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Orient Anime's 2nd Part Introduces Uesugi Bushi Warriors in Video

The staff for the television cours (quarter of a year) on Wednesday. The video features the first footage from the anime's next part and introduces the of Tatsuomi Uesugi's band of warriors.

The anime's second cours (quarter of a year) will cover the "Awajishima Gekitō-hen" (Fierce Battle at Awaji Island Arc) of the original manga. It will AT-X in July.

The previously announced new cast for the sequel include:

• Tomoaki Maeno as Tatsuomi Uesugi
• Natsuki Hanae as Naoe Kanetatsu
• Yoshiki Nakajima as Masaki Amakasu
• Kōki Uchiyama as Akihiro Shimazu
• Gakuto Kajiwara as Amako Katsumi
• Yōko Hikasa as Kuroko Usami

The first cours of the anime premiered in Japan on January 5. delayed the 11th episode's scheduled airing.-->

publishing the manga in English, and it describes the story:

At age 10, best friends Musashi and Kojiro sat in excited silence as Kojiro's father spun tales of evil demons who preyed on the innocent, and the warriors who defeated them. Practicing swordplay, the two swear an oath to become the strongest in the world. But as they grow up, Kojiro turns cynical, and Musashi comes to realize that he can't turn back 150 years of demon rule on his own. He's being called a prodigy with a pickaxe, and he's almost ready to settle for a life of labor. Yet he can't shake the feeling that he still has a responsibility to act…and, soon, the injustices of his world will force his hand…

Wataru Hatano performed the ending theme song "Naniiro."

Ohtaka (Magi) Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in February 2021.

Source: Comic Natalie