Reports of an advance screening event featuring Yusuke Kobayashi, Kaito Ishikawa, and Yumiri Hanamori for the TV anime "Butterfly Ki: Young Nobunaga," which will air in July 2019, have arrived!

The TV anime "Butterfly Ki: Young Nobunaga," which will start airing in July, held an advance screening event at United Cinemas Aqua City Odaiba on May 12 (Sun.), the birthday of Nobunaga Oda.

Butterfly Ki: The Young Nobunaga" is a historical anime that boldly interprets the real-life famous military commander "Oda Nobunaga. The story is a bold interpretation of the real-life famous warlord "Nobunaga Oda". The story depicts the aesthetic world of the unprecedented and sensitive Nobunaga Oda and his famous generals, the conflicts and betrayals of young people, and battles, with character designs by Atsuko Nakajima of "Usuzakuraki" fame. Animation production will be handled by Studio Deen.
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⇒" Hakuouki: Young Nobunaga", a new anime from the main staff of "Hakuouki", will begin airing in the summer of 2019!

The TV anime "Kochou Ki: Young Nobunaga", which will start airing in July, held an advance screening event at United Cinemas Aqua City Odaiba on May 12 (Sun.), the birthday of Nobunaga Oda.

In addition to the screening of the first episode, three cast members, Yusuke Kobayashi (Oda Nobunaga), Kaito Ishikawa (Oda Nobukatsu), and Yumiri Hanamori (Kicho), appeared on the stage to talk about their roles. The official report has arrived and will be introduced below.

Official Report】 【Official Report

Oda Nobunaga Birthday Festival! Official Report of the Preliminary Screening Event for Official Twitter Followers Only

On May 12, 2019 (Sun) at United Cinema Aqua City Odaiba (Tokyo), the TV anime "Butterfly Ki: Young Nobunaga" Oda Nobunaga Birthday Festival! The event was held at United Cinemas Aqua City Odaiba (Tokyo) on Sunday, December 12, 2012.

In addition to the advance screening of the first episode, the second PV, which was unveiled at the event, was shown for the first time, and a talk show was held with Yusuke Kobayashi, who plays the role of Nobunaga Oda, Kaito Ishikawa, who plays Nobukatsu Oda, and Yumiri Hanamori, who plays the role of Kicho.

The event started with the screening of the second PV, which was unveiled at the event. The event started with the screening of the second PV, which was unveiled at the event. the cast members appeared from the door at the rear of the venue to yellow cheers from the audience!
Mr. Kobayashi served as the MC for the event, and after the greetings from each of the cast members, the first episode was screened.
The first episode depicted the childhood of the main character "Nobunaga". After the screening, Mr. Kobayashi, Mr. Ishikawa, and Mr. Hanamori took the stage again.
As we quickly asked them about their impressions after the screening, Mr. Ishikawa, who did not appear in the first episode, asked why he was invited here. Ms. Hanamori, who also appeared in the first episode as the narrator, commented, "There is nothing I can tell you," and the audience burst into laughter.
In the character introduction corner that followed, each character shared his/her impression and memories.

In the introduction of "Nobunaga Oda," Mr. Kobayashi said that he played the role of Nobunaga with a sensitive heart, rather than the typical demi-god or ruthless Nobunaga. He also struggled with the dialect, and played the role as he felt it.

He also prepared special excerpts of "Oda Nobukatsu" and "Kicho," who did not appear in the first episode. After watching the episode with the cast, they talked about each character.
Mr. Ishikawa said that he had never played such a sensitive character as "Nobukatsu Oda," and that it was difficult for him to play such a sensitive character. （While there is not much he can say about the character (due to spoilers), the key word he can say is "falling into the darkness. I'm going to show my true character, so please enjoy my 'darkness'", he commented.

In introducing "Kicho," Mr. Hanamori said, "There is not much I can tell you about him at this point because he is a character with a secret. However, as the story progresses, his secrets will be revealed, and I think he is a character that will keep you on the edge of your seat. He also commented, "I think he is a character whose secrets will be revealed as the story progresses.

After the introduction of Kicho, Mr. Ishikawa and Ms. Hanamori, who had little information to share at this point, asked him why he was invited to the show today and asked him to "reflect on his life! which drew laughter from the audience.

In the introduction of other characters, Mr. Kobayashi commented on Nobunaga's teacher "Sawahiko Sounon," saying, "He seems like a villain! He looks like he won't be easy to kill, and he's CV'd by Tachibana-san..." "He's the last boss," commented Mr. Ishikawa. Mr. Ishikawa also commented, "He's the last boss.
When we asked Ms. Hanamori about the characters she was interested in, she said that Maeda Toshiie, one of Nobunaga's vassals, was "so cute, I want him for my little brother.
In addition to the characters introduced here, many other characters will appear in this work, so please look forward to them.

In the announcement corner, a special announcement was suddenly made!　A special announcement was made that the work will be adapted into a comic book and visual novel. The second Oda Nobunaga Birthday Festival was also announced for June 23, to the delight of the audience.

The event ended with the cast giving their impressions of the day's events.

Butterfly Ki: The Young Nobunaga" will be broadcast on TOKYO MX, AT-X, WOWOW, BS Fuji, and distributed through d Anime Store and other channels starting in July! Please check it out!

Event Information
The Birthday of Nobunaga Oda! Event for official Twitter followers only!

Date: May 12 (Sun.)
Time: 16:30 Concert begins
Place: United Cinemas Aqua City Odaiba Screen 3
(1F Aqua City Odaiba, 1-7-1 Daiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Speakers: Yusuke Kobayashi (Oda Nobunaga), Kaito Ishikawa (Oda Nobukatsu), Yumiri Hanamori (Kicho)

Production Information】 ※Honorific titles are abbreviated.
■ "Butterfly Ki: Young Nobunaga

＜Synopsis
Nobunaga Oda ran through the Warring States period with no idea of tomorrow.
Oda Nobunaga, who ran through the Warring States period without knowing what the next day would bring, was always accompanied by his baby brother, Ikeda Tsuneoki.
He just keeps on struggling to survive.
While keeping historical facts as a point of reference, the characters centering on Nobunaga overcome them and weave a new story.

<Cast
Nobunaga Oda: Yusuke Kobayashi / Tsuneoki Ikeda: Yuma Uchida / Nobukatsu Oda: Kaito Ishikawa / Kicho: Yumiri Hanamori / Toshiie Maeda: Takuatsu Terashima / Muneon Sawahiko: Shinnosuke Tachibana
Takigawa Kazumasa: Junya Enoki / Ohana: Aimi Numakura / Oichi: Nao Higashiyama / Ikoma Yoshino: Minori Suzuki / Sasa Narimasa: Makoto Takahashi / Murai Sadakatsu: Tomoaki Maeno / Tsunaki Kurando: Satoshi Hino

<Staff
Director : Noriyuki Abe / Character Design : Atsuko Nakajima / Series Composition : Ryota Yamaguchi / Script : Megumi Sasano, Kaoru Sawada
Music: Yusuke Shirato / Music Production: Flying Dog
OP Theme: Ribu "Shippo" / ED Theme: May'n "Fang and Wings
Animation Production: Studio Deen

(c)Fang Hu Mou Shu / Butterfly Ki Production Committee