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Kingdom Anime Gets 4th Series Next Spring
posted on by Egan Loo
The 26th and final episode of the third Kingdom anime series ended on Sunday with an announcement that a fourth series will premiere next spring. A teaser visual featuring Sei Kyou (Cheng Jiao) also debuted with the tagline, "I'm next":
The third anime airing on NHK General on April 4 of this year. The anime restarted its airing from the first episode.
streaming the anime as it airs in Japan.
The third series had a new production staff compared to the previous series. Psycho-: Sinners of the System) designed the characters.
The series covered the manga's Coalition Army Arc. The returning cast include Akio Kato as Tō.
Hara's historical manga centers around the slave boy Xin and his dream of becoming a great general for the state of Qin. Xin helps Ying Zheng, the young Qin king who shares his desire to unify China, rise to power within the state. Xin does all he can to become a superior commander of an army capable of defeating the Seven Warring States.
The released both anime on DVD in 2016.
The manga inspired a live-action screening the film in theaters in the United States and Canada in August 2019.
The manga is also inspiring a smartphone game titled Kingdom Dash!! that launched earlier this year.
Sources: Kingdom anime's website, Comic Natalie
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