Banrikoji (CV: Mamoru Miyano), visits Edo Castle from Kyoto, but is blackmailed by Kasuga Burei (CV: Kikuko Inoue) into entering the inner chambers with a boy, Tamae (CV: Yuki Kaji).

While the trailer shows the colorful and gorgeous "O-oku" (the inner chambers), the various emotions swirling in a world of "gender reversal" foreshadow a tumultuous turn of events.

Iemitsu, who was admitted to the inner chambers as a candidate to be the heir to the Tokugawa shogunate, sadly tells Iemitsu, "I am merely a debtor to the Tokugawa family to keep the blood of the Tokugawa alive. Arimitsu, who stands by Iemitsu as he says, "I am sure she has been beaten down many, many times before..." Arimitsu, too, begins to have "special" feelings for Iemitsu that go beyond his role. ...... However, Iemitsu's feelings for Arimitsu are not as strong as Iemitsu's, However, a surprising difficulty awaits Arimitsu and Iemitsu.

I hope you will witness the sad love story between a man and a woman whose fates are at each other's throats.

Trailer

Movie Info

Netflix Series "Ooku
June 29 (Thu.) Worldwide exclusive distribution
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<Staff> Original story: "O-oku" by Fumi Yoshinaga
Original Story：Fumi Yoshinaga "O-oku" (Hakusensha, MELODY)
Director : Noriyuki Abe
Series Composition/Screenplay : Rika Takanagashi
Character design：Yoko Sato
Music: Kenji Kawai
Animation Production: Studio Deen
Planning/Production: Netflix

＜Cast
Arimitsu Banrikoji: Mamoru Miyano
Tokugawa Iemitsu: Matsui Eriko
Tamakae: Kaji Yuki
Kasuga Burekoku: Kikuko Inoue
Sutezo: Fukuyama Jun
Mizuno Yunoshin: Tomokazu Seki
Oshinobu: Miyuki Sato
Yoshimune Tokugawa: Sanae Kobayashi
Narration by Hitoshi Kubota

<Story
As a result of a mysterious plague that caused a rapid decline in the male population, the basis of social management and power was completely transferred to women in Edo. Tokugawa Shogun Yoshimune, the 8th Shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, wonders about a world in which women take on male names while still succeeding to the family governorship, and begins to unravel history by reading "Mibunichiroku," a record of events in the inner chambers of the shogunate.
He began to unravel the history by reading the "Mibi Nichiroku," a record of events in the inner chambers of the shogun's palace. A strange disease called "blister blight" spread throughout Japan, and the male population plummeted to about one-fourth that of the female population. In Edo Castle, too, the shogunship was handed over to women from Iemitsu III onward, and the world of the O-oku (inner palace) was built with the sexes reversed, commonly referred to as the "three thousand beautiful men".
A beautiful priest from the court nobility, Marikoji Ariko, visits Edo Castle from Kyoto and is forcibly returned to his former position along with a minor apprentice, Tamaei, under the threat of Kasuga Bakari, and is admitted to the inner chambers to become Iemitsu's sons-in-law...

Netflix Series "O-OKU" to be released exclusively worldwide on June 29 (Thu.)