Animation studios Science SARU announced the production of the anime Heike Monogatari (The Heike story), based on the novel of the same name by Hideo Furukawa. The press release states that the premiere is scheduled for January 2022 while the platform Funimation informs that the project will premiere earlier in the autumn 2021 season (October-December).
Naoko Yamada, Reiko Yoshida and Kensuke Ushio have worked on anime before Koe no Katachi (A silent voice) and Liz to Aoi Tori (Liz and the blue bird) At Kyoto animation, and Yamada and Yoshida in particular have long been working on their work Kyoto animation, work on other animes like K-ON!, Tamako market and Tamako love story.
Cast
- Yuuki aoi like Biwa.
- Takahiro Sakurai like Taira no Shigemori.
- Saori hayami as Empress consort Taira no Tokuko.
- Tesshou genda like the Patriarch Taira no Kiyomori.
Production team
- Naoko Yamada (K-On !, Koe no Katachi, Liz to Aoi Tori) is responsible for project management during the course Science SARU.
- Reiko Yoshida (Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm, Art, Girls und Panzer, High School Fleet, K-On!) is responsible for writing and maintaining the scripts.
- Kensuke Ushio (Cider no You ni Kotoba ga Wakiagaru, Koe no Katachi, Liz to Aoi Tori) is responsible for composing the soundtrack.
Summary by Heike Monogatari
Furukawa’s novel adapts the classic Japanese epic “The Tale of the Heike” into modern language, and the anime will be the first television adaptation of the novel. The original epic tells the story of the rise and fall of the Taira clan during the Genpei Wars. The anime focuses on the perspective of Biwa, a blind walking minstrel. Biwa meets Taira no Shigemori, the heir of his clan and the bearer of a supernatural sight that can perceive spirits. Then he makes a prophecy about the fall of his clan.
Source: Comic Natalie
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